Ismeal Reeds Chappie Puttbutt Essays - Spring,

Ismeal Reed's Chappie Puttbutt Mueting 1 A Change in Puttbutt's Environment Every man is wants to climb the social ladder, but to what extent will a man go to change his current environment to reach those goals? In the book Japanese By Spring (Ishmal Reed) working at a local university, Puttbutt exists within an environment where he is unhappy. He leaves it behind only to find out that the new environment, which he desired to be a part of, is not what he thought it would be. Puttbutt exists in a world of racism, hate crimes, and one in which he thinks he just doesn't belong. He wants to climb the social ladder to become somebody he isn't. In his new environment he discovers that he has the power to do anything he wants, or he can do nothing at all. However, he soon finds out that this world is not what he wants. He wants back into his old environment, but quickly finds out he has to fight to get back into it. Chappie Puttbutt is a man who has a job he doesn't enjoy and he hates his colleagues' (64). He is a Junior Professor at a local University and desires tenure. He is not well liked by his colleagues because he constantly changes his political values to go along with whatever is popular. He believes that the Japaneese will soon be taking over America. To make sure that he will not be left out of the His colleagues decide weather or not he gets Mueting 2 tenure. Puttbutt will try to do anything to get tenure; he stands up for everything and anything to get tenure, however each time his colleagues vote against him. In his new environment the Japanese have taken over the university (108) and restructure the curriculum so that only Japanese art, Literature and culture are taught. The Japanese believe all studies are inferior. He is still passed on tenure but is given the position of second in command of the university because he knows Japanese and the president was his Japanese tutor. Since he is second in command he has the power over all his colleagues and gets revenge on those who didn't vote to get him tenure. After he fires all the professors he soon discovers that he is fired because the head of the university only wants Japanese teachers to teach. This new environment quickly proves to be something he didn't want to be apart of anyway. He discovers that secretly a Japanese gang was behind the takeover of the university. The owners of the university think that America is a giant cesspool and they want to do something about it. (143) The president of the university is prejudice against all whites and all other non-Japanese so he only lets Japanese students into the university. Puttbutt decides to lead a revolt against the owners of the university. He soon finds out that his plan to take over the university wasn't going to work because his dad stepped in and took over. Chappie Puttbutt soon enters back into his old environment and is finally happy with being himself. During the time that it takes to enter finally happy back Mueting 3 into his old environment, he finally gets to meet his mother. He is with in the environment that he exists in. But he discovers that it is still a world of racism Hate crimes, and political correctness, but he has learned to at the better side of everything. Working at a local university, Puttbutt exists within an environment where he is unhappy. He leaves it behind only to find out that the new environment, which he desired to be a part of, is not what he thought it would be. Puttbutt exists in a world of racism, hate crimes, and one in which he thinks he just doesn't belong. He wants to climb the social ladder to become somebody he isn't. In his new environment he discovers that he has the power to do anything he wants, or he can do nothing at all. However, he soon finds out that this world is not what he wants. He wants back into his old environment, but quickly finds out he has to fight to