Analysis Of Everything That Rises Must Converge And Simple Recipes

Generations after generations enter and depart from this earth, receiving the traditions of those before them and passing on those of their own. This creates somewhat of a cycle of generations, if you will. Although this cycle is responsible for sustaining the human race and its history, it is responsible for numerous controversies. This topic of elders passing on their life’s knowledge to their young protégés is seen within the short stories Everything that Rises Must Converge and Simple Recipes. Although elders gift the youth of the world with their cultural and societal knowledge, and in most cases mean well by it; these traditions, practices and beliefs are responsible for the passing on of negative and possibly harmful conventions. This …show more content…
Meanwhile, readers learn that although Julian may not think he has inherited this negative perception of ethnicities, it turns out he is a lot more like his mother than he thinks. Throughout the story readers are meant to focus on Julian’s goal of being the opposite person of his mother, an example of this being when the narrator …show more content…
In the short story Everything that Rises Must Converge it is important to note the traits and cultural beliefs that were passed on. Julian is given the unknown trait of being prejudicial towards African Americans. Although he believes he has the completely opposite mindset, Julian is unaware that the subtle racial innuendos are as blatantly racist as his mothers up front, racial remarks. Julian believes that he is being cordial to the African American passengers when in reality he is using them as pieces in his game, war of attrition with his mother. This is seen when the narrator