Much of their conversation is based on race and the views of others. They discuss that after the September 11th attacks that they feel they are more commonly identified by their skin tones. In this discussion Fekadu said something that stood out to me. He said, " we are all trapped by other people's ideas, aren't we?" (cite) . I feel that single line stands for the entire narrative. Throughout the story William identifies every person by their skin tone. It made me see a possible theme: that you are unable to control what others think of you, nor how you are identified in their eyes. Since the 9/11 attacks, how others label William and Fekadu has changed. After completing the short narrative, I feel that the authors purpose was to address an issue that may be overlooked in today's
Much of their conversation is based on race and the views of others. They discuss that after the September 11th attacks that they feel they are more commonly identified by their skin tones. In this discussion Fekadu said something that stood out to me. He said, " we are all trapped by other people's ideas, aren't we?" (cite) . I feel that single line stands for the entire narrative. Throughout the story William identifies every person by their skin tone. It made me see a possible theme: that you are unable to control what others think of you, nor how you are identified in their eyes. Since the 9/11 attacks, how others label William and Fekadu has changed. After completing the short narrative, I feel that the authors purpose was to address an issue that may be overlooked in today's