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Acceptance

The Fight

Acceptance doesn't always come easily. Sometimes it comes at the cost of ones sanity common sense and even rationality. The Fight by Richard Wright speaks of a new boy joining a new school who faces trouble with being accepted and respected. "Each new school meant a new area of life to be conquered. The boy was in complete anxiety as to know what was going to happen. He questioned the other males in a fear and desperation to know how they would react to him. " Were the boys tough? How hard did they fight?" Soon after he questioned the boys from his new school he was approached. Where you from?" a boy asked abruptly. "Jackson," he answered." How come they make you people so ugly in Jackson?" he demanded. This kid was willing and ready to try and punk the new kid but he had another thing coming.

The Narrator doesn't react in a calm manner. He becomes a "smart mouth"and countered instantly with "You're not any too good-looking yourself," This caused the males both to await each others actions, Would they fight? Or would they walk away? It wasn't as simple for the narrator to walk away. He needed to show people he wasn't the one to mess with because if he had just walked away he would get tested by a new kid everyday. He was ready and awaiting the other kid. The Other kid in contrast couldn't let the new kid talk to him like that. Four inches from each others face and some offensive words later someone pushes the kid into narrator and makes the tension even more dense. One push later the two boys are fighting. The narrator speaks of him having to fight furiously like a tiger so people wouldn't ever mess with him again. He need to make the boy shed blood. The fight had ended in a draw. The other kid claimed to not be done with the narrator. The narrator awaited the kid but he never showed up.

The narrator strikes fear into all the kids surrounding him. Due to suspicion about a ring that he is using as a weapon. I believe the narrator overreacted in this situation. A physical reaction isn't always needed in order to win a battle. Sometimes people can use reasoning and logic in order to get away from these problems. I would have reacted differently. I would have used logic and reasoning other than physicality. This has happen to me many times before and to my friends. I will admit physical violence has been the answer to some of these problems but i must insist that using logic makes you feel more accomplished. The narrator had no time to react in any other way but he did it as a sort of acceptance. Normally people don't need to fight in order to be accepted nore acknowlegde. Acceptance is somethings people crave for and are willing to do anything for it. It's not always the right choice.