After You, My Dear Alphone (Mrs Wilson) Essay

Mrs Wilson seems, to me at least, to be a bit old fashioned something that isnt quite so odd, considering the story was written in the 1940s. I can imagine her being the distinctive housewife, struggling in the kitchen, gossiping and worrying with the neighbourhood women and fussing over minor details concerning her precious son, Johnny. However, her rage can get the best of her, creating tension and thus leaving a situation next to unbearable. In the storys situation I know I would find it unbearable by lucid awkwardnessAs soon as little black Boyd enters her house, the assumptions pile up in Mrs Wilsons head. Instantly feeling sorry for him and wanting to memorise cargon of him, she makes sure Johnny doesnt take advantage of him and starts feeding the new boy. As kind hearted as it may seem, it took a nasty while towards the end. When she talks somewhat Boyds parents and how he necessarily to eat enough to work hard, she assumes he comes from a poor black family, struggling to make ends meet. Theres nothing about Boyd that would lead her to view so, except that hes black and smaller than Johnny.She just immediately builds up this whole thought of this poor little boy. That really is a vague estimate of a book-covers content ( sagacity a book by its cover), that she nonetheless is sure of. And doing so makes her prejudiced. She hardly listens to Boyds explanation of his familys situation, and certainly doesnt accept it. Not even when he tells her, that his father is a foreman. Later on, she pretty much forces their own unwanted clothes on the boy, expecting gratitude in return.When Boyds solvent was wonder, not understanding why he would be needing them, she becomes aggressive. Her reaction makes her seem arrogant, almost as if she needs the boy to be inferior. This makes her very unlikeable and shows her true colour. In todays Denmark, on that point are pack of all colours, ethnicities and and religions. Over the years this has become more and mo re accepted, but still there are Danes who look at them with distrust or just distaste. This can be a closure of the criminal doings, that are caused by the immigrants.It can also be because these immigrants come bringing foreign destination to Denmark, which some Danes find hard to understand. And its an old habit, that what you dont know, you fear. When talking only about prejudice towards different races, it instantly becomes more difficult to explain. Racists can have many different reasons as to why they feel a certain way or even resentment towards another race. many have got their opinions in childhood from their parents and some from experience. Whatever the reason, it is generalisation of a whole bunch of people and doing so is always wrong.