Florida International University

ARH 4512

Assignment Week 3

Question1)Aimé Césaire wrote this poem in the 1930s, as he was returning to Martinique after years of living in Paris. What do you think Césaire was trying to communicate with this poem? What are your personal reactions to this poem?

Question 2: Frantz Fanon was a student of Aimé Césaire. He wrote this text in 1952 while living in France. What do you think Fanon was most trying to communicate in this piece? Do you think what he writes about here is applicable to contemporary times? Why or why not?