In the short story Big Black Good Man, Richard Wright uses several literary devices, although the most apparent devices are character, point of view and an underlying theme. The literary devices that Richard Wright employs allow the reader to sense that the characters point of view and choice of setting represent the contrast and character development throughout the story and in the end, represents the idea that external differences do not always match internal intentions.

The authors choice of characters in this story presents an interesting situation, the hero a poor elderly white man named Olaf who works as the night porter for a hotel in Denmark is a brilliant contrast to the antagonist, a rather wealthy large black sailor named Jim. The diversity between the characters creates a lot of tension between the two in dialogue and other aspects of the hotel manager and tenant relationship. Especially so because, as the story progresses we become more and more aware of Olaf's......

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Title: Big Black Good Man
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