James Weldon Johnson's The Creation

For an assignment, my English teacher Mrs. Heath asked, “What does literacy mean?” Honestly, I didn’t know the definition of literacy. So, my first intention was to search for the definition. On Google, it stated that the definition of literacy was the ability to read, write and comprehend. Although I received the definition, I still had one question in my head. Why do authors write literature? Was it because they had the ability to read and write? The question remained as I laid in my bed that night. Suddenly, I started thinking about a poem that I loved reading called “The Creation” by James Weldon Johnson. I admired the way he wrote about the creation of the Earth in God’s perspective. At that moment, I realized that literacy isn’t just

Suicidal thoughts and oppression weighed me down. “Then God smiled, And the light broke, And the darkness rolled up on one side, And the light stood shining on the other..” When I looked ahead of me, I saw the Bible and opened it up to Isaiah 43:2. God spoke to me and said, “Andrea, no matter what obstacle is thrown in your way, I am with you.” That was the moment that the creation of a new me was formed.

In “The Creation” by James Weldon Johnson, God started creating everything that lies on earth today. He didn’t create it all at once. He took his time and used 7 days to create everything. I followed the same steps as I started to express my thoughts on paper. It was not an easy process. I came across many crossroads and was still confused on what to do. I was at the point of giving up until I reread “The Creation” by James Weldon Johnson. I asked myself ,”why was it so easy for Johnson to write this story?” Then I realized that he did more than just wrote down the creation on paper. Weldon took the creation and expressed it in a way that he imagined God creating the

You must be self-centered in your writing to express your point to the reader. Besides, the story that you are writing is yours and belongs to you. The story does not have to be about you for you to change it. It could be about anything. The purpose of literacy is to take a broad topic, and expand that topic to the most creative thing you could write. In Genesis 1:6 it states, “And God said, ‘Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.’” James Weldon Johnson took the creation of the seas and oceans to his level. In the poem, Weldon imagined God stepping out on the edge of the world, spitting out the seven seas. For my story, I wrote about my own personal issues. Instead of saying things such as “I feel sad”, I go into detail stating what