The author of "Champion of the World" created a really vivid and detailed image of the moments lived by the African-American people. Even though the story is told from a little girl's perspective, she describes the anxiousness, nervousness, excitement, and hope that black people felt while listening to a boxing match, specially the ones that gathered at Uncle Willie's store. The boxer, Joe Louis, who was also black and viewed as a hero by all of them, was fighting a white man. The lost of this fight represented degradation to the African-American people. They felt that if he lost, the accusations of being "lower types of humans beings", and that even God himself hated them, were true. On the other hand, a victory would mean that they were the strongest in the world. From what I understood, the authors feels that if Joe Louis won, they were going to be more respected and that it would prove that white people weren't any superior to black people.
I can tell you really got into this story. You gave a great description of the people and the meaning behind what the author was saying. I love what you wrote.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog! Great word choices. You gave a really good description on it all, and the way the author felt too!
ReplyDeleteI liked how you went into detail about all the emotions people were having while watching the fight. Sounds like the fight was very close and down to the bone! Great post!
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