Wilson is convinced of her bigoted viewpoint, frustrated with Boyd for not adhering to how she believes a Black family should live. Wilson’s underlying racism, the end of the story has no resolution or character growth. (Jackson 2005) While Jackson does an excellent job in subtly showing Mrs. Wilson assumes that Boyd's father doesn't work and when she finds out he works in a factory she feels "defeated” when Boyd explains that his father is a foreman, not a laborer. Wilson’s friendliness teems with racial bigotry and unrealized snobbery. Wilson and Johnny are friendly towards Boyd, but Johnny’s friendliness comes from a genuine and honest place, while Mrs. Wilson and another by her son Johnny, demonstrated by their treatment of Johnny’s friend Boyd, who is Black. “After You, My Dear Alphonse” offers two views, one by Mrs.
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