Plot: The play "The Great White Hope" by Howard Sackler is a pre-World War I captivating tale of a talented boxer's rise to fame and eventual drop to infamy. Hidden within it's harsh language and rough exterior lies the allegorical theme of abundant racism in early 20th century America. The story opens on a retired boxing champ who is being coaxed into rejoining the ranks to defend his title as Heavy Weight Champion of the World. The challenger is Jack Jefferson, a black boxer who upset the ways of the American world by defeating all the white boxers before him. He fights , and beats the champ who was heralded as the "great white hope". Once he attained the top of the boxing world he soon became the black celebrity

Bmbdgty: Blacks everywhere looked up to him as the force that would abolish racism. The white people didn't take kindly to this black uprising and therefore arr

Bmbdgty: Themes: The overlying theme in this play is that of racism. How persistent and undying racism could be. It also was a theme of human life, how long someone could withstand outside pressures before they collapse. This was not an uplifting story, nor is it meant to be. This is a story of true human suffering and perseverance that is meant to teach a lesson and instill a moral value in its readers.

ested Jack for a phony charge. His white girlfriend and he ran away to Canada so he could evade the law. Soon after he made his way to England and then France, all the while trying to maintain a boxing career. He ended up broken and poor, working in a circus in Budapest when the American Feds present him with a deal. According to the deal he must take a dive in a fight for the championship with a white man. Jack stuck to his morals and turned down the offer, but consequently, he lost more money and was exiled to Mexico, w

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Approximate Word count = 625
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)