Comparing and contrasting Facing It and To that Lady

Comparing and contrasting Facing It and To that Lady
The author of Facing It Yusef Komuyakaa like Mitsuye Lamada in To That Lady applies the use of self expression of first person narration that incorporates simile, images of light and darkness, epitome, metaphor, allusion as well as word connotation. He applies all these so as to pass out to the audience the intimate personal encounters during his pilgrimage to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. However, To That Lady unlike Facing It approaches issues of discrimination from a strong point of view that questions the credibility of individual responsibility.
A number of years after the Vietnam War, Yusef Komunyakaa, himself a Vietnam survivor give a recount through his poem Facing It. This poem depicts his emotions while at the Vietnam Memorial. In comparison, this poem by Yusef is first person narration is similar To that Lady by Mitsuye Lamada which touches intimately on racial issues that are contained in camp note ordeals during and after the World War II. On the other side Mitsuye contrast between treatments accorded to people of Japanese origin against that given to Jews in order to point at the levels of racial prejudices. For instance, the author allows the audience to experience the conflicts of his sensations, in the accurate picture of man versus himself. The poem applies two contrasts of light and darkness as well as the present-day realities and its receding past.
In contrasts and comparisons between light and dark the Yusef sets out an argument contrasting race and his surrounding while Mitsuye in her work applies regional treatments to identify abusive traits. His reference to skin color stirs the reader`s memory to question the recollections of the war. Besides, it also challenges how Yusef's "black face" might have played roles that led to his mistreatment during the war. In contrast to that Mitsuye in her poem also questions the victims role in saying ‘but we didn`t draw the line` (line 30) due to the fact those that these changes affected negatively did not revolt. On the other side, institutions were silent when President Franklin Roosevelt accented the Executive Order that permitted the military dislodge citizens from areas regarded as ‘military areas`. In (line 29) ‘wrote letters to Congress` Mitsuye Yamada applies question to challenge the practices of discrimination that is evident in manner and regard. Intimately, Mitsuye questions double standards of justice application by alleging in line (33-34) ‘You let ‘em -I let ‘m` because there were no reactions to oppose abuse of the Japanese.
In the poem Facing It, Yusef Komunyakaa's assumes an advantageous and unique setting of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial barrier in Washington, D.C. that portends the names of the American military staff who died in the battle field. He cites that the barrier wall is made of elegant stone that enables viewers to see their own images reflecting off the names of the dead soldiers. And through facing the Memorial the poets mouth piece finds himself facing other "its," including his own past events as a veteran and his assorted feelings with the present.
Symbolically, at the start of the poem the author depicts the speakers` black face as fading away into black granite. He also provides discrimination symbol that his name is etched on a black granite stone. This deed is necessitated by hiding only to appear in the past tense in the work when he observes and reveals that he has been anticipating this moment. When the w...