Chester Himes
Small, But Not Fair Enough World Chester Himes, the author of The Quality Of Hurt, could be called an African American writer whose novels reflect encounters with racism while describing truths his reader were unready to hear. Himes’ literary genius went unnoticed within the U. ... Being a black man hindered Chester Himes’ writing career, because or the simple reason that he is Black, nobody appreciates works done by Blacks and people were unwilling to publish a book written by an ex-convict. ... It happened to one of Chester Himes’ books, If He Hollers Let Him Go. ... It happens when Chester Himes is in New York and is having numerous affairs. ... All of the novels portray prejudice toward the character Black people were treated harshly at that time and Himes did not escape either. ... It happened when Chester Himes was trying to get his book sold in the Bloomingdales in Manhattan, the bookseller was ignorant of Chester Himes’ offer and consequently rejected him for racial reason. The publishers did not hesitate to reject Chester Himes’ book. ... Chester Himes in The Quality Of Hurt mentions that, “ I have since learned that American Publishers are not interested in black writers unless they bleed from white torture” (Pg 72). ... Himes mentions in his book, “Los Angeles hurt me racially as much as any city I have ever known-much more than any city I remember from the South. ... ) This means that Himes, who is a black, still get as much underestimation in Los Angeles as in other cities. ... S were free from racial prejudice, and that no matter where Chester Himes went, he would not get his literary genius recognized. What hurt Chester Himes even more was that, when people pretended to accept him as part of the society, but no actions were actually taken to his favor. When Chester Himes was nineteen, he was chained upside down, beaten by police until he confessed to an armed robbery, served seven and a half years in prison in the Ohio State Penitentiary.