Meaning:
1. It seems like the author's purpose in writing this story was to offer a different perspective on how Blacks felt during slavery. The story offers what excited them. I like the angle that the author took, making Joe Louis the protagonist.
2. I think the author and the story audience share the same views. The way the author made the outcome of the fight seem so special, exciting, important makes me think that. The big connection was that their pride was directly related; if Louis won the fight, it proved that Blacks were the strongest in the world.
Writing Strategy:
1. The first sentence ("The last inch of space was filled, yet people continued to wedge themselves along the walls of the Store"), I think, serves not only as a hook but as a way of starting the reader off with the fact that what was about to happen was very important.
4. The direct quotation makes the story into a narrative; it shows, rather than tells what the audience was feeling during the match. For example, when they all yell "NO!" when the contender is trying to get back up, it really adds emotion to the story.
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