Is the change Wright sets in motion at the end of Part I a positive or negative change?
I think the change Wright sets at the end of Part I is a positive change. He makes the decision to move to Chicago with his mother, brother, and Aunt Maggie. When he was living in the South, he was heading down a dangerous path. Wright wasn’t listening to what people were telling him to do which was a problem because black people who do this end up lynched. He was trying to stand up to something bigger than himself. Making the decision to move to the North was a good thing because it's so much safer. In the North, Wright goes unnoticed and he among so many other kinds of people. However, I think Richard will find that racism is still prominent and will have problems similar to those in the South.
Monday, March 10, 2008
A Positive Change for Wright
Posted by Lauren at 6:39 AM
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You have a good point about it being safer in the North. While there is still racism there, and problems (like you say), people generally don't end up being lynched as much in a big city. Plus, it's easier to blend in when you're in a big city, and the odds increase of being able to find somewhere which isn't as racist as anywhere else.
I am glad that we agree with each other, Lauren. The decision that Wright makes to leave is very positive in my mind. His life in the South was holding him back from the things he wanted to accomplish. By him not taking the advice from the people around him to stay, Richard was able to move North at the right time. The South was actually harmful to the health of Wright. He might have been lynched if he had not left when he did. Liz made a good observation about this as well. Like Liz had commented, it isn’t that the North wasn’t racist, but there were less racial conflicts and the citizens of the North cared less about the issue than Southerners. Good job on this blog Lauren.
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