Black Man And White Woman In Dark Green Rowboat Summary

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A color can say more than a thousand words… In the story of Russell Banks ‘Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat’ there is a clear correlation between colors in the story description and their influence on the way we perceive the environment of the plot. Every color has an immediate effect and a gradual effect. The immediate effect depends on social experiences that the individual has lived, and the gradual effect is based on cognitive processes. The immediate effect that will have on us ‘readers’ is that we are going to relate those colors with our own experiences. Experiences will always depend on the social environment; so we will set up the patterns of personality and behavior based on the colors described in the story. An example is the description of the place that Banks give us in the story; “Within an hour the sun’s rising above the spruce and pine trees that grew along the …show more content…

By including the color, the human mind immediately begins to make connections of memories and experiences, thus we are going that section of story with a feeling or emotion. If the reader had a similar experience with that particular color, in this case 'blue graze', and it was an unpleasant experience or a melancholy memory, then the reader will relate this negative moment with the place being described in the story. At that point the reader will conclude that the eastern hills are disagreeable, and this perspective will influence the way he or she “see” the story of Banks. After we have had an immediate perception by a visual stimulus, then our mind will begin to discern and analyze the colors. We will include our own essence to the way in which we interpret the story. This ‘essence’ is said to be personal and individual thought away from the influence of society. Although this separation between the individual self and the society is a philosophical debate, I will do this separation to explain how the human processes colors

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