Sugar Update Outline

Well, this is embarrassing...

I have been writing for the last 3 weeks without being able to make a paper --- it is still pretty directionless despite all the analyzing... or probably, perhaps because of it.

I think I need to limit myself. And set of parameters... what is important to me is how beautifully this poem brings together so many elements which all pertain to sugar. I need to however let go from being able to say everything. I need to stay focused on SUGAR.  I want to talk about how sugar being a tool of discourse... it is used to make

So, in the first part, I discuss three (3) binary oppositions in the epigraph from Phillis Wheatley.
black vs white
good vs evil
us vs them

I wonder if I can stick to this... just these three binary oppositions.

I suppose to get at sugar, I can ask...

How is sugar black? How is sugar white?

How is sugar good? How is sugar evil?

How is sugar us? How is sugar them?


How is sugar neither black nor white? How is it both?

How is sugar neither good nor evil? How is it both?

How is neither us nor them? How is it both?


I want to talk about the poem and it's structure. I want to see how sugar is told...