The Rez

          In "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian", we can see the clear separation between the type of people in the neighborhood. In the book the separation is mostly based on race. Junior lives in an reservation where other Indians live as well, you rarely see white folk going through the reservation. Junior rarely leaves the reservation because he fears the new things that he might encounter outside the reservation. Junior also notices a number of separations, separations in opportunity and looks. Junior has is different from other the other Indians, he has some physical problems that separates him from the other children but he is not alone in his struggles. He also notices that white folk have better opportunities that colored folk since white folk attend better schools than the Indians. Junior finally realizes that in order break this separation he has to do something that no other Indian has done, leave the Rez forever and live amongst the white folk. He does this by making the decision of attending Reardan High School, a school that is outside the Rez and is mostly populated by white children.
          In my neighborhood there is kind of a separation but it is not as clear, there are two separation. These separations deal with both wealth and race. The first separation is the separation of race between white people and other races. The separation is made by Peterson Street, one side is mostly white people and one side is a majority of many various races. The other separation is a separation of  the wealthy and the middle class. In one area of the neighborhood there is are a few streets that are filled with big houses almost mansion like. In the other side there are regular houses that are owned by the middle class. These separations may not be as defined but they are there and they exist.

Native Son

        In  Book Three of Richard Wright's Native Son, Bigger is finally put into trial for his crimes. Max, Bigger's lawyer, gives a speech of confession in Bigger's behalf. He talks about how Mary Dalton's Murder was not of Bigger's fault. Bigger was pressured by the white people that controls the whole situation. The African Americans are controlled by the more dominant white society. The African Americans have no freedom and every wrong doing that they do is always caused by the pressure of the white society. Max states that Bigger did what he did to Mary Dalton because he was pressured to do it and and he had no other options. This really shows the theme of political corruption and how African Americans societies are isolated from other societies.

Green Lights, Yellow Cars, and Church Steeples

               The Great Gatsby is a novel about the pursuit of the American Dream. Green Lights pertaining to a goal that is to be reached by a person. In the novel we can see that the green light across the lake and on Daisy's dock represents something for Gatsby. For Gatsby, that green light is much more important to him than any other. Gatsby does whatever it takes to reach his goal and finally reach and grab the green light. Owning yellow cars and a house with towers that may seem to be church steeples; to represent his wealth and hopefully attract Daisy. Owning these various objects in order to better his social class and win the heart of his long love. All of these just for the American Dream.