Racism and Stereo types

After you, My Dear Alphonse 

essay 

 Authors Note: this is about racism and what people thought of each other’s race. Also there are many stereo types in the real story and phrases to show the stereo types. I am writing about a couple of those phrases that show a couple of those stereo types. 

 Many thing played out back in the 1940’s. There was racism and war going on around. So at that time there was a lot of stereo types and guesses on the people we were fighting with in the war and in our own back yards with racism. “After You, My Dear Alphonse” by Shirley Jackson, has many quotes and phrases to state where and how this story has stereo types. How would you act if you lived back then? Would you treat Boyd how Mrs. Wilson treated him? I think this story can also relate to today’s world, because there is still war, racism, and many stereo types.

  Mrs. Wilson thought different and acted different when she saw Boyd was a colored boy. So she started to make obsessions and false thoughts about Boyd and thinking and says what she had hear about colored people. Mrs. Wilson started out shocked and confused, then went it to a weird stage of being too much of a generous person. Into a bad stage of flipping out on Johnny and Boyd because they weren’t admiring Mrs. Wilsons generosity, like she wants them to. 

 First phrase is where Mrs. Wilson was making assumptions is where everything falls down into where they say, “Boyd’s father doesn’t have to,” Johnny said. “He’s a foreman.”Mrs. Wilson felt defeated.” I think is a great way to describe at reactions to the comments that were said. It also show the way Mrs. Wilson felt about how they were coming back and making her be completely wrong about everything she was assuming about Boyd’s life. 

 Second one is when Mrs. Wilson flipped out at Johnny and Boyd because they denied Mrs. Wilsons offer of clothes. At the point of where she got hot headed she did and said, “Mrs. Wilson lifted the plate of gingerbread off the table as Boyd was about to take another piece. “There are many little boys like you, Boyd, who would be grateful for the clothes someone was kind enough to give them.” This point Boyd feels guilty for saying no to her offer.

 Third, but not least, is when Mrs. Wilson doesn’t want Boyd to think she isn’t mad or angry. But it makes no sense because she says, “Don’t think I’m angry, Boyd. I’m just disappointed in you, that’s all. Now let’s not say anything more about it.” I know I would think different of Mrs. Wilson because of how she fired off at him and because he didn’t deserve to be treated like that. 

 There are many phrases and saying that bring out the idea of the writer of “After You, My Dear Alphonse”. These phrases also helps the read have a image and their own thought of this piece. But it is crazy racism and war that was taking place in this piece still takes place in the world today, as you’re reading this.