Alan Wood I Sell My House
The central idea of “I Sell My House” by Alan Wood is that African Americans and also Jews were being segregated. In the excerpt Wood talks about the discrimination of gentiles and Jews. The author used irony as a literary device to convey his main idea.
In Alan Woods “I Sell My House”, the excerpt shows that discrimination was happening between Jews and gentiles. ”Whenever a house was sold it was to Jews, and across our street all three gentile families had moved away” (Wood 385). Wood stated that the only people who moved into Jewish neighborhoods were Jews. Wood says that Christians were precluded from a Jewish neighborhood. “They’re the ones who give the terrific impetus to making communities one-sided. Once they decide an area
In Alan Woods “I Sell My House”, the excerpt shows that discrimination was happening between Jews and gentiles. ”Whenever a house was sold it was to Jews, and across our street all three gentile families had moved away” (Wood 385). Wood stated that the only people who moved into Jewish neighborhoods were Jews. Wood says that Christians were precluded from a Jewish neighborhood. “They’re the ones who give the terrific impetus to making communities one-sided. Once they decide an area