The Theme Of Life Isn T Fair

Segregation in America was the systematic separation of Black and White people in the United States that started after the Civil War, and was around up until the 1960s. Minorities have had the experience of being oppressed throughout the entire history of the upbringing of our country, and this quote further explains that. While not every white person was racist back then, there was still an overwhelming and loud side that was very against black people even being equal. They had power and influence within the government to get this system going. It was a true belief that they thought that white people were simply better due to genetics and that black people were inferior. They envisioned segregation as the idea of keeping the white race pure.

Within the story, there will likely be many themes that come forward and push the boundaries of comfortability as they confront the harsh realities of this time period. The two that I see that will coincide with his sense of dignity are Life Isn’t Fair, and Man vs Self. Life Isn’t Fair as a theme is described as a realization that everything in life is not just. Within a perfect society, the ideal scenario would be that if you do wrong, wrong will come back to you. However, we know that especially during the Civil Rights Movement era, things weren’t even for black people in America. It’s known that while Elwood didn’t do anything wrong, he is still arrested and brought to the juvenile hall. He has a sense of naivety in the world and knowing that he is disadvantaged as a black person he still believes that he’s able to make it through if he just behaves and goes off to college. We see this immediately come to get him at the end of Chapter 3, where all he does is hitch a ride to head to college, he’s pulled over and immediately discriminated against on the basis of nothing other than the color of his skin. This theme will further be delved into at Nickel, as they already mistreat boys and other young men of any skin tone. It will likely be hyper-aware that he is a black young man in there, and that will further wear down his sense of what he believes the world to be. The other theme that I see coming to the story is Man vs. Self. In Nickel, there will be semblances of the other Man vs. themes, but the one that will affect him the most is himself. When you’re in a place like this, your thoughts are sometimes the only things that you can keep to yourself. He’ll have it driven down his throat and physically beat into him that he’s a black person, and they won’t let him forget that. He will be forced to ask himself why is this