The Evil In Richard Wright's 'Between The World And Me'

Register to read the introduction… He stated that "There was a charred stump of a sapling pointing a blunt finger accusingly at the sky." By personify the sapling as finger that pointed at the sky, it clarifies that the unknown man and the nature were bound together. Both of them were humiliated and confused; thus they questioned god why such "punishments" were put upon them. In addition, the scene and the message that are established are comparable with the crucifixion of Jesus. When the Jesus was on the cross, he shouted out "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Psalm 22). In contrast, both depictions deliver a feeling of grief for god not saving them and the feeling of betraying for not understanding the rationale behind this. The confusion that is perpetuated in the unknown man's mind can also further explain by Clovis E. Semmes’ book called White Supremacy and African Body. He concluded that "for European to justify slavery, they frequently argued that black sin was a curse from God"(1). Since the European established that the color black is equitable to evilness, stating that the African American or people with dark skin are abandoned by God is a perfect excuse to demean the race. It not only gave the supremacy to the white but also benefits the Caucasians to coerce blacks to service them. To bolster the white supremacy, "lynching became a major tool to …show more content…
With the exhausting opening to the thriving ending, Richard Wright not only records the experiences of the speaker but also alludes the rising of the black race. He suggests that the past might be humiliating but it is really about the here and now in which is similar during the Harlem