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Elucidate E-Literature Main MenuTable of ContentsWhat Sources did We Use?A list of all the sources that we used in our scarlar pagesAbout the Student AuthorsAlice Jiang8c8d874f0e1c60751d4ca652cd908ee689aa7bbdNyssa Goodrum32be20efea42552a791bc7fd1cc0e901e93a8550Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87feBrooke Hollenbergeredb79f0c7cdb53b3e039fcd57a19662109e86bf6
My Hands/Wishful Thinking - Overview
12019-11-18T04:38:08-08:00Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87fe354476Summary of the Narrativeplain2019-11-18T05:28:30-08:00Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87fe "My Hands/Wishful Thinking" by Mendi and Keith Obadike delves into the experiences of a person who is killed by police for no fault of his own. The narrative begins with a calm tone, as the narrator is convinced that all people are good, and he will always be safe. However, as the story progresses, he begins to fear for his safety.
This new media narrative is told from the perspective of Amadou Diallo, who begins his story trying to believe that racism does not exist, and that he would never face police brutality. However, in February of 1999, he is shot 41 times by New York City policemen who believe that the wallet in Diallo's hand is a gun.
This electronic literature work, based on a true story, is read from a pop-up window. The reader opens the link, and a pop-up window appears with the number "1" and some text below it. After a few seconds, the window automatically reloads to page 2. This continues until the reader reaches the end of the work, and is redirected to a detailed description of the shooting of Amadou Diallo.
This work relates to social justice because it functions to raise awareness to the normalization of police brutality, and the fears faced by the people of color most at risk of facing police brutality. It accomplishes this by describing the perspective of an average person who wants to see the best in others but is ultimately wrongfully killed by police, sparking sympathy in the reader.
12019-11-14T12:20:23-08:00Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87feHands Up!10The imagery proving that the narrator is not a threat.plain2019-11-18T16:27:24-08:00Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87fe
12019-11-17T20:18:38-08:00Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87feHolding on11The imagery used to show that what the narrator was holding was not threatening or dangerous.plain2019-11-18T16:54:03-08:00Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87fe
12019-11-17T21:19:25-08:00Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87feRepetition8The author uses repetition to make a point.plain2019-11-18T16:22:25-08:00Sonia Kumarddeec80791de97f88b75c9821154d247ab0c87fe
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1media/scalarsummarypage_thumb.JPG2019-11-18T05:25:20-08:00Comparison of Two Images used in "My Hands/Wishful Thinking"1The two images used in this narrative are of the narrator's open hand, and of the narrator's hand holding a wallet.media/scalarsummarypage.JPGplain2019-11-18T05:25:20-08:00