While I’m not exactly sure what the question refers to, I do believe that all of the actions, minus the boxing, that Wright takes to get him where he needs to be are good and necessary. He takes his own rebellion and education into his own hands and strikes out mentally against the South. He also is ending his era of southern oppression. His finishing up the job at the Optical Factory marks the end of his saga in the South. His last exchange with Shorty epitomizes Wright’s thoughts. His fears and dread of the South is the idea of never being able to escape and the death that comes with that. The death would be that of bondage and stuck in a rut that you can never escape or waiting for the swift and violent fury to randomly descend on you one day. While Wright does put all of his hopes into the North this also sets him up for possible emotional let down should it not turn out to be particularly better. While this is true, it is still a much safer and more open environment with less likely hood of him being beaten to do. Overall it’s difficult to state if his decisions are productive, because it’s impossible to tell what pursuits of his turn out to be constructive. The only thing that makes it undisputably a good decision is the fact that it is his pushing away from the systems he hates even if it leads to more low places, it’s still progress.
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Once again, I agree with you Patrick. Almost all of the actions that Wright has taken to advance himself have turned out well, and this is just the biggest one on the list. I also had the same thoughts about Shorty, he is the representation of what Wright is trying to avoid and fears that he could become if he stays in the south. Also, I too fear that Wright is putting himself into a trap, because he is putting all of his hopes and work toward the North, and he has been warned that it's not as good as everyone thinks. Hopefully that warning wasn't foreshadowing too.
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