After You My Dear Alphonse

Ideas
1. White over black
  1. The blacks are not as priveriliged as the whites
  2. Not as fortunate
2. The black race need help from the white race
  1. They don't have enough money
  2. Everyone needs to work for money
  3. Men work manual labour because they do not possess the interlect to be something better
3. Age being the big separator
  1. Mrs. Boyd can only make comments relating to race
  2. Johnny doesn't really notice the racial difference
Characters
1. Mrs. Wilson
  1. Sees herself as above the blacks both socially and economically
  2. Doesn't realise that she is being racist
  3. Thinks she is doing the right thing
2. Boyd
  1. African American
  2. Friend to Johnny
3. Johnny
Context
1. Post WWII
  1. Playing war games
  2. Focus on Japanese soldiers because they impacted the Americans the most.
    1. "Dead Japanese"
2. 'Alphonse'
  1. Dialogue of upperclassmen
  2. About manners: letting someone go first.
  3. Idea of being the bigger, better person
3. Publication
  1. Author: Shirley Jackson
  2. Published in 1943
Assumptions
1. Boyd's ethnicity
  1. Assumed that Boyd would be a white boy
    1. "He was a negro boy"
2. Boyd's parents jobs
  1. Assumed that his mother worked
    1. They could not afford to have her as a stay at home mother
    2. "Oh. She doesn’t work, then?"
  2. Assumed that his father worked in manual labour
    1. "Boyd’s father works in a factory." "There, you see?"
    2. Did not expect him to be a foreman because he is black
3. The need for charity
  1. Assumed that they needed her charity
    1. Believed that they weren't fortunate enough to buy what they needed
    2. "It’s not new, of course, but there’s lots of wear in it still."
    3. "your mother or sister could probably use"
    4. "I’d be very happy to give them to you"
    5. Thinks Boyd needs to accept because they need her help
      1. “There are many little boys like you, Boyd, who would be grateful for the clothes someone was kind enough to give them.”
4. Assumes that Boyd doesn't get fed enough
  1. Thinks that they don't have enough money
  2. "There’s plenty of food here for you to have all you want."
  3. "Boyd will eat anything"

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