I couldn't help thinking this book was slightly outdated to be applied to our modern world, seeing as the Civil War is very much over, and there's not much racism anymore. But that's just my tendancy to try and relate everything to now, or my life.
This book was incredible. It really made me think and imagine the spectacle the situation or idea would have created during the time frame. The main character spend a majority of his life living as a colored man. It isn't until the end when he decides to "play his joke on humanity" It's an excellent joke. No doubt about it. Laughing in the face of a society that put so much quality on the color of a man's skin. Snubbing a society that will only value a man's worth because he can pass as white. It seems so horrible that America ever thought that way.
In the end, the joke seemed to turn on him for a while. He fell in love with a white woman, and was torn between telling her the truth of his ancestry, or hiding it and marrying her with that lie in his life the whole time. I won't reveal the outcome of the situation.
I can understand why this book became included on the list of enduring works. Is there a way we think of a society of another group? Are there still these kind of feelings? I thought of the homosexual/bisexual issue, and same sex marriage controversy raging out society today. Yes, I agree homosexual/and bisexuals are people just like everyone else, but somehow, I feel that in matters of sexuality, things are much more taboo, sensitive, and even sacred to too many people for this to truly be compared. But, this is my opinion. Many I know disagree, but I only wish to be respected for at least having one.
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