Analysis Of The Coming Of John, By W. E. Du Bios

The 20th century in the United States elapsed the time of a close-minded, agronomic, and socio-economic challenged way of life, to transforming into an industrialized democracy and forth to a world-renowned superpower. As America shifted into a new century of hope for the future, the nation was filled with an eager generation of innovators who yearned to shape and sculpt the U.S into a proficient and industrialized society. Not only was the United States economic, political, and social aspects booming in the 20 century, but also the essays produced had a powerful movement. Three main themes were common to these empowering essays, which were racial, cultural, and philosophical. They all portrayed influential and entertaining messages, giving a perspective into life in 20th century America. Unceasingly present in United States history, small-scale subcultures

In the 20th century, it was still so socially aware, it was common sense the document and write about an ongoing predicament. In, Of the Coming of John, by W.E.B Du Bios, he tells a tale of two Johns, one black one white. They both grow up and pursue an education, while he demonstrates the noticeably different lifestyles and hardships of both their journey. He states, "The Nation has not yet found peace from its sins; the freedman has not yet found in freedom his promised land. Whatever of good may have come in these years of change, the shadow of a deep disappointment rests upon the Negro people,--a disappointment all the more bitter because the unattained ideal was unbounded save by the simple ignorance of a lowly people." Despite receiving freedom through Emancipation, the African-American race had not yet been able to fully grasp the pure freedom that was allegedly granted. This quote demonstrates that although the African American race had been freed from slavery, they had not genuinely been freed from