As the result, the poverty was inherited to next generation repeatedly. Roger represents the group of the poor black men. His face was “dirty” and he was “frail and willow-wild” in his clothes. In addition, he tried to steal money from Mrs. Jones illegally. About these problems, the writer tried to enlighten the poor black men through Mrs. Jones’ words although it is faint and indirect.
Her story is one of success she achieved personally and professionally. Her family's experiences also show the horror of how persons of color were treated, including the story of a neighbor boy who was killed by a white man who said he trespassed, but the crime was never prosecuted. Proud Shoes should be required reading for Americans it really is informative on the race relations during those times. It was a little hard for me to get through the Civil War military history, but that doesn’t take anything away from the important of the book to American history. It was a painful reading about treatment of the slaves in this book, But necessary to relay the message in the story.
A piece of literature that relates to this quote is the fiction book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This book relates to the quote because the whole story is about racism and a man named Atticus Finch trying to defend a falsely accused black man. The quote is implying that when times are troubled that's when we begin to see things as they really are. Scout particularly goes through this. In the beginning she's just this innocent kid, but by the end she sees the town in another light.
“The Lottery”. I was very interested in the Shirley Jackson’s short story named “The Lottery” due to its controversial thematic. The author makes a heavy criticism of old traditions blind followed that sometimes people do just because they were told to, by their ancestors. Since the story was presented and, even more, after watching the film about it, I kept thinking regarding the reasons for doing things in life. As I’ve always been a rebel, I was captivated by this story, and in certain way I felt identified with the author because she presents the whole situation as if it was anything normal and quotidian when it is really a deep drama.
In various works of literature, the moral ambiguity of a certain character is used to teach readers a lesson and empower them to change their community. This use of moral ambiguity can be seen in the book Native Son, by Richard Wright. The main character, Bigger Thomas, is difficult to identify as good or evil. Throughout the book, Bigger committed many crimes, including two murders and the writing of a ransom note. His aggressive nature and unhindered anger towards the world makes it difficult for readers to like him or connect with him.
"The Lottery" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, and its central theme involves the risk of following tradition blindly; another theme has to do with the unpredictability of society behavior. The lottery in this small town exposes the dark underbelly of every tradition that cultures follow. At the beginning of the story, all we know is that a drawing is taking place and that the entire town's attendance is expected. In small towns, tradition is often revered, and even details such as the black box and the origin of the small slips of paper receive a lot of attention. However, the habitual acceptance of the lottery has made ritual homicide a part of the community lore.
As his character develops in the novel, he comes across as calm, empathetic and nonjudgmental. He also is one of the few who can see things from another’s point of view. In the 1930s in America, racism was a big issue based on discrimination against black people. Most white people, in the novel discriminate against the black people because they fail to see life from their point of view. As the reader begins to see the unfairness of the actions against black people, mostly because of Atticus’ speech, the theme of discrimination is developed through the motive of ‘walking around in their shoes.’ The title, To Kill A Mockingbird is very symbolic and meaningful.
To kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee is a story of racial prejudice and social class, set in a time when such narrow mindedness was considered acceptable and apart of every day life in the small town of Maycomb. A widower, Atticus raises his children by himself, with the help of kindly neighbours and a black housekeeper named Calpurnia. Scout and Jem almost instinctively understand the complexities and machinations of their neighbourhood and town. This novel takes place in 1930’s in a typical southern society. Once Atticus chooses to defend Tom Robinson, a black man, Scout faces many challenges and she discovers numerous facts about life.
“The shingled pattern that seems to cease against your box’s rim continues right on in the piece that’s underground with him.”(415) The irony in this is that the husband obtained the exact wood that was made of his coffin down to every single detail for her sewing box. There was more to this than being resourceful. “And while I worked it made me think of timber’s varied doom: One inch where people eat and drink, the next inch in a tomb.” It’s almost as if the husband is hinting that he already knows. The story takes a turn as the husband starts to acknowledge the presence of the wife’s reaction, “But why do you look so white, my dear, and turn aside your face? You knew not that good lad, I fear, though he came from your native place?”(415) By doing so he told her one thing, “Don’t dare, despise my intellect, mere accidental things of that sort never have effect on my imaginings.” With a lot of the detail that was in this sentence really started to understand that there was more to the story.
The Analysis of the Lottery The short story “The Lottery” narrated a story about the people of a small town held an activity of lottery and the person who got the lottery would be hit to death by stones for the sake of harvest of the following year. Read through the whole story, we can know that the lottery completely show the blind obedience, less of rationality and cruel coldness of human nature of the whole town people. In the beginning of the story, the author described a quiet and peaceful, common and beautiful scene of the small town. For example, the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. These descriptions of the surrounding environment gave readers a kind of quiet and peaceful feeling so that it made readers think there would not happen anything bad.