Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on “Black Like Me” by John Howard Griffin. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page review of John Howard Griffin’s
“Black Like Me.” George Orwell’s essay “Shooting an Elephant” is briefly used as a
comparison piece. No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAblckme.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
something than they are in order to understand another culture of people. One person that comes to mind is the explorer Richard Burton who would often disguise himself in order
to find out more about forbidden cultures and practices. But, generally speaking we do not see people moving away from their inherent culture to secretly observe another. Anthropologists search out
other cultures and the practices of other cultures, but they do so from an outsider perspective, not a secretive position that allows them to truly become a part of the
culture and learn of the culture. In John Howard Griffins book "Black Like Me" we do see a man who disguises himself as a black man in order to observe
and learn about the black culture. In the following paper we review his book and then briefly compare his work with that of George Orwell in an essay titled "Shooting
an Elephant." Black Like Me The first thing that this particular reader found so fascinating when examining Griffins life and work was that although he came from the
South his experiences out in the world were such that black no longer had any connotation concerning American blacks. He was almost immune to the color of anyones skin due
to the fact that he had worked, as a medic, with so many different skin types and cultures that black did not mean the same for him as it would
for the typical American Southerner. This is perhaps the most powerful aspect of the book for it presents us with a writer who is completely unbiased and completely objective in
his observations. He is not looking at American Blacks so much as he is looking at one culture of people. His simplistic way of describing his experiences is another
...