Power by Audre Lorde is an extraordinary aggressive poem that depicts a police shooting and lack of justice. Reffering to the only black and female member on a jury that allowed a police officer to walk. Lorde writes “the first real power she ever had, and lined her own womb with cement, to make a graveyard for our children.” These are powerful word condemning the woman for not standing stronger in course of action.
The Walls Do Not Fall (1944) depicts life during World War 2. The ninth section addresses the Nazi book burning and the authors thoughts on life without literature. It’s made apparent that life without books doesn't seem like a life worth living, but what the author is emphasizing is the effect of war on daily life pleasures that
