“How one’s Fellow take one”

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One does not know another’s strengths or weaknesses until they are tested. In this story, The Fight by Richard Wright the narrator was forced to fight a bully, not only in self defense but wanting to prove himself to others. Although this was probably an immature thing to do, our pride sometimes eats up at us until we do something about it. Ignorance is the biggest factor when it comes to fights. We make ourselves believe that if we walk away, our peers will categorize us as “wimps”. From a higher prospective, I do not agree with his actions. But when I put myself in the shoes of a new kid in school trying to make friends my mind changes and I would be a hypocrite if I said I wouldn’t have done the same. I too was put into the position of no choice but to fight when I entered Junior High School. When he said: “I was someone worth knowing” I knew exactly what he meant by it. We all like the feeling of being part of society’s “in crowd” and the best way to enter it and stay in there is to keep proving ourselves to the big ones. As if it was a monarchy, and we were the small peasants that needed bread to bring back home. Who chooses these kings and queens that we look up to? How do we know that they don’t have a higher level to whom they must prove themselves to? This story has a deeper meaning than just standing up to a bully at school; this story allows us to find that inner fear of acceptance in society. For instance, at the beginning of the story he described his anxiety to meet the boys without even leaving his house. How does one’s insecurities allow us to be so afraid that as soon as the boys stepped up to him he knew there was about to be trouble. His instant smart reactions allowed us to see how prepared this boy was, for the rejections of his classmates.