In our society subservience is necessary and often has a negative implication. No matter how free we may free that we may feel like we are, there are the rules of the government and laws that we have to be subservient to. If we break a law we suffer the legal consequences. Governments that do not have any subservience have uprisings and have been proven to fail in structure. We are all subservient at some point in our lives. We as students, have to be subservient to our school. Likewise, children must be subservient to their parents.
In Wright’s world subservience is a necessary part of living because many people discriminate against his skin color. He is forced to be subservient to the white world. Even though Richard didn’t live in the Deep South anymore, he still had to be subservient. Memphis was a little bit more tolerant to whites than the Deep South, but he would still suffer the consequences if his authority figures thought that he was being disrespectful at all. Richard’s moves are carefully watched and because of that he has to be careful what he says and does.
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