Night Watchman

The journey of sixty-five years old for an African American male in the UnitedStates has been a rough and rocky endeavor. A discussion of four major topicsof great importance today is critical in explaining the most important factors inthe life of Charles Henry Orr. Father-and-Son Relationships help explain howCharles and his father interacted and cared about one another in a time wheresurvival was a challenge. Becoming a man and/or developing into manhoodwere not a fast process for Charles; some of the reasons will be highlighted inthis book. The importance of education came to him slow as well and will beexplained. The role of dignity and respect in both of their lives had negativeeffects relative to their accomplishments in life. Fortunately, Charles is still alive and working on some accomplishmentsthat will contribute to society after he is gone. Soichiro, the founder of Honda,said, To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure andintrospection. In fact, success represents 1% of your work that results from the99% called failure. Charles Orr has lived through many failures in life, butthe point here is he has always worked on being successful. Webster definessuccess as favorable outcomes of desired goals and/or becoming wealthy orfamous. Charles has been successful on the desired outcomes of some of hisgoals, but being wealthy and famous is not included. Drawing from Hornsbys(2004) article titled African Americans in order to put Charless story in ahistorical perspective, there are thirty-five million black Americans livingin the United States, accounting for 12 percent of the total population. Theybasically came from Western Africa. Without the use of genealogy research,Charles is sure he is in this group.