The_Wife_Of_His_Youth

The Wife Of His Youth When you’re young you do things that can be considered foolish when you’re older. Mr. Ryder was a young slave and he married Liza Jane. When he was older he forgot all about her. What’s foolish about that is he didn’t go and look for her after she had been sold down the river. Instead, he started a new life with her not in it. I think Charles Chesnutt looks at Mr. Ryder as a man who should have looked for his wife after the war. The Blue Vein Society is a group of individuals that were mixed and considered more white than black because you could see their blue veins. In order to become a Blue Vein, one must have really light skin. Mr. Ryder was a man who used to be a slave and has chosen to forget his past and move on. He was sort of a leader of the Blue Veins and a well respected man. On top of all this, Mr. Ryder is throwing a ball and is planning on proposing to Molly Dixon, a woman that moved to Groveland and stole his heart. Up until ryder, mr, blue, wife, veins, story, past, everyone, because, years, think, liza, husband, chesnutt, after, about, woman, should, married, looking, jane, considered, young, way, vein, through, slave, skin, man, makes, decides, blacks, you’re, war