I suppose Wright presents events through Olaf’s eyes because he wanted give the readers more thoughts

I suppose Wright presents events through Olaf’s eyes because he wanted give the readers more thoughts and ideas about what the story is like. In any event it represents a more traditional approach to storytelling in that Wright here avoids confining himself exclusively to dialogue. It also helps us recognize the story more and how Olaf was feeling. I feel like if Jim told the story, nobody would understand what is going on and there would be all types of different scenarios. Jim brings out Olaf’s thoughts and emotions that aren’t really shown in the story. I think the story’s title is Ironic because it relates to a African-American man that was large and a sailor as well. In other respects, the story is ironic because it allows the reader to see the verbal and dramatic irony. Also it shows Olaf’s prejudice and racism. In my opinion, the story is very open and direct. In some parts the narrator is very straight forward. For example, “He sees a huge black thing” in the doorway when the man enters. Olaf sees Jim as human because he is, Too big, too black, too loud, too direct, and probably too violent as Olaf says. This gives the readers a hint that Olaf is being prejudiced because he makes assumptions about Jim before he even gets to know him. I feel like Wright seems to be pessimistic about race relations in the united states because he is basically saying that racism is everywhere and one day people won’t tolerate it anymore, like there going to finally get to the breaking point and do something about it once and for all.  He also is trying to say that racism will worsen over the years ( in the future) and there isn’t much that we can do about it but hope for a good outcome.