Is an author's main purpose in writing solely to entertain his readers? Authors sometimes use their literature to demonstrate their opinions on a certain issue. One of these topics could be racial and ethnic discrimination. We see how authors express their views on racism through the literatures “Walk Well, My Brother,” “Lark Song,” and “Cowboys and Indians.” Say no to plagiarism. Get a custom essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”?Get the original essayIn “Walk Well, My Brother,” Farley Mowat focuses on racism against Eskimos in 1951. While the character of Charlie Lavery reveals himself, one is able to see how racist he is. He discriminates against Konala's entire life, including the way she lives, eats and dresses. Lavery is very bitter towards Konala and he thinks she is useless. “What an idiot he had been to bring her on board…now she was a damn albatross around his neck.” (Mowat, 171). Mowat, however, also shows how a person's experience can profoundly change their opinion on something. Because Konala saves his life, Charlie is very grateful to her; and from then on, he sees her from a different perspective and learns to adapt to her way of living. “Observing it, Lavery slowly understood that what had seemed to him a lifeless desert was in fact a land generous in the support it offered to those who knew its nature.” (Mowat, 177). Charlie Lavery dressed in caribou skin clothing, a black beard encircling his cheeks and his hair falling freely over his shoulders, also marks the end of his changes. Farley Mowat believes that even a racist person can easily change their opinion of someone, and this can be seen happening in "Walk Well, My Brother". Just as Mowat resembles his thoughts on racism in “Walk Well, My Brother,” WP Kinsella presents his views on the subject in his essay “Lark Song.” The narrator, Silas Ermineskin, talks about how white people are racist towards Indians. “White people don’t like anyone else touching their kids, especially Indians.” (Kinsella, 115). Even authoritative figures like the government and the RCMP get involved after Joseph Ermineskin picks up a little white girl who was crying because she had fallen; and they say that Joseph should be placed in a mental institution. Joseph is mentally disabled, but he would never hurt a fly. The government and the RCMP know this, otherwise they would have laid charges, but they are simply racist towards Indians. so they find another way to punish Joseph. “At first I want to laugh, it sounds so funny, the voice of a summer bird on a frosty morning. Then it comes back, this sweet, sparkling lark song, the color of blue sky. I then laugh, but to be happy, and I throw the wood on the ground and run towards the meadow. (Kinsella, 120). Kinsella uses this quote to present his belief that even mentally deficient people are very intelligent because Joseph escapes from the mental institution and finds his way home; so we must not make fun of them. Although Kinsella addresses racism in a more serious manner in "Lark Song," Basil Johnston's "Cowboys and Indians" addresses the issue in a more humorous manner. The producer making the film decides to use real Indians because it would be more advantageous to him. “With real Indians, the advantages were obvious. In addition to giving authenticity to the film, the Indians represented a substantial saving. Their natural pigmentation…; their national horse riding…; their possessions of herds of ponies….