One could describe him as a man who hated his own race because like whites he saw them as being incapable of bringing about change or gaining the respect of White Americans. Moreover, in his eyes blacks are the reason that no changes occurred after the war, which is the leading factor to his internalized racism towards them. In addition to Sergeant Waters’s attitude towards the black military his death also depicts blacks versus blacks. The death of Waters shows that not only did he hate those of his kind but that they hated him as well because of his ill treatment of them. The film offers increased racial tension among blacks themselves by allowing the murder to be committed by, Peterson, who is a black soldier.
Charles Yale Harrison’s novel “Generals die in bed” directly depicts the catastrophic dehumanization of soldiers in war through each and every one of his characters. Dehumanization is the process of losing altruistic or individual qualities, as may occur in some psychotic states or in environments that produce emotional trauma and may be influenced by external forces. The environment and external forces in Harrison’s novel were the trenches. From the beginning of the novel the men are normal civilians, with morals and righteous beliefs who show great respect for their fellow man. Yet soon after they are stationed on the western front these men are transformed into barbaric killers whom resent and show very little mercy for their fellow man
This reveals the way in which the African Americans are being oppressed even in their own religion. In this context the white man had little respect for the colored man’s ways of worshiping the Lord, and thus made the black man feel inferior in every aspect of life. This prayer also asks in triplicate, “Great God deliver us” (15)! DuBois wished to be delivered from lust of body, blood, power and gold. He desired for the African American race to transcend hate and become closer to the Lord in doing so.
Tom Robinson is later seen as guilty. Even though it is very obvious that Bob Ewell is guilty, mainly because Tom’s left hand is useless. Because of Tom’s race, the people who see him as innocent will be looked down upon. Racism killed Tom.
There also seems to be a conflict going on within himself. After hearing the news of the approval Sergeant Mulcahy strips the shirt off of Trip exposing his scars on his back from previous floggings following this Trip pulls the rest of his shirt off with angst and a facial expression of pure disgust for what the Colonel is doing. A slow dismal soundtrack starts at this point directing the emotions for the scene. A number of close ups start here to show emotion and expression on the faces of the two men. Trip chooses to fixate on Colonel Shaw and show no emotion but one single tear as Colonel Robert show looks on with a stern but also questioning look on his face.
This film was adapted from the letters from Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the military officer in charge of the Fifty-fourth regiment. His letters showed the strength, courage, and motivation from the men in the Fifty-fourth company. This division was the first all black regiment in Massachusetts during the Civil War. This group consisted of African Americans willing to fight and die for the Union. At first the United States government was undecided about the use of black soldiers in the army and used them in demeaning tasks.
Dolphus Raymond sees that Dill is crying and responds with ‘cry about the simple hell people give other people – without thinking. Cry about the hell white people give coloured folks, without stopping to think that they’re people too.’ The repetition of the word ‘cry’ gives the reader the impression that Dolphus Raymond is angry at the way in which white people treat the black community. His words also highlight the simplicity of the situation through his eyes, Dolphus Raymond also repeats the word ‘hell’ which leads Scout, Jem and Dill to consider how much a segregated
So how can the two be tied together? Well first of all, their views are very strong and loud. Baldwin rants in his essay that the whites are too blame for the uneducated African Americans and the formation of the dialect: black language, which Baldwin intensely argues that it is not a dialect and the term dialect is offensive “white people in American never had any interest in educating black people, except as this could serve white purposes” (pg. 264). Cisneros explains in one of her passages the desire for a “man man,” which through the person’s eyes is someone who can cook and clean – shadowing a female’s role which is something completely opposite of modern society’s expectations.
Throughout ‘Big Black Good Man,” the themes of racism through fear and ambiguity as well as alienation provide a portrait that Richard Wright painted that shows how the world was segregated but can overcome it by overcoming challenges. Richard Wright’s “Big Black Good Man” uses racism and ambiguity to further the theme that one should never provide judgement on another simply by looking at their physique. Richard Wright’s “Big Black Good Man” shares with much of Wright's fiction the theme of fear and alienation growing out of racial differences. “To Olaf, all men were men, but this particular black man… he just didn’t seem human.” This quote is at the beginning at of the story and it is the beginning of the tension building between the protagonist and the antagonist. This is also the beginning of where the audience can really get to know Olaf and the racism that is occurring through the world, even today.
Jefferson’s attorney was the reason that Jefferson lost his self-respect. Jefferson’s attorney is a symbol of racism. Defending Jefferson as a “hog” because he sees him as one, he assumes he is guilty because of his race, no second thoughts, and even though the lawyer is assigned as an attorney to help him, he doesn’t care about Jefferson either way. Whites saw African Americans as unintelligent, so the attorney defends Jefferson the way the whites see him. An example would be when the lawyer says, “He does not even know the size of his clothes or his shoes”, another example of the attorney seeing Jefferson as unintelligent was when he stated “Ask him to quote one passage from the constitution or Bill of Rights.” When the lawyer says, “What you see here is a thing that acts on command.” Shows that the lawyer doesn’t show any sign of respect he has for Jefferson what so ever.