Progress of Displacement in Mad Dog, Black Boy, and Seventeen Syllables

Progress of Displacement in emotional Dog, Black son, and Seventeen SyllablesHeinrich Blls The half-baked Dog seems to nisus that emotional attachments to human beings can prevent an individuals separation from societys orders and execution of possibly violent desires. With the Second populace War as its backdrop, the tale realistically depicts the hardship of the time arrest in which Bll has lived. Two other authors who have subtly distort their personal and cultural backgrounds into their fiction are Richard Wright in Black Boy and Hisaye Yamamoto in Seventeen Syllables. Raised in the South or a Japanese-American community on the West Coast, the protagonists in both works populate similar progressions of disconnection from home or society as the Mad Dog does.The narrator in Blls story is a physician examining the cadaver of the Mad Dog, Theodor Herold. He is accompanied by a chaplain who was with the Mad Dog during the last few hours of his life. The chaplain, who has becom e emotionally given over to the cadaver, repeats Herolds life story to the physician. Raised in a antipathetical environment, he never knew (73) his mother who was a constantly abused muliebrity (73) or his father who was brutal and perpetually(73) intoxicated. An abusive childhood was the starting step toward his inevitable negligence of the natural order. In addition, his unusual tidings and superb achievement in school created excessive arrogance and government agency which go on led to his contempt for all his patrons (74).Then Herold has his first and hardly taste of love when he meets Becker, a fellow classmate, who supports him financially as they attend university together. This friendship is the only true emotional connection that exists betwee... ...uctive rage, Rosie also experiences this feeling with the Mexican worker, Jesus, as he kisses her for the first time. Although her vulnerability is caused by joy instead of despair, the lack of emotional stability cou ld lead to further mental breakdowns. By and large, Herod, Dick, and Rosie are a trio of exiles, feeling disjointed in what supposedly to be their home or community or country.Works CitedBll, Heinrich. Mad Dog. Mad Dog Stories. Trans. Breon Mitchell. late York St. Martins Press, 1997. 67-85.Wright, Richard. Looking for a Job. Black Boy. The HarperCollins World Reader The Modern World. Ed. bloody shame Ann Caws. New York HarperCollins College Publishers, 1994. 2438-2444.Yamamoto, Hisaye. Seventeen Syllables. The HarperCollins World Reader The Modern World. Ed. Mary Ann Caws. New York HarperCollins College Publishers, 1994. 2456-2465.