Throughout the journey of reading this short story, Ive noticed that it puts an emphasis on the fact that the character’s appearance had a major role in what happened that day, and had he looked white, none of this would’ve happened. In this story, Sholeh Wolpé sets the emphasis on the fact that being white gives you a certain freedom that others have to work harder to obtain. Since her brother doesn’t appear white, he couldn’t get through the Canadian border without the guard treating him with suspicion. The theme in this story is so clear that the treatment you obtain is based on your…