Big Black Good Man is a story by Richard Wright which was published in 1958, three years before his death. The story is a part of Eight Men which is a collection of stories. It has themes of alienation, fear and suspense which is fiction of Wright. This story is well-known in all parts of the world and is also included in The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories which is shortened by Daniel Halpern in 1987.

The Story Big Black Good Man demonstrates hatred by a white American to black American sailor who comes to stay at a hotel of white American. The hatred caused was a result of size, blackness and loudness of black American. Thus, story reflects true racism caused between the two i.e. white American and black African-Americans (Sanders 98).

Characters

The story revolves mainly around Jim, a black American and Olaf...
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