Analysis Of Sing Unburied Sing By Jesynm Ward

Sing Unburied Sing, written by Jesynm Ward, and published in 2017, Develops a social commentary about generational trauma with author tools like allusion and characterization of people in the book, JoJo, Michel, and Given.
Jesynm Ward uses the characterization of Jojo to develop generational trauma, which are horrible experiences that pass across generations, from parents to children, by either witnessing or being a part of some violence. In Sing Unburied Sing, Ward illustrates black injustices on page 170 is about the time Jojo and the others got pulled over, and because of some of their skin colors, they are treated differently, which demonstrates the injustices that had been happening in Jojo’s past generations. “The man telling me to sit,

He is white, and comes from a racist family. However, Michael himself is not racist. An event takes place where Michel’s cousin has killed Given. Leonie meets Michel sometime after the killing. “This is a miracle, I think, so I close my eyes and ignore Given-not-Given, who is sitting there with a sad look on his face, mouth in a soft frown, and think of Michael, real Michael, and wonder if we had another baby if it would look more like him than Michaela. If we had another baby, we could get it right.” (Ward 150). Ward is teaching us about the effect of generational trauma that passes through people, even in relationships. When a person of color gets with a white person, the white person might have ancestors or family that have done something terrible to the person of color family. However, that relationship can still be stable with the person of color trama overweighing the white person. The critical phrase “Given-not-Given, who is sitting there with a sad look on his face,” shows that he knows Michel's cousin is the killer and his inability to see his niece. The quote provokes the reader to believe Leonie might have made the wrong decision to be with Michel with an authoring tool called imagery. “We are all sinking, and manta rays are gliding beneath us and sharks are jostling us. I am trying to keep everyone above water, even as I struggle to stay afloat. I sink below the waves and push Jojo upward so he can stay above the waves and

While Given was alive, he played football and said, “White or black, were like brothers to him “(Ward 96). Ward is teaching us about racial trauma and how some kids at any age do not understand it until something happens to them. Ward criticizes racial injustices and how they affect people of color and non-color. The author uses the dialogue of Given to develop the meaning of generational trauma. Given died before meeting Jojo and Kayla, so when Given sees Jojo and Kayal, it shows that past generations of black men die young because of the injustices they face.
“Given-not-Given reaches out again, this time to Michaela, and it looks as if she sees him, as if he can actually touch her, because she goes rigid and then a golden toss of vomit erupts from MIchaela’s mouth and coats the officer’s uniformed chest.” (Ward 166). Given Had faced many generational injustices one being a young black men/boys dying at a young at because of white doing such as Given dying from his white “friend” so ward is teaching us that while its past many years these injustices are still actively criticizing injustices colored people faced because of white