After You My Dear Alphonse
... to shape the readers response that she wishes. What the characters say and do is probably the most efficient way we can find out how the characters feel about each other. Through the actions of Mrs Wilson, we can see how she stereotype Boyd, the black friend of his son. We can clearly see her view on blacks as soon as her son walks through the door with Boyd carrying the wood, as she automatically thinks that Johnny is slaving him. Mrs Wilson, thinking they are all poor, and underprivileged, offers them clothes, which Boyd responds with ‘I have plenty of clothes, thankyou’. She continues to patronise Boyd by implying that blacks have large families ‘What about all your other brothers and sisters’, so both of the parents must work to make ends meet. Howev...