The two essays, Brent Staples’ “Black Men and Public Space,” and Debra Dickerson’s “Who Shot Johnny,” are very much alike. They support each other in that Staples talks about something that Dickerson goes into great detail about in her essay.
Both authors use a narrative point of view, giving backgrounds on themselves to help the reader understand where the author is coming from. Dickerson tells the reader about her “political awareness,” and tells that she “wrote a weekly column for the Harvard Law School Record.” This makes her look like a strong-willed, well-ed