Reason and Revolution II

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Reason and Revolution II
The following is a summary of a book The American Tradition in Literature authored by Perkins George and printed in 2009 by university of Michigan. The general over view of the reading is that they have been written with very high literature techniques. The poems message is clear and direct. There are easily understood with their ideas direct and up to the point. Many poets lack this aspect of connecting the audience with their message by using much colloquial language. In the contrary, the poems are well versed with their themes well understood.
Otherwise, there are some things especially commented by Olaudah on the naivety that the slave s had that to some extent I do not agree with. Saying they believed that the ship was driven and stopped using magical power is to is to some extent an over statement. He bring a picture of African slave who were very scared by the whites to an extent of believing that when they got to the harbor, they believed that the next thing that will happen is being eaten by the whites.
Worse still, they cried to an extent of the merchants calling their African people to come and console them. I do not agree with such statement because from the historical background of the slave trade, the slaves were so violent at times when they resisted the vice to an extent of killing the crew and abducting the others and the ship directing the ship back to the shore of Africa.
As an aspect of literature, the work is well researched, as they writers are capable of narrating relevant stories in conjunction to the second revolution in America. They are capable of narrating how the independence was achieved showing the way the people struggled in the hands of slavery. They are able to connect the various historical sites with their work which is a very good aspect of the literature all over. The liter...