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Analysis Of 313 Life In The Motor City By John Carlisle

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Have you ever thought of the effects of a community or how someone can affect the community? In 313 Life in the Motor City by John Carlisle (Carlisle, John. 313 Life in the Motor City, The History Press, 2011, pp.17-22. (e-book) and A Detroit Anthology edited by Anna Clark, (Clark, Anna, editor. A Detroit Anthology. Belt Publishing, 2014 (e-book ), many stories are used to illustrate various aspects of community relations. Both of these sources tell the stories of the Detroit community. A community allows people to come together, create memories/traditions, and give hope.

There are ups and downs in every community that allows the community to become closer. John Carlisle mentions in the story “Banner Year” “The banner became somewhat of a local cultural phenomenon over the years.”(19) Even though it is quite …show more content…

For example, “how lovely the ruins, how ruined the lovely children must be in that birdless city.” (Jamaal May , 46) With some context May wrote this poem for Detroit. Which he tells the misunderstanding and the unseen parts of Detroit. The people/children can see the beautiful and hopeful parts of the city and community. As a matter of fact they are the beautiful parts of the city because they make up the community. To illustrate in 313 Life in the Motor City Bettie Birch is one of those people who have hope and try to educate the community about black history:
Even though she’s given up on finding a building to rent, she’s trying to find somewhere to perform… Anywhere someone will sponsor a former teacher and her historical performances. “But I can’t take all the puppets out. I’ll just take maybe one or two of them, for the children.” (John Carlisle, 126)
Nevertheless, Birch has done many things for the community including being a former educator and continuing to educate her community to strengthen it. This also allows for the community to gain hope and

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