blog 1 introduction summary

In this blog I will discuss the introduction to the novel The Chain Gang by Walter Mosley. In the introduction Mosley, Is setting the scene for the rest of the novel. He discusses a variety of problems faced by the people of America. Mosley  specifically touches on  the plight or struggles of the African American in America, he compares it to the vast improvements of technology and during this time and how the progress of the Afro-American has been at a standstill. Also Mosley discusses the struggles of   human race in general, Mosely says that even though people are still on this earth and so much time has passed and we’ve lived through so much people are still killing and suffering and how this is inhumane or cruel. Mosley says “The economic system, the system that rules so much of our lives, does not, probably cannot value human labor above any other commodity or resource” (Mosley.12). This is directed at the capitalist system and how it has corrupted American society and turned people into nothing more than items to be bartered with. He is also saying that to negate and compact all of this we must rebel and fight back. And feel that he believes that combating and revolting against the tide is his way of saying the only way to attack violence is with violence, maybe not physical violence specifically, but the violence of oppression and degradation.  One word to sum up the entire introduction would be disconnected. The people one tier above are disconnected to the problems of the people below them.  The people who are rich are not worried that the average citizen is viewed as commodity because it doesn’t affect them. The middle class white male doesn’t care that the black struggle has been at a standstill for decades.