Like A Winding Sheet

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character develops throughout this short story, some key events push him to his limit and cause him to lose control. First, an incident with his white female boss, his so-called “forelady”, in which she called him a “nigger”. Second, Johnson is standing in line for a cup of coffee. As soon as he is at the coffee urn to receive a cup of coffee the white waitress says, “No more coffee for awhile.” Third, Johnson arrives at home and his wife Mae has the radio turned up extremely loud. She is obnoxiously chewing her gum and accuses Johnson of picking on her. Further, she yells at him for sitting in his chair and wrinkling her overalls lying over the back of the chair. Giggly, she goes on further saying, “You’re nothing but an old hungry nigger trying to act tough and….” This is enough to drive him to his limit and strike Mae uncontrollably.
Johnson’s struggle with his job and society makes it easy for him to blame racism, when in fact, these event may not have anything to do ...

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