Thursday, August 19, 2010

Racism

We are introduced to a new character in Ch. 8 he is Bill Gorton a friend of Jake that has visited Vienne and how racist they were to this "nigger" fighter. Bill Gorton also used the word "nigger" so nonchalantly but at the same time he helped the fighter later on. He helped him because the crowd was mad that he had beat a white man. The injustice in this chapter shows the universality that makes it timeless and also shows what happens all around the world. Also it touches on THEME of inequality that can be seen in many books. Although Hemingway mentions it briefly with Gorton one also then knows that it is everywhere and will never be able to go away completely. It is apart of the way people think and will always think.

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