Mark Watkins
English 101
Literary Analysis
Essay 2
Has Times Really Changed The 60’s has changed the way African Americans are treated today? Everybody may have a different opinion as to if there has been a change according to the way African Americans are treated today. There has been many changes but in retrospect a lot of things has remained the same. As Easy Rawlins stated “people have problems all up and down the street”( pg 10) the same thing is occurring at this present day and age. The first character that I chose was Jackson Blue. The things that were said during the encounters with Easy were words of two people that had different standards but were also a product of their environment. Jackson Blue is a very street savvy individual. …show more content…
Geneva has been a part of Nola’s life from the beginning and always watched out for her niece. Upon meeting Easy her words were genuine and her love was real. Her actions were led by what she believed that a white man killed her niece. While interacting with Easy it revealed that if a black man or woman accused a white man of killing a black man or woman there might not be no justice. In those days if that was said they would get beat, killed or thrown in jail. Geneva was probably like a lot of elderly women in our society today because she would speak what she felt and not care about the repercussions of her actions. Even though it was stated in the book that she died one can only think she could have been murdered because that exactly what would have happened back then. Today white people have been convicted for killing blacks but a lot of white people get away with doing things to blacks we see it every day on the news. Therefore has times really changed. Another quote that was mentioned in the book Little Scarlet was Easy asked “why are you so worried about a dead black woman? You’re not doing this for every Negro killed”. Even in our times today the police has never cared about black on black crime but if a black commit a crime against a white person they will definitely be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
English 101
Literary Analysis
Essay 2
Has Times Really Changed The 60’s has changed the way African Americans are treated today? Everybody may have a different opinion as to if there has been a change according to the way African Americans are treated today. There has been many changes but in retrospect a lot of things has remained the same. As Easy Rawlins stated “people have problems all up and down the street”( pg 10) the same thing is occurring at this present day and age. The first character that I chose was Jackson Blue. The things that were said during the encounters with Easy were words of two people that had different standards but were also a product of their environment. Jackson Blue is a very street savvy individual. …show more content…
Geneva has been a part of Nola’s life from the beginning and always watched out for her niece. Upon meeting Easy her words were genuine and her love was real. Her actions were led by what she believed that a white man killed her niece. While interacting with Easy it revealed that if a black man or woman accused a white man of killing a black man or woman there might not be no justice. In those days if that was said they would get beat, killed or thrown in jail. Geneva was probably like a lot of elderly women in our society today because she would speak what she felt and not care about the repercussions of her actions. Even though it was stated in the book that she died one can only think she could have been murdered because that exactly what would have happened back then. Today white people have been convicted for killing blacks but a lot of white people get away with doing things to blacks we see it every day on the news. Therefore has times really changed. Another quote that was mentioned in the book Little Scarlet was Easy asked “why are you so worried about a dead black woman? You’re not doing this for every Negro killed”. Even in our times today the police has never cared about black on black crime but if a black commit a crime against a white person they will definitely be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the