The story takes place in Denmark. In the story, we get a vivid description of a man who enters the narrative. The story is told through the mind of the main character, Olaf. Through the main character’s verbal description of the black man I noticed how racist and prejudiced the man was. Before the black man even enters the narrative, Olaf talks about how he likes how sailors are direct and simple and only wanted women and whiskey. However, when a tall black sailor named Jim arrives at the hotel, he doesn’t even want to consider offering him a room, but he feels powerless in his presence and gives in. Then, when the black man requests a woman and some whiskey, he responds quite differently. He gets upset and angry that he would make such a request, and even considers saying that no women are available for the night, even though he knew that would be a
The story takes place in Denmark. In the story, we get a vivid description of a man who enters the narrative. The story is told through the mind of the main character, Olaf. Through the main character’s verbal description of the black man I noticed how racist and prejudiced the man was. Before the black man even enters the narrative, Olaf talks about how he likes how sailors are direct and simple and only wanted women and whiskey. However, when a tall black sailor named Jim arrives at the hotel, he doesn’t even want to consider offering him a room, but he feels powerless in his presence and gives in. Then, when the black man requests a woman and some whiskey, he responds quite differently. He gets upset and angry that he would make such a request, and even considers saying that no women are available for the night, even though he knew that would be a