Richard Wright's 'Big Black Good Man'

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Richard wright Analysis and critic Big Black Good Man Richard wright was part of the Harlem renaissance movement. For that primary time, white people start to pay attention, and listening to black American music and reading their literary work. People start to wonder whether Wright ought to be of a part of the Harlem Renaissance; however, all agree that the social movement that was ending even as Wright’s career was starting powerfully influenced his work. Big Black Good Man in his short story collection got publish after his death in 1961. Richard Wright positively meant for his story, “Big Black Good Man,” to be ironic, and for the title to replicate that irony. Olaf also as the narrator allow us as reader to discover each dramatic irony of the story that successively show Olaf prejudice and racism side. In 1950, which the story take place is a story of racial, prejudice, and dramatic irony from a somewhat warmhearted point of view. Olaf always comments how he travel around the world so we expect him to get use to other races out of the world. This leads Olaf to believe that he is not prejudiced or racist (Crosby). But when he first encounter with Jim, the big black man, describe him as and deny Jim as being inhuman because of the way he look. Olaf was to open-mind to notice his…show more content…
Olaf really thinks, “God oughtn’t to make men as big and black as,” which his talking about Jim (Kirszner). He also reveal the Jim is the devil of blackness meaning he is the ugliest man he ever seen. This shows dramatic irony because Olaf is not capable of realizing the true reason behind his hatred of Jim (Crosby). The last statement of the story, “a big black good man” which shows dramatic irony that is because Olaf give the conclusion that black cannot be good or bad. The dramatic irony of the story is not just racism but prejudice is what it mostly
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