The conflict that we come across in the chapter, 'So What Are You Anyway?'
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Show MoreCRITIQUE ANALYSIS OF “SO WHAT ARE YOU, ANYWAY?” By Lawrence Hill
Racism and ethnic discrimination in the North America has been a biggest issue since the colonial times. The segregation continues to take place in many social areas such as housing, education, employment, especially for Afro-American people. 1970’s was the crucial time of the racism, many students killed by the national guards in U.S. during their protests against racial injustice. The violence followed by the Civil Rights Movement and caused awakenings of the anti-racist ideology in literature because” white against black” was not a determinable social impact. The mixed-race Canadian author Lawrence Hill’s works are irreplaceable examples of the awareness of violent racism. …show more content…
The conflict in this story is racism and the author clarified this conflict by using racist words such as “Negro”, “Mulatto”: “When you say brown, do you mean he is a Negro?”, “So you’re mixed?, You are a mulatto!”(Hill). He also uses symbolism like Carole’s black doll to make it clear the discriminative behavior of people. It is also a metaphor when Mr. and Mrs. Norton are harassing Carole due to her doll is black and also her father is black: “That’s a Negro doll. That’s race. Negro. What’s your race?” (Hill). The author uses empathetic tone to influence reader about racism. This empathy appears especially in Carole’s monologs. “How would you, like it if happened to you? So what are you, anyway? What are your parents? How would you colour them? Well, I don’t care! I don’t even care!” (Hill). Also, Hill is analyzing the human psychology about how people willing to see themselves more superior than others. Most people like separate people about their racial identity. The author shows actually racism is so primitive and crucial. Because of nobody borne as a racist, the society and the system teaches discrimination: “you know, what you are? What race?”, “Carole’s mouth drops. Race? What is that? She doesn’t understand. Yet she senses that the man is asking bad questions”