The House Behind The Cedars Analysis

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For some time colored people have been missed judged because of their genetic makeup; and because of it they had to live under different circumstances. While white people had the right to live where they want and get any job they wanted. That is still true today and because of it we have colorism “prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone”. In, the novel “The House Behind The Cedars” by Charles W. Chesnutt points out how the mulattos struggle dramatically in racial society and even their own. Compare to mulattos and blacks, white people were privileged and respected, which is Charles W. Chesnutt primary message about race relation.

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Tryon loved Rena greatly, he felt he couldn’t marry or live a life with her because Rena was mulatto. Being denied by whites, mulattos was happy to live a life different from the blacks. Like the party at Rena house, all the mulatto’s enjoyed themselves but stayed away from frank and he wasn’t even invited until later on. Chesnutt shares the inconsideration from the whites showed to the mulattos and how it was also shown towards the blacks not only the whites but the mulattos too. This novel shows racism not only on two different levels because that’s not only what he have learned or heard about. It shows it on three different levels, Whites to Mulattos, Whites to Blacks, and Mulattos to Black. Chesnutt shows each has their own since of pride and life style. With White people having higher standers above colored people, while blacks and Mulattos had to struggle and couldn’t achieve their needs. At the end he shows that he wants racism to change, and if it’s not changed its only lead to death for colored people. Chesnutt wants people to treat each other better not only whites to colored people but also mulattos to blacks and he shows that when Rena

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