It is depressing to proclaim that racial prejudice is a common scenario in many places. In every country I go, I always encountered reading stories about racism. The proof that stereotypes exists even in modern times will be evident in different forms of writing. For instance, a good example was the essay "The Baker's Story" by Naipaul which clearly depicted stereotypes and racial prejudice. Although the essay is about racism, in this essay, the writer has chosen to write his essay in a humorous way.
First, I find it funny in the beginning paragraph of the essay. The main character of the story was one of the richest men in port-of-Spain. Yet, in a funny way, people always mistake him as a shop assistant every time his in a shop. For this reason, the main character said that if this goes on, one day he is going to sell somebody something just for spite. .
When the main character reminisces about his past, I find myself laughing a second time when he narrates his first experiences opening a new shop of his own in Grenada. He said nobody wants to buy his bread and that the only person he is selling to is the man from the government farm, buying stale cakes and bread for the cows and pigs or whatever animals. Due to the reason that money is tight, he went out to visit his debtor. On his way to see his debtor, he saw a fellow selling coconut in the road. I keep on giggling in the part where he himself said that it was a damn funny thing to see, the coconut man is a black fellow.
In the end, the main character found a solution to his problems. He decided to put a Chinese man in front of the bakery to serve the customers and him to bake the bread. As a result, money starts coming in. He was making so much money that he was able to open a branch in Arima and then another in Port-of-Spain.
Although this essay was written in a humorous manner by Naipaul, we cannot deny the fact that the main character of this story went through a lot of hardships because of the prejudices he experienced for being black.
MOUNT BAKER Mt. Baker has emerged through time, development, and recreation to be a key focal point in the Pacific Northwest. Mt. Baker, or also known as the Koma Kulsan, or the La Gran Montana de Carmelo is a wonderful and historic exploration in itself. While being in the Pa...
Baker had been taught to work since the age of 13. ... Baker was very confident in her body and ethnicity which had inspired me to also try and do the same. ... Baker did not allow any step backs such as being denied by Americans to stop her from performing. ... Baker had a long career of 50 years. ... There were over 20,000 people that crowded the streets of Paris to attend Baker's funeral. ...
Chet Baker was born on December 23, 1929 on a farm on the outskirts of Yale, Oklahoma. ... At this point in his life Baker was into Jazz music. ... During 1950s, Baker started using heroin which resulted to be his greatest lifetime addiction. ... Baker also recoreded a live album in Tokyo featuring his own name Chet Baker. ... The room he stayed is still remembered and was also named "The Chet Baker Room". ...
In The Great Gatsby, by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Jordan Baker was portrayed as being reckless, dishonest, and having an arrogant attitude, but also having the characteristics of a modern-day women. ... This side of Miss Baker is shown when she first starts a conversation with Nick. " 'You live in the West Egg,' she remarked contemptuously" (15). ... Miss Baker is also a very dishonest character. ... Jordan Baker was an essential character in The Great Gatsby. ... Overall, Jordan Baker's character was the same in both the book and the movie. ...
School is worth nothing; at least according to Baker it isn't. ... The basic point of Baker's story is that most of what you learn doesn't matter in the end. ... I believe that Baker is painting a very accurate picture of our schools and what they are teaching. ... As stated by Baker, the dumb child may be compelled one day to " open a book with a curious mind, and start to become educated."...
Jordan Baker is a professional golfer. ... Jordan Baker takes life as it is. ... Jordan Baker and Daisy are life-long friends. ... Jordan Baker knows that Gatsby's only reason for success is Daisy. ... Jordan Baker tells stories of her admiring Daisy. ...
Jordan Baker is a professional golfer. ... Jordan Baker takes life as it is. ... Jordan Baker and Daisy are life-long friends. ... Jordan Baker knows that Gatsby's only reason for success is Daisy. ... Jordan Baker tells stories of her admiring Daisy. ...
Baker employs a personal tone with factual documentation and his parents memories to reconstruct the events of the past. ... Baker includes specific historical statistics, letters and other texts to offer information about an event, personalities and situations. ... This enables the reader to identify with both Baker as author and as a second-generation son of Holocaust survivors. ... However, this ultimately allows Baker to share with us the reality of the Holocaust: through both history and memory we can identify the truth as containing both historical veracity and emotional intensity. ... T...
Jordan Baker simulates the theme carelessness in this book many times. ... That is just one of the ways that Jordan Baker simulates carelessness. Miss Baker shows carelessness when she goes to all of Gatsby's parties. ... "I happened to find out that you"re taking Miss Baker to tea." ... "Do you mean you"re in love with Miss Baker?" ...
