Modern Native Son Essay
Two different shades of skin fill an immense amount of hate into people of the same kind. Humans are the same in many ways that, surely, it would seem that although we come in different sizes and colors, loathing and discrimination wouldn’t be much of an important matter. But then again, it’s one of the biggest issues society has been facing for generations now. Native Son written by Richard Wright and Remember the Titans directed by Boaz Yakin may seem divergent but in small ways are they homogeneous. Discrimination doesn’t have a time period because there is a sixty year difference between the two. Implementing time in understanding each piece of art, I’ve come to recognize at the very least, three similarities that …show more content…
Bigger, the character that represents Wright, is constantly leaving in fear. “He turned and a hysterical terror seized him, as though he were falling from a great height in a dream. A white blur was standing by the door, silent, ghostlike.” Wright (85). I could try and interrupt this quote in numerous directions, but the central direction I would like to direct you in is how, so undoubtedly, terror seized him. He let the fear consistently brewing within brought upon him by the whites, bring him to believe that a blind woman would be able to see that he was there. “I'm a winner. I'm going to win. - Coach Boone” Remember the Titans. Winning or longing to the achieve the very best comes from the impression that you were previously led into believing you weren’t already the best or need to prove yourself. Coach Boone, from beginning to ending, put 110% into whatever it is that he did because deep down, he felt the fear of losing might make him less superior than the predominantly white state of Virginia. Both characters let the fear of the color of skin determine how they live out their lives. Boone, ending with a positive outcome but Bigger, ending with deep realization of actions that were incidental to begin with but grew to be more than
Two different shades of skin fill an immense amount of hate into people of the same kind. Humans are the same in many ways that, surely, it would seem that although we come in different sizes and colors, loathing and discrimination wouldn’t be much of an important matter. But then again, it’s one of the biggest issues society has been facing for generations now. Native Son written by Richard Wright and Remember the Titans directed by Boaz Yakin may seem divergent but in small ways are they homogeneous. Discrimination doesn’t have a time period because there is a sixty year difference between the two. Implementing time in understanding each piece of art, I’ve come to recognize at the very least, three similarities that …show more content…
Bigger, the character that represents Wright, is constantly leaving in fear. “He turned and a hysterical terror seized him, as though he were falling from a great height in a dream. A white blur was standing by the door, silent, ghostlike.” Wright (85). I could try and interrupt this quote in numerous directions, but the central direction I would like to direct you in is how, so undoubtedly, terror seized him. He let the fear consistently brewing within brought upon him by the whites, bring him to believe that a blind woman would be able to see that he was there. “I'm a winner. I'm going to win. - Coach Boone” Remember the Titans. Winning or longing to the achieve the very best comes from the impression that you were previously led into believing you weren’t already the best or need to prove yourself. Coach Boone, from beginning to ending, put 110% into whatever it is that he did because deep down, he felt the fear of losing might make him less superior than the predominantly white state of Virginia. Both characters let the fear of the color of skin determine how they live out their lives. Boone, ending with a positive outcome but Bigger, ending with deep realization of actions that were incidental to begin with but grew to be more than