"Dear Father, From Travis"

Hello, and welcome to my blog. This is my final action project for my Humanities course called Drama and for my Sophomore year. In this class, we broke off into parts and read Loraine Hansberry's, A Raisin in the Sun. In this class, we studied housing discrimination, segregation, and racism in Chicago which still continues today in our country today. We had virtual Field Experience guests Regina Holloway and Joel Hamernick who spoke to us about restrictive covenants in Chicago and how specific laws were put in place to keep black families out of white neighborhoods. Prior to this class, I wrote up a research paper containing the factors and behaviors that went into housing discrimination such as restrictive covenants and the pricing on a property skyrocketing for a person due to their ethnic and cultural background. For this Action Project, we were guided to write a letter to Walter Younger to convince him on whether he should or should not sell the house to Mr. Linder. I decided to write a letter, the man of the household, from the view of another character in the play. This letter is directed to Walter who has the final decision on whether their family will move to an all-white neighborhood as the only blacks there or remain in poverty in the "Black Belt" in Chicago. I was challenged to write this letter because of the social circumstances at the time within my city and neighborhood. 

Sonnet to Lucentio

Hello, and welcome to my blog. This is my first action project for my Humanities course called Drama. In this class, we broke off into parts and read William Shakespeare's play, "The Taming of the Shrew". We studied and compared the gender roles of the Elizabethan Era our present time now. Due to Covid-19, we weren't able to physically attend any performances but we virtually attended a play titled "School Girls Or The Africa Mean Girls Play" which was presented by the Goodman Theater. For this Action Project, I chose a character from a play by Shakespeare, and wrote a sonnet in Shakespearean style. Requirements of a sonnet are (14 lines, iambic pentameter, 10 syllables per line and alternating rhymes), while keeping my message clear. In my sonnet, I gave advice to the character I chose, Lucentio. I wrote it to him because he was a main character that had fallen in love with a woman at first sight. I wanted to write a sonnet to tell him how he should treat his love. I liked creating my video and writing my first sonnet. I was challenged by finding words that rhyme and that also made sense accordingly. I enjoyed reading "The Taming of the Shrew". Enjoy!





Ode to Lucentio 
Lucentio do not entreat the old  Or make Bianca chummy to your lust The castle stands as your humble abode. Respect love yet still you grow amourous. 

The thought of thee some stillness do beget. Passion turns the “thyself” and “mistress” to “they,” Your lives are join’d in lovers’ sweet duet. Love, like a tracking beam, doth hold its sway,
Love blossoms when ‘tis planted in the heart, Love doth not worry, love doth not betray, Love needs a learner’s fire with Master’s art. For all those who hate, know your love will slay

You must love the other til death do you part  “ And may you prove, sir, master of your art!”