Stream-of-consciousness In Ernest J. Gaines' Short Story, "Just Like A Tree" "Ernest J. Gaines, in his short story, "Just Like a Tree," does an extraordinary job at familiarizing his readers with each character. By using the literary technique known as stream-of-consciousness, readers are able ...
If an individual goes out and kills a black man, he will be viciously targetted by the media and prosecutors as being a racist skinhead, out to kill niggers. ... Those joke of a black leaders Jackson and Sharpton and their likes will jump to the scene to gain some publicity and try to unite the brainwashed minds of the blacks to believe all whites are racists and this crime is an example of how times have not changed for the blacks. ...
And of course there is the hateful, horribly racist joke Hally claims to have shared with his father -- that life is as unfair as "a nigger's arse- (Fugard, 55). ... In fact, given Hally's shame and loathing over nearly everything connected with his father, it is hard to imagine them sharing any "jokes- at all. ...
