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Analyzing Johnson's Racism

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In Crane’s imaginary town, people are highly concerned about the appearances of people; thereby through the minds of the townspeople, Crane has raised the issues of racism. Johnson is the subject of importance for this issue because he is “black”. Both the mature and immature part of the town considered Johnson’s mutilated face disgustingly scary. However, racism is the core reason for their hatred towards Johnson.
When Johnson was a healthy and beautiful man, he was facing the least issues of racism. He had a perfectly jovial life to live ahead of him. But after the mishap, for a short period of time he was considered a hero, later a monster. Perhaps his suffering would have been less if he was a white and rich person. However, Trescott did

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