Write an essay on the Charles Johnson, “Exchange Value” (article attached)
In this short story by Charles Johnson, were told about events involving three characters Lofts, Rooter (the two are brothers), and the deceased Ms. Bailey told through Rooters eyes. Were also privy to bits of information about the two men parents.
Exchange Value uses these characters to show us some different styles of getting through life, styles of relating to past, present, and future, and styles of relating to money and things that can have a life-defining impact on people. It shows us, in particular, a small sample of different styles of doing these things among racially and economically disinherited people living in Chicago in the 1970s, whose histories the story links to wider ones that include slavery, racism, and radicalized poverty.
