is a kind and devoted woman who helps anyone who needs aid. Whenever she saw someone in need, she would dedicate most of her time to helping that person, and never expected any reward for her efforts. She helps the narrator after he leaves the hospital sick and confused. The narrator said he was fine, and didnt ask for help, but she saw he was clearly sick and took him to her house. While the narrator is under her care, she cooks, comforts, and talks to him.While Dr. Bledsoe acts to please the white people, and is seen as an extraordinary black with power and success, Mary acts out of the kindness of her heart and can be seen as a stereotypical black, (who is subservient, humble, enduring, etc.).Another great difference between them is the way they try to improve the black race. Mary knows the importance of individuals and tries to help out whomever she can, and her main concern is for other, not herself. Her ultimate effect on the race is a good one. Meanwhile Dr. Bledsoe, always speaks of trying to improve the race, yet the only one he cares of is himself. Dr. Bledsoe clearly is very aware of and concerned about the differences between the blacks and whites, Mary is minimally concerned with those differences. The only concern she has for the race issue is that she believes that blacks should elevate themselves. If Dr. Bledsoe really wanted to improve the race, he wouldnt act the way white people wanted him to act, he wouldnt act in a humble and subservient way only to whites to appease them. Those actions just made white people thinks of blacks as inferior. Why did he do that?, because he himself believed that the black race was inferior. In chapter six, Dr. Bledsoe refers to the narrator as a nigger, and he clearly uses it as a derogatory remark. By calling him a nigger, he is showing what he thinks of the word, which is exclusively used to describe blacks. He uses it to insult him, therefore its obvious he not only thinks that the...
