Big, Black, Good, Man
Big, Black, Good, Man is a short story that depicts the idea of if we commit racist acts that ideal can engulf are mind and effect all of are thoughts. In the story we look through the perspective of Olaf who works at an inn. All is well until Jim, a massive African American, comes in and asks for a room. As the story unravels we notice symbolic items that relate back to the main idea of, if we committing racist acts it can change the way we think . The author adds a lot of objects to show this point but the main one that stands out to me is when Olaf imagines Jim dying while the ship he was on sunk and a shark came and eats him (pg 204 - 205).
When Jim walks into the inn we see Olaf's description of him, he was a enormous African American man. Shortly after we start to see Olaf thinking about racist acts. Time and time again Olaf was trying to find a reason to not let him stay …show more content…
In the story Olaf makes sure to say that he has worked with African American people before. Everything that Jim did wasn’t out of the ordinary to Olaf, Jim wanted alcohol and a women and Olaf got him what he wanted. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for people staying in the inn to request thing like this. The fact that the first time Olaf saw Jim he had racist ideas going in and out of his head. This lead to every act that Jim committed, to get under Olaf’s skin and it only got worse as the story continues. By the end of the story Olaf realized that every thought he had about Jim was wrong, Jim wasn’t trying to kill him, he was just trying to get his shirt size, to give him some clothes to thank him for his service. So we should come into any situation open minded and not let first impressions impare are judgment of other people because their is a lot more to learn about someone than just the surface
Big, Black, Good, Man is a short story that depicts the idea of if we commit racist acts that ideal can engulf are mind and effect all of are thoughts. In the story we look through the perspective of Olaf who works at an inn. All is well until Jim, a massive African American, comes in and asks for a room. As the story unravels we notice symbolic items that relate back to the main idea of, if we committing racist acts it can change the way we think . The author adds a lot of objects to show this point but the main one that stands out to me is when Olaf imagines Jim dying while the ship he was on sunk and a shark came and eats him (pg 204 - 205).
When Jim walks into the inn we see Olaf's description of him, he was a enormous African American man. Shortly after we start to see Olaf thinking about racist acts. Time and time again Olaf was trying to find a reason to not let him stay …show more content…
In the story Olaf makes sure to say that he has worked with African American people before. Everything that Jim did wasn’t out of the ordinary to Olaf, Jim wanted alcohol and a women and Olaf got him what he wanted. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for people staying in the inn to request thing like this. The fact that the first time Olaf saw Jim he had racist ideas going in and out of his head. This lead to every act that Jim committed, to get under Olaf’s skin and it only got worse as the story continues. By the end of the story Olaf realized that every thought he had about Jim was wrong, Jim wasn’t trying to kill him, he was just trying to get his shirt size, to give him some clothes to thank him for his service. So we should come into any situation open minded and not let first impressions impare are judgment of other people because their is a lot more to learn about someone than just the surface