An Analysis Of Anne Moody's Coming Of Age In Mississippi

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In Anne Moody’s powerful memoir, Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968), her account blends forte and susceptibility. It displays her thirst for change as well as racial suppression of the time she faced as a poor African American girl; growing up in rural Mississippi during the 1950s and 60s. It allows an extremely emotive viewpoint as her deeper feelings of disgust and hatred are exposed for her own community due to their failure to act in the shadow of crimes committed by whites against them. While the whites struggle to maintain the present condition of “whiteness” and “privilege” that blacks are unable to experience. Her struggle in the face of phenomenal resistance and hostile, and occasionally, life threatening situations fills the reader with bleakness. After being arrested and stuffed in a packed “paddy wagon” at a demonstration Moody writes, “When we got there, the driver rolled up the windows, turned the heater on, got out, closed the door, and left us. It was over a hundred degrees outside that day.” (282). The pure and total loathing for blacks, seen by the author as an “incurable disease” of whites is just so mind boggling. To imagine one human would want to do that to another human being is unimaginable by today’s standards. However, years of Jim Crow deep-seated in the brains of most whites in the south during this time, subjugation and mistreatment was normal. There are signs of hope as the movement gains momentum as more people become involved throughout the 1960s. Hope is the underlying message in this story. Hope is one of life’s most commanding persuaders. …show more content…
If there was no hope there would not be a story, or history for that matter. Had they given up the fight, it would be a different America that we live in today. Everything happens for a reason, with hope, this was a more positive reason to fight for
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