The grandfather was a former slave who actively fought in the civil war. His last words were a collection of phrases which seemed like random babble at first. However as the story progressed, so did the clarity of the meaning of the grandfather’s last words. What the grandfather was implying was to never conform to the white’s way of life in society. Never to lose your true colors and who you are as to where you came from. That grandpa wanted the blacks to shove so much of their own identity, so much of their culture into white society, that It would turn sick and try to vomit it back out. It would be so overwhelming but dangerous at the same time to never stop fighting to be equally treated for practicing this way of life of expressing their
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One of the stronger themes being racism and discrimination. What I think the author is saying that just because you are born of a colored minority, you are automatically deemed as inferior and unintelligent. The author was alive during the civil rights movement which plays a huge part in the development of this narrative and the perspective that it comes from. It is to my own personal interpretation that the author Ralph Ellison being involved in the civil rights movement and experiencing the historical era has implemented powerful themes such as extreme racism and prejudice based on skin color. All of these things is related to the grandfather’s last exact words. He said that there will be another war, a war that all blacks must be ready to fight. If you don’t fight and conform to the white’s standard and their way of life in society, then they become traitors for the cause. The cause that was fought and bled for 85 years ago from when this piece was written. If you do decide to fight, fight until society is forced to make changes and to implement true equality for not just blacks, but for all colored minority as well. Make sure that the white society keeps to their terms and promises that was signed for at the end of the Civil
One of the stronger themes being racism and discrimination. What I think the author is saying that just because you are born of a colored minority, you are automatically deemed as inferior and unintelligent. The author was alive during the civil rights movement which plays a huge part in the development of this narrative and the perspective that it comes from. It is to my own personal interpretation that the author Ralph Ellison being involved in the civil rights movement and experiencing the historical era has implemented powerful themes such as extreme racism and prejudice based on skin color. All of these things is related to the grandfather’s last exact words. He said that there will be another war, a war that all blacks must be ready to fight. If you don’t fight and conform to the white’s standard and their way of life in society, then they become traitors for the cause. The cause that was fought and bled for 85 years ago from when this piece was written. If you do decide to fight, fight until society is forced to make changes and to implement true equality for not just blacks, but for all colored minority as well. Make sure that the white society keeps to their terms and promises that was signed for at the end of the Civil