ELETHIA
Nepal is a small country in Southeast Asia, where I was born. A long time ago, the political party named Youth Communist League (YCL) was formed. Members of this party used to kill innocent people just to show their existence and how powerful they are. Later they also entered the politics of the nation. And as of today, the leader of this party is the president of Nepal. Although the members of this party have stopped killing nowadays, people are still afraid of this party because of their fearful past. In Elethia also, even after emancipation proclamation, the law ended the slavery, but it still existed in the society anyhow. In other words, the scatters of slavery were still in the society because of the existence of slave owners. …show more content…
In this short story of hers, she describes how racism or slavery is still being a problem in the society. Uncle Albert who is regarded as the carrier of truth is stuffed and has become a showcase of the restaurant. Although black people could not eat at Uncle Albert’s, they were still working in the Kitchen. Saturday afternoon, Uncle Albert had become the subject of discussion for people as they thought Uncle Albert was a dummy and looked so real. During Summer, when Elethia was working as a salad girl in the restaurant kitchen, she found out that Uncle Albert was not a dummy, but was stuffed. She had a shadow of a doubt because of his fingernail and hair. She then decides to free Uncle Albert and one night along with her best buddies; she stole Uncle Albert. They burned the body of Uncle Albert in the incinerator of their high school to free him. They all kept a bottle of his ashes. Elethia then travels to various museums, and there she finds many stuffed Indians just like Uncle Albert. Elethia felt that she knew Uncle Albert wanted to be free but she doesn’t know whether these Indians wants to be free or get burned and she couldn’t burn them …show more content…
It may be the reason; they couldn’t understand the feeling of black people. If the owner of the restaurant had known how it’s like to be treated as a slave, he would have never made Uncle Albert a stuffed man. When Elethia had heard the stories about Uncle Albert, who couldn’t stand for the injustice done to his people. Elethia friends used to call her Thia, which refers to goddess and Uncle Porter was the carrier of truth. It may have been the reason that Elethia felt a connection with him and freed him.
Emancipation Proclamation may have ended the slavery, but the people 's view towards African American or black peoples will take a very long time to improve. Slavery has remained as the big scar for the African-American people which is difficult to fade away. Alice Walker who is an African-American novelist should have faced various difficulties in her past or childhood as she was born in 1944 when racism had a huge impact in society as compared to now. Her personal experience may be the reason she says in her last line; Uncle Alberts, in her own mind, were not permitted to
Nepal is a small country in Southeast Asia, where I was born. A long time ago, the political party named Youth Communist League (YCL) was formed. Members of this party used to kill innocent people just to show their existence and how powerful they are. Later they also entered the politics of the nation. And as of today, the leader of this party is the president of Nepal. Although the members of this party have stopped killing nowadays, people are still afraid of this party because of their fearful past. In Elethia also, even after emancipation proclamation, the law ended the slavery, but it still existed in the society anyhow. In other words, the scatters of slavery were still in the society because of the existence of slave owners. …show more content…
In this short story of hers, she describes how racism or slavery is still being a problem in the society. Uncle Albert who is regarded as the carrier of truth is stuffed and has become a showcase of the restaurant. Although black people could not eat at Uncle Albert’s, they were still working in the Kitchen. Saturday afternoon, Uncle Albert had become the subject of discussion for people as they thought Uncle Albert was a dummy and looked so real. During Summer, when Elethia was working as a salad girl in the restaurant kitchen, she found out that Uncle Albert was not a dummy, but was stuffed. She had a shadow of a doubt because of his fingernail and hair. She then decides to free Uncle Albert and one night along with her best buddies; she stole Uncle Albert. They burned the body of Uncle Albert in the incinerator of their high school to free him. They all kept a bottle of his ashes. Elethia then travels to various museums, and there she finds many stuffed Indians just like Uncle Albert. Elethia felt that she knew Uncle Albert wanted to be free but she doesn’t know whether these Indians wants to be free or get burned and she couldn’t burn them …show more content…
It may be the reason; they couldn’t understand the feeling of black people. If the owner of the restaurant had known how it’s like to be treated as a slave, he would have never made Uncle Albert a stuffed man. When Elethia had heard the stories about Uncle Albert, who couldn’t stand for the injustice done to his people. Elethia friends used to call her Thia, which refers to goddess and Uncle Porter was the carrier of truth. It may have been the reason that Elethia felt a connection with him and freed him.
Emancipation Proclamation may have ended the slavery, but the people 's view towards African American or black peoples will take a very long time to improve. Slavery has remained as the big scar for the African-American people which is difficult to fade away. Alice Walker who is an African-American novelist should have faced various difficulties in her past or childhood as she was born in 1944 when racism had a huge impact in society as compared to now. Her personal experience may be the reason she says in her last line; Uncle Alberts, in her own mind, were not permitted to