CONFLICT

Protagonist

The protagonist is the author himself. He sets out on a personal quest to discover what it is really like to be a Negro. He experiences how, many freedoms and rights that he enjoyed as a privileged white are now forbidden to him. This is a grim and bitter eye-opener for him. In addition, he encounters many racial barriers that exist between whites and Negroes, which totally destroys the dignity and self worth of the Negroes. But he is unwavering in his will to explain and expose bitter racism.

Antagonists

The antagonists are not one, but many. They are the numerous rabid white racists the author meets during his transformation into a Negro. They deliberately spew racial poison and almost provoke racial unrest so as to negate and annihilate the very identity of the Negroes and their deep yearning for liberty and equality. Though nameless and faceless, their raw racism is indelible.

Climax

The climax of the book is reached when some white racists of the authorÂ’s hometown hang his effigy on the main street, burn a cross at the local Negro school, and threaten to castrate him. This is very painful for the authorÂ’s family and he is finally forced to flee America for security to Mexico.

Outcome

The book ends tragically, with the ominous fear that the blood, sweat and tears the Negroes have suffered at the hands of the vicious and venomous white racists, will force ever increasing numbers of innocent Negroes towards becoming black racists themselves. Racists, who will then haunt and hound innocent whites, in retaliation for what they (Negroes) have suffered for centuries.

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