Cultural Front: Reflections on the first section of The Big Smoke: [ The Big Smoke reading group ] The first section of The Big Smoke gives us some sense of Jack Johnson, this intelligent, eloquent, and...The poem "Alias" really intrigued me because it exemplifies the sociological term of naming or the name game. I find it humorous how we play the name game with celebrities, other peoples as well as ourselves. A good few examples are "King James", the nickname of Lebron, as well as the common nick names such as lil man, pookie, biggie, champ, princess, and baby girl. Although, these names aren't offensive as the names given to Jack Johnson, but they still give meaning to who we are as people or who we would like to be.
-J.Demetrius
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