Literature Essay

Try As They Might

Throughout humanity people have always been divided into different classes, from monarchies of kings and peasants to oligarchies of the elites ruling over the bottom rung. In Richard Wright’s novel Native Son, the effects of stratification on the poor working class are portrayed through Bigger Thomas, a poor young African American male. Throughout the history of the United States blacks have always been on the bottom rung of society, starting off as property to becoming people with limited freedoms. Through mutiny and revolts they paved the way to equality for all racial minorities. Through Bigger, Richard Wright portrays the effects of class stratification. He shows people being kept powerless, which causes the poor to be disconnected from other classes of society and lash out through revolts or through violence.

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Statement

The job that I took was a problem about how the new land of San Francisco should be allotted. First piece of land was the 300 acres of land from the Presidio, (L), that George Lucas gave back to the city after he decided he did not need that much land. After the closure of the Navy’s 100-acre shipyard in Hunter’s Point (S), the government gave it back to San Francisco. Then, with the lease on the 150 acres of land that allowed parking lots for AT&T Park, (P), ending, the city can use the area as they wish. The total usable land is 550 acres. But there are some conditions that must be met.