Diagnostic

W.E.B. Du Bois was a man full of strong points about slavery and freedom. W.E.B. Du Bois wrote a piece a hundred years ago describing his point of view of a life of an African American. In the passage, he clearly wanted freedom but also wanted to preserve his culture. During 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois longed for equality he described it perfectly in his passage from The Souls Of Black Folk. W. E.B. Du Bois described how he lived a double life because of his color. One life consisting of being treated as a human being among his race and the other life being treated as a dog. In the passage, W.E.B Du Bois describes this double life as one life of an American and the other of a Negro. W.E.B. Du Bois says that being able to see through two worlds is a bit peculiar and causes him to see how different both lives truly were because of inequality. He also, continues to describe on how not only does he want to be treated equally, but also maintain his culture without having to convert into what American Society expects him to be. He knew that freedom might cause people to forget their struggles so he made it a constant statement in his passage. W.E.B. Du Bois continues to describe because of the new freedom and opportunities many people might forget their culture. He does not want the future or his race to forget the struggles his race had to endure in order to attain the opportunities given as an equal. W.E.B. Du Bois described this struggle as dogged strength alone kept them from being torn asunder.  He doesn’t expect America to convert into their culture or vice versa. W.E.B. Du Bois simply wishes to be both and with no need to hide his culture for fear of being judged or mistreated.