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What is it that Guitar truly wants to accomplish? He starts at the beginning of the novel as a racially aware character, someone aware of the racial prejudice against black people, but as the plot continued Guitar went from being aware to militant. He decided to take matters in his own hand- and while this isn't necessarily bad- he went about it the wrong way. In this time period there were many groups of racial equality seekers who were able to accomplish their goals without purposely killing others. Guitar states that his aggressive behavior is a result of his love for his community, however he contradicts himself which debunks his fallacy.
      Let's be frank, Guitar's claim that he joined a ridiculous militant group, and kills people who have done nothing is a result of his love for black people is, in kind words, not true. When he first presented the idea of killing people to maintain a sort of 'balance' admit it everyone thought there was something was wrong with him. Guitar is very racist in his thoughts- innocent black men don't deserve to die, however, innocent white men are all bad and if given the opportunity, will kill, so why not kill them now kill them now.
He states that black women are raped and if you're wondering how one delivers justice for that, it's by raping an innocent white woman. He contradicts his sentiments regarding slavery by directly staking a claim on black women and has no clear stream of consciousness. He jumps from one claim to another, and in that process contradicts himself, which is not a good foundation for a persuasive essay.
In my opinion, Guitar doesn't know what he wants. He knows he doesn't have power, and he knows that it is difficult for him to achieve what he wants (he is named after something he wanted, but couldn't achieve), but at the same time he has no one person or group to blame. Yes, whites have been oppressing his kind, but at the same time his best friend, who is a black person, is not facing the same problems he is. So is it his fault, is it his status, is it his race? The most obvious would be racial issues and that is why he obsesses over it, to the point of madness.

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