Title: Black Like Me Author: John Howard Griffin Theme: Discrimination because of race can change a person’s whole outlook on life. Plot: John is a white writer who spends six weeks as a “Negro” in the southern states. He later reports of his trials and hardships, he tells how he dealt with racism as both a white man and a black man. Setting: This book takes place in mostly the southern states. John travels …showed first 75 words of 502 total…

…showed last 75 words of 502 total…Negro.” Characterization was also a big part. With out John wanting to do this nothing would have worked. He also didn’t change his personality or even his name. Mr. Griffin had to be strong inside to deal with the harassment, heartache, and racism that he encountered. BY doing this project John not only got a better picture of how it was to be a “Negro”, but it also changed his outlook on life forever.