Wright's Final Analysis

Wright comes to the conclusion by the end of the story that everyone is suffering, similarly to how he himself suffered. The whites too are suffering, albeit in a different way. Wright comes to realize this for the first time at the end of the novel. His experience throughout the story has been colored by the indecencies he has had to put up with. Whites however are suffering too, in a different, but very real way. Wright's dreams of being a writer do not seem to be going anywhere in these last pages for the simple fact that he does not feel he has an audience to write too. He tosses the figurative spark out at the end to try and determine whether his writing will have an audience at all.

Wright Leaves the South

The change Wright begins at the end of part one is ultimately good change in my opinion. For one thing, he has taken his fate into his own hands, or at least as much as an African-American could do in the Jim Crow South. Whether or not the North will prove more hospitable is something we have yet to discover, but regardless, Wright had a goal and was able to make it happen for himself through hard work. In the past, Wright could only dream about going north - no amount of hard work could get him enough money in order to move. Wright's horizons are also being broadened by all the books he is reading. This is leading him in new directions in terms of his thought processes. He began to realize near the end of part 1 that he could no longer stay in the South, his outlook was changing enough to the point where the whites would begin to take notice, and react with hostility towards him. In this vein, it is good that Wright is able to leave the poisonous environment he is privy too. As I mentioned earlier, we are not yet certain if Chicago will be better, worse, or the same as Memphis has been, but one thing we can be reasonably certain of was that Memphis was growing more and more unsafe for Wright and his family, and thus, it was certainly time to move on.

Wright and Subservience

I believe that a degree of subservience is required to exist in civilized society. There is something to be said for the fact that a degree of conformity is required to fit into a community. We have an understanding in our society that it is unacceptable to commit acts such as murder or theft. For individuals who feel the urge to commit such crimes, they must either resist such urges or be removed from the society itself. There is the expectation that students and staff of UHS will not spread hateful speech towards other people. For members of the community who are not able to comply with these standards, they are asked to remove themselves. This sort of conformity is necessary, and desirable. Chris McCandless is an applicable example. He felt himself above societal norms, and ultimately paid for it with his life. Therefore, subservience to a degree is required. However, Wright himself has to deal with a level of expected conformity that is far beyond what we have to experience today.

Catie Young

Catie Young is a youthful individual. I decided to write this blog on my own, to pay homage to her as an individual. She is, if nothing else, individual. This is evidenced by the fact, that she is but one person, and this is what is defined as an individual. So thus, she is one - an individual, that is. Her youthful nature is compounded by the fact that her last name is Young, a word which means youthful, or, not old. In fact, it is the polar opposite of old. Yes. She is actually only 3 days old. She was engineered inside a cow fetus, which makes her the first cow-human hybrid. One thing that must be noted, is that Catie Young has many interests. These interests are varied, and include many things. For one thing, she is in a band known as CYBJ - I forget what this stands for. It is a Christian rock group that specializes in Judeo-Christian Theological Geology.

Quotes by Catie Young: "What is a beach cumber? Is it a cucumber you eat on the beach?"

*Catie tries to spell* "sk djj kksleidksls,.ssls"

Wright and the White World

Wright comments that he began coping with the white world too late. He is completely unaccustomed to how he is supposed to act when in the company of white people. His family members and friends have gotten used to how they are expected to act in these situations, but Wright has not been exposed to these situations until he was almost 17 years.Wright is far too free-thinking and questioning to ever truly fit into the Jim Crow south - it is not enough for him to simply accept his lot in life.

Wright and the SPEAAAACHHH

I believe that Wright is justified in his refusal to use the speech the principal gives him due to the fact that they asked him to write his own speech originally. Wright acknowledged that the principal's speech is better written, but it is the sentiment behind the act that he simply cannot get behind. He sees it as yet another instance where the education system is seeking to hinder him rather than help him. He is being asked to conform to what the south sees a black person being. This particular incident typifies problems Wright has had throughout his life: balancing out his hatred of conforming to his need to eat and make money. Wright tries desperately in this chapter to break himself of the habit of questioning these types of things, but he is unable to succeed.