Essays on Wino

Dick Gregory is one of the most well-known black comedians and social rights activist who became popular because of his biting humor in criticizing racial prejudice. He is also a nutrition guru and a health entrepreneur advocating change of diet as a catalyst of better living. “Born into poverty, a circumstance he frequently used as the basis for his humor, Dick Gregory attended Southern Illinois University, where he ran track and was the University’s most outstanding athlete in 1953.” (Clovis 539) Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory began his career in the national comedy scene during the year 1961 in The Playboy Club in ...

“I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that[,]”(Gregory, “Shame”) are the first and sharpest words of Dick Gregory’s memory. From the very beginning, Gregory advises that the pessimism to crowd him had little to do with his family compared to the influence of other people. In a clean, A-and-B structure, he delineates that he didn’t inherit negativity from his natural surroundings. As in, that he didn’t judge hisself or others by the attitudes of his home. No, he required the “hate” and the “shame” from the guidance of ...

Our personal development experiences have quite a major influence in the behaviors that we acquire and in the manner in which we treat other people as well as associate with them. When positive experiences happen in our lives, there is a high possibility that we gain confidence in ourselves. As such, we can freely and readily engage in activities that call for interaction with other people, since we feel quite at ease. Similarly, after a horrible or demeaning experience, there is a possibility that our self esteem and confidence is badly affected on the negative. For instance, Gregory (1) indicates that since he ...