Wednesday, March 12, 2008

the move to chicago. right now. is it beuno?

for nearly five years of his life, wright has been dreaming of going to the north. for years, it is has been his purpose for working and for really enduring the south. memphis was certainly different than jackson - a much bigger city, much different dynamic. but still the racial prejudices remained. wright was working and he was saving his money in memphis, he was being tricked and used by his boss and other whites, he was starving himself in order to save money, and he still was naturally forced to make himself inferior, to step aside for whites, to degrade and lessen who he was because of his environment. in living there, he also KNEW what he was doing - he knew the pain he was suffering. he knew the creulty he was living. and all he knew was suffering. he had had this idea in his head for too long. he had enough money and he knew it. when was he going to act? it was now or never. he had to force himself to just go or he never would. his mind, his fears, his thoughts would stop him. so yes. this is good. finally - he is acting. doing something - risking everything. but for the good. he is not stopped by his environment or his own self. 

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