Heat without like would be a pitch black existence. In the end Mr. Head finally is able to instill his prejudices into Nelson, and he succeeds in turning Nelson s way of thinking into a polarized one. Mr. Heads ignorance and fear of losing the love of his grandson leads them to come together in front of a lawn jockey portraying a black person eating watermelon. As they travel home there are opposing images that occur that show the differences dissolving between Nelson and Mr. Head. The use of opposites is blatantly obvious and shows how once these two are out of the city they are also out of darkness.
Polarization is a natural thing for people of our society to experience.
The fact that black is defined as a person shows us that society considers a black person in the same way they consider a dark night or a menacing image. As a society we do not define what is normal, but instead we focus on what deviates from that norm. Mr. Head never focuses on white society or white people in general, but he does instill in Nelson the vast differences there are between the two races. Polarization will always occur when looking at black and white. There have been so many racial issues that society will always polarize the two and try to show that one is better than the other.