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A 4 page paper which examines chapter 1 of WEB Du Bois’ “The Souls of Black Folk” as it involves double-consciousness. No additional sources cited.
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different people can relate to. It is a work that looks at the struggles of the African American people in the United States, but is also a work that can
be applied to many cultures and many different individuals as they search for a way to belong in the complex, and often prejudiced, society of the United States. The following
paper examines Chapter 1 of Du Bois work titled "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" as it relates to the idea of double-consciousness. Double Consciousness In first defining and understanding
what Du Bois means by double-consciousness we look at a particular paragraph where he uses the term. He begins by illustrating how the African American, or Negro as he states,
is born with a sort of veil that keeps them from truly belonging to the American society. He also argues that they are born with a second-sight that gives them
a unique view of the American society. In this we see that, first off, Du Bois is arguing that because the Negro is seen as separate from American society they
have the advantage of being able to somewhat objectively look at society because they are not as much a part of it as the white people are. He then states
the following: "It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at ones self through the eyes of others, of measuring ones soul by the tape of
a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness,-an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one
dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder" (Du Bois, Chapter 1, Paragraph 3). For many Americans, be they of a particular culture or a gender
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