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Atavism

Atavism. By: Melanie D, Katie S, Sarah M, Logan F, and Samiha A. Afro-American Fragment by langston Huges.

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Atavism

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  1. Atavism By: Melanie D, Katie S, Sarah M, Logan F, and Samiha A.

  2. Afro-American Fragmentby langstonHuges So long,So far awayIs Africa.Not even memories aliveSave those that history book create,Save those that songsBeat back into blood--Beat out of blood with words sad-sungIn stranger un-Negro tongue--So long,So far awayIs Africa. Subdued and time-lostAre the drums--and yetThrough some vast mist of raceThere comes this songI do not understand.This song of atavistic land,Of bitter yearnings lostWithout a place--So long,So far awayIs Africa’s Dark face.

  3. Theme, Mood, and tone • Theme: Lost, confused, Atavism (reflecting back on Africa) • Mood: Depressed, homesick, alone • Tone: Isolation from his culture • Theme: Lost in the world (the wild/Klondike), Atavism (instincts) • Mood: Homesick (Buck missing his home in California and White Fang missing the wild) • Tone: Ominous, isolation from his culture ( not used to the wild) Afro-American Fragment Jack London’s Literature

  4. Figurative Language • Personification: “Africa’s dark face”, “not even memories alive” • Metaphors: “beat back into the blood”, “ beat out of blood with words sad-sung” • Metaphors: “Batard was a devil” • Personification: “Camp must be broken” Afro-American Fragment Jack London’s Literature

  5. Sound Devices • Alliteration: “Beat back into the blood”, “Sad-sung” , “those that” • Repetition: “So long, so far away is Africa” (repeated in the poem) • Alliteration: “One of the grooms ran to the rescue”, “Matt shrugged his shoulders” • Repetition: “a wall” (grey cub repeats this, referring to the “wall of bright light”) Afro-American Fragment Jack London’s Literature

  6. imagery • “Dark face” • “So long, so far away is Africa” • “of bitter yearnings lost without a space” • “The sharp nudge of his mother’s paw” • “Already the canoes were departing, and disappearing into the river” • “…and that his club-hand had been ripped wide open by White Fang’s teeth” Afro-American Fragment Jack London’s Literature

  7. Examples of Atavism • “Save those that history books create” • “So long, so far away, is Africa” • “This song of Atavistic land” • “Buck’s first day on the Dyea beach was a nightmare.” • “He was carnivorous animal. He came from a breed of meat-killers and meat-eaters.” Afro-American Fragment Jack London’s Literature

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