![]() ![]() ![]() He believes that the lowest class of "colored people" in the South are bitter and lack the desire to better themselves. The narrator describes African American people in the South as loud and coarse, marginalizing them as "the desperate class". Through the narrator's journey around American and Europe, the reader meets African-Americans in all walks of life. However, through the narrator's experience, it becomes clear that often, personal identity does not align with pre-established racial boundaries. ![]() The narrator observes that "the colored people of this country, in reality, a mystery to whites". His multi-faceted persona never seems to gel together completely, which is a cause of struggle in his life. He is full of contradictions and his identity is not singular. He vacillates between two worlds, sometimes embracing life as a "colored" man, and at other times, choosing to pass as white. ![]() At times, he contemplates his responsibility to his race, and weighs it against his responsibility to himself. He does not know where he belongs in society, or how he should hone his musical skills. The narrator endeavors to understand, at a basic level, whether he is black or white. Identity is at the ideological core of this novel. ![]()
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