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In the beginning of chapter 6 I found it interesting that the narrator brings up the idea what it's okay for blacks to call each other "nigger", but it's "absolutely prohibited" to white people. The way the narrator said this I felt as if he was the only black person who would notice this and that the other black people weren't thinking like this. I like the way it seems like the narrator is sitting back and taking in everything around him from two different points of view. I feel like since he is black, but can pass for white he can see things from both sides in which both white and blacks can't.
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While I was reading about the narrator playing the piano for who he called his "millionaire friend" i kept thinking that if sounded as if the narrator was a servant, which in fact he was. I don't fee like the narrator was looking at his situation as being a servant and that he really was just looking at this man as a friend. I feel like the narrator doesn't think of color between them until he tells the "millionaire" that he wants to go back to the United States. I felt as if the millionaire was telling him that if he went back to his life in NY or the South he wouldn't be doing as good as he was with the millionaire based on his color. Maybe I'm taking what I read the wrong way.
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I think that's a very good observation that he truly does seem to be looking at everything from two points of view. He truly is torn throughout these chapters and it shows even in his thought patterns.
I agree with the point you made about the narrator sitting back, taking in everything and trying to decide how to view it -- whether to react to life through his "white lense" or through his "black lense." Sometimes I think, as readers, it is hard to decide how to view aspects of this novel because at times we don't know which lense the narrator is choosing to use.
I agree with that the he does care about the man which turns out to be his father. If he worn the coin for a long time then it means something to him. I think held on to the coin becuase the man left.
I agree that the narrator really doens't look at himself as being a servant for his millionaire. He is free to do whaever he wants and he gets paid very well to perform. He loves playing music so I think that he actually enjoys it. He can make a living doing something he loves. I think he considers the millionaire more of a freind, especially after they spend so much time together in Paris.
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I agree with your statement about the gold coin. I think it definitely meant something to him because otherwise he wouldn't still possess it. As a young child, I'm sure what was going on was confusing, especially after he found out he was African American. Everything was coming to him so quickly, I'm not surprised he didn't really sound caring.
I also agree with your statement from the beginning of chapter 6 where he is seeing things from different point of views. That was a very good point to make and I definitely agree. I don't think alot of African Americans would think the way he does either because of the fact that he can pass as white.
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