clowns. His grandfather is there, and his briefcase contains an envelope, which contains an envelope, and continues with a nearly endless cycle. When he opens the last, it encloses a paper which his grandfather makes him read aloud . It says, "Keep This Nigger- Boy Running" (459) . The message points out that with all of his apparent success, the main character is run around, without meaning, by whites. He is living through their lives for their lives, and he has no real freedom or equality. The phrase "Keep This Nigger- Boy Running" echoes the grandfather's deathbed warning and advice. The grandfather heeds him to "overcome 'em with yesses" and "agree 'em to death", which is exactly what the affluent white men have done to the main character. They give him what he believes to be victories-the opportunity for a speech, the chance to prove his worth in the battle royal, the college scholarship-all of it, to keep him running. He finally realizes it . By studying this fascinating character which , I think , represents all blacks of that time I discovered that the prejudice is one problem that we as a society have to become more aware of . We have to get past the cover, and open up the book and read it before we judge. If people would do this it would rid the cause to many major world problems....
