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Master Harold And The Boys Racist Quotes

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The Book Master Harold and the boys is a great novel. It talks about the a day in the life of a young white boy. His name Hally, has pressure on him from society to become a racist. His Dad and the rest of society think like that. Sam, a Full grown black man in the story wants Hally to be different. In the Book Master Harold, Sam is attempting to be the fatherly figure of Hally. He wants to teach Hally that he doesn’t have to be like society and be racist; and to walk away from the bench. Sam tries to make Hally remember old memories that he cherishes. “I still can’t believe my eyes. It was flying! Looping around and trying to climb even higher into the sky. You shouted to me to let it have more string. I did, until there was none left and I was just holding that piece of wood we had tied it to. You came up and joined me. You were laughing. Sam So were you. And Shouting, ‘It works, Sam! We’ve done it!”(30) In this quote Sam and Hally look back at a good memory with each other. Sam wants this memory to be stuck in Hally’s head that it is ok to do activities like this with black Africans. Sam doesn’t want Hally to turn racist like society and shun him away. …show more content…

“I mean, how do I wash off yours and your father’s filth?...I’ve also failed. A long time ago I promised myself I was going to try and do something, but you’ve just shown me... Master Harold... that I’ve failed(57). Sam is at his last resort to try and make Hally realize what he is doing. He calls Hally and his Dad filthy in an effort mto make Hally realize that he doesn’t have to be like his Dad. Sam at the same time is making the audience realize what racist people are like, and that they don’t have to be like

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