| Term Paper Title | The Power Of One |
| # of Words | 634 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.54 |
The Power Of One
“Inclusion, not exclusion, is the key to survival.” What does this mean? To say the least, the definition is clearly stated in The Power of One, as well as Richard Wright’s Black Boy. Actually, both these works resemble each other by both having many types of isolation. Initially, P.K. in The Power of One and Richard in Black Boy are isolated by members of their family. Subsequently, they are both excluded by society because of their backgrounds. Ultimately, they are excluded within their own races because of their actions throughout their stories.
To begin with, Richard Wright and P.K. were both isolated by their families. P.K., on one hand, suffered through deaths and losses. P.K. was named after his father, who died early in P.K.’s life. The next two deaths came from his mother and Nanny. Losses continued when Doc went back to Germany, and a camp guard killed Piet. Even when he picked up all his strength as a young man, his losses continued when Maria, his love, was also killed. It just kept on adding up, and P.K. kept taking blow by blow. Richard on the other hand, suffered isolation through abandonment. His father left when he was young, and every day his mother would work, leaving him alone. When his mother got too sick to take care of him, Richard stayed with Granny, who totally ignored him because of his religious beliefs. Like P.K., Richard dealt with isolation every day of his life. This exclusion played a major part in both their lives, making it hard to survive.
Next, Richard and P.K. both suffered exclusion through their backgrounds. In the white-dominated society, Richard was looked down upon as a piece of trash. He would be excluded from jobs with decent salaries, ability to live safely, rights to freedom. In Richard’s time, it ...Read entire document
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