Walter Mosley's Devil a Blue Dress Analysis

Moreover, the primary character, Easy Rawlins signifies the ideal African American laborer facing limited access to opportunities as well as low income to survive. Easy Rawlins directly experience the deliberate existence of the 1948 prevailing racism. From the beginning, Rawlins talks about his experiences with the white majority. In essence, the novel is in an ideal position to unmask the racial prejudice that occupied the American society in 1948. Racism and race are the primary issues that characterize the novel, which is set in 1948 when the U. Easy Rawlins. Essentially, Rawlins Easy links the situation to the conditions he underwent during World War II. Easy recalls that he spent five years with the whites. He recounts that while he hates whites, he slept with them either maintaining that he murdered plenty of the blue-eyed youths to understand their cowardice towards death (Mosley 1).

Experiences, which Easy gained from the military extend beyond the feeling of segregation since he compares race to the primary objective to realize an Aryan society. Essentially, in Chapter 22, Easy contends lack of goodwill among the police in dealing with crime in the black localities except for situations when the victim is a white. Miller and Mason views Easy as a violent, animatic as well as a conventional Negro. The whites’ negative expression and view of the black minority is a perfect replication of the entrenchment of racial segregation in the American society. Moreover, the novel reveals Easy busting into another white man when he opened the door leading to the market. He describes the man to be approximately his height with a wheat-brown hair as well as an expensive attire.

To express the ideology, Mosley uses Daphne, whose skin color makes her have a feeling against the black population. However, her cultural beliefs and activities are distance away from the white community. Due to the significance of race in revealing ones identity, Daphne feels frustrated without a precise racial identity. Additionally, Daphne’s direct access to huge sums of money, many criminal cases as well as the reality concerning her unavailability also contributes to her fascination. Nevertheless, Easy is not discouraged by the facts surrounding Daphne’s life. Easy become distressed and tries to ignore her. He felt deceived by a woman he had lust for and one who occupied his mind. While racism mainly function to bring division in Devil in a Blue Dress novel, it also serves to bind the characters together.