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Defying Societal Expectations

   

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What is Wright's "station in life"?Wright’s “station in life” is that of Richard Wright’s life when he found out that being a Negro it is very difficult for him to understand enough about the people about whom he desired to write (Albee, 1961). During this phase of life, he was facing racial segregation in society because of Jim Crow laws.In what ways does he adapt his behavior to accommodate this Jim Crow image? In which ways does he defy this stereotype? Despite being full of thoughts and sadness about the inability to become a professional man, he kept maintained his old behavior (Albee, 1961). In order to maintain this behavior, he avoided conversations and behaved normally as was expected by others.He could defy the stereotypes by reading and accepting the fact that none of the Negro he knew would have read or even thought of the books which he used to read (Albee, 1961). He was inclining towards the activities which made him feel different from other Negroes.Has there ever been a time where you had to adapt your image to accommodate or defeat societal expectations or stereotypes?Yes, at times we find myself full of evil thoughts because of arguments with friends and family. There are situations when we know that our arguments are correct, but others do not understand us. In these situations our mind becomes restless, but we cannot tell this feeling to anyone as we are expected to do so. We are expected to behave normally as they see us every day and we behave just the way it is expected from us keeping everything in mind and allowing to come out.
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