"Travelling South" AACC/Discussion Abstract:First published in 1912, anonymously, and later it was republished under the name of James Weldon Johnson. "Travelling South" is a fictional autobiography of James Weldon Johnson's early life.In his story he travelled south to Atlanta, to attend the University there. On the way he met a Pullman car porter, he befriended him and the porter took him to a place that he could stay until the University opened. He really stressed on that when something happens due to you being naive not to dump it onto someone who can't do anything about it. Contextual:Reflecting back on the story I believe all teenagers; actually everyone can admit that they too are guilty of doing something dumb, like James putting a lot of money in a room with random people inside of an unlocked trunk. However, that not the thing everyone has done before. This story shows us, as a society, when we experience troubles or if someone has wronged us we do what justice to be served or the problem fixed, but when those options are out we just want to vent. We almost immediately want to tell someone to make it easier on us. Though in his story he stops himself for telling the University President and basically says that telling the President is pointless, it will make himself look foolish, and mostly the President wouldn't be able to help. He points it out as almost in a satirical way, to bring to light that we all do it. Content:G) You always hear when adults talk to the younger generations in ways like: "Wait till you’re in the real world" or "You think life tough wait till you move out and are on your own." Times when we have tastes of reality, like that lot of people are dishonest. The story really is about the narrator realizing when something goes wrong it’s his duty to deal with it, which is something all new young adults learn, usually the hard way. Strategy and Style:K) In my opinion the details of the Young Porter's life is important. The details of his life are hinting to us that the reason narrator hit it off with him is because of the similarities of their life experiences. In the end they become even more alike in that they both have to work to go to school. It could be said that he included the detail only to reveal how he, the narrator, life had been.
Abstract: First published in 1912, anonymously, and later it was republished under the name of James Weldon Johnson. "Travelling South" is a fictional autobiography of James Weldon Johnson's early life. In his story he travelled south to Atlanta, to attend the University there. On the way he met a Pullman car porter, he befriended him and the porter took him to a place that he could stay until the University opened. He really stressed on that when something happens due to you being naive not to dump it onto someone who can't do anything about it.
Contextual: Reflecting back on the story I believe all teenagers; actually everyone can admit that they too are guilty of doing something dumb, like James putting a lot of money in a room with random people inside of an unlocked trunk. However, that not the thing everyone has done before. This story shows us, as a society, when we experience troubles or if someone has wronged us we do what justice to be served or the problem fixed, but when those options are out we just want to vent. We almost immediately want to tell someone to make it easier on us. Though in his story he stops himself for telling the University President and basically says that telling the President is pointless, it will make himself look foolish, and mostly the President wouldn't be able to help. He points it out as almost in a satirical way, to bring to light that we all do it.
Content: G) You always hear when adults talk to the younger generations in ways like: "Wait till you’re in the real world" or "You think life tough wait till you move out and are on your own." Times when we have tastes of reality, like that lot of people are dishonest. The story really is about the narrator realizing when something goes wrong it’s his duty to deal with it, which is something all new young adults learn, usually the hard way.
Strategy and Style: K) In my opinion the details of the Young Porter's life is important. The details of his life are hinting to us that the reason narrator hit it off with him is because of the similarities of their life experiences. In the end they become even more alike in that they both have to work to go to school. It could be said that he included the detail only to reveal how he, the narrator, life had been.