Ralph Ellison's Flying Home
I am analyzing a short story called Flying Home which discuss about a young African American man named Todd. He had attended a flight training school in Macon, Alabama. Where Todd view his accident as a humiliation to the white and black society. Todd attempting to prove his worth in highly racialized environment to show to white society. Flying Home was taken place in World War II during the time of racism and Harlem Renaissance. Flying Home was written by Ralph Ellison and was published on January 12, 1998. In this story he discusses about how racism was during World War II, and how it affects Todd’s self-esteem
Ralph Waldo Ellison is the 20th century writer in African American society. Ralph Ellison was born on March 1, 1914 in Oklahoma …show more content…
I found evidences that can back up my thesis what I found in a phrase in Flying Home, “When you must have them judge you knowing that they never accept your mistakes as your own but hold it against your whole race that is humiliation”. Todd think about humiliation, so much is because he doesn’t want to have more burden than he can bare. Todd wants to seek a new identity without bring shame to him our society. He wants to be able to show the white society that he can fly with excellent skills, and show that his own race can have the same ability to fly. During the time that Todd was flying he had a plane crashed. Todd had crashed because he had flown too high and fats that the plane had smashed into a buzzard into his plane windshield it caused Todd to lose control. When he crashes that plane, Todd has already felt his white officer will confirm that blacks are not skilled enough to fly or be an aerial combat. He feels like his own race might bring him down if he doesn’t show the white society that his people are skilled in flying and aerial combat. Todd doesn’t want to be view as a failure towards the white society, he wants to be view as a successful achiever of flying. Todd thinks that humiliation is a rejection toward him as a
Ralph Waldo Ellison is the 20th century writer in African American society. Ralph Ellison was born on March 1, 1914 in Oklahoma …show more content…
I found evidences that can back up my thesis what I found in a phrase in Flying Home, “When you must have them judge you knowing that they never accept your mistakes as your own but hold it against your whole race that is humiliation”. Todd think about humiliation, so much is because he doesn’t want to have more burden than he can bare. Todd wants to seek a new identity without bring shame to him our society. He wants to be able to show the white society that he can fly with excellent skills, and show that his own race can have the same ability to fly. During the time that Todd was flying he had a plane crashed. Todd had crashed because he had flown too high and fats that the plane had smashed into a buzzard into his plane windshield it caused Todd to lose control. When he crashes that plane, Todd has already felt his white officer will confirm that blacks are not skilled enough to fly or be an aerial combat. He feels like his own race might bring him down if he doesn’t show the white society that his people are skilled in flying and aerial combat. Todd doesn’t want to be view as a failure towards the white society, he wants to be view as a successful achiever of flying. Todd thinks that humiliation is a rejection toward him as a