Tupac Shakur Assertion Analysis

    In Tupac Shakur's commentary, he describes how the general public of America sees different struggles to persevere and survive as either negative or positive. He compares a broken rose getting praised as strong and unique for going against odds because it grew out of the cement, while a real life human being is viewed as a dirty criminal for growing out of the ghetto. Tupac asserts the statement that Americans' morals are messed up because they won't recognize another human being as strong for fighting through the odds.
    To get his statement across, Tupac used imagery, juxtaposition, and metaphor. By giving the description of a beaten up, worn rose growing through the sidewalk of a city, it allows for the easy understanding of what it would look like and how much it stands out within the dreary blandness that is the city. Tupac then  compares this broken rose with a child that grew up in the ghetto and how similar they are to each other; this was the metaphor.