Why, you reckon

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Why, you reckon?

• Author Langston Hughes
• Robert Nichols and Tyler Brinker

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Basic overview

• The story was about a black man that was
  encountered by fellow poor black men. The men
  proposed a proposition to the main character.
  The main character was extremely hungry. Like
  the main character the black men were too. The
  proposition was for the main character and the
  black men to knap the next rich white man and
  take his money so they could eat. The motive was
  that the rich white people have no care for the
  poor. The black men wanted to get even and eat.
  The men take the white guy down to a basement
  where they interrogated the man. The black men
  took the mans money and his clothing. The main
  character is left with nothing as the black men
  take off. Surprised that the white man thought
  it was fun and was not mad at all.

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The Title

• The story was about uneducated blacks assuming
  that rich white people are happy. But money does
  not buy happiness. Hence the why you reckon they
  aint happy in the story.

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Story format

• The story was written in the form of a
  conversation between the main character and
  another man. The man must have been an authority
  figure because the story starts out in saying,
  Well, sir, I aint never been mixed up in
  nothin wrong before nor since.

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Themes

• The major theme
• by breaking the law and envying the rich will
  still leave one empty handed.
• Minor theme
• money does not buy happiness.

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Main character

• The main character transforms from a narrow
  minded character to one that was more informed
  about the way rich carry themselves even though
  he accomplished nothing in robbing him.

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Allusions

• The rich white people are happy.

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Authors main point

• The authors main point was to enlighten the
  reader that people are not always what we
  stereotype them to be.