The Uncle Tom fiasco is less important than the Church disaster

Wright cannot seem to catch a break. In the beginning of chapter six Wright obtains a job from a stupid white woman. She asks him if he steal expecting an honest answer and offers him rotten food. Wright quits the job and eventually gets into a fight with Uncle Tom about discipline. Wright doesn’t know Uncle Tom and Uncle Tom doesn’t know him. Uncle Tom has no right to discipline Wright. Prior to the Uncle Tom scuffle though Wright is literally tricked into getting baptized by the church preacher. I think this was a much more interesting situation in chapter six rather than why Wright is angry with Uncle Tom.
At this point in the book Wright is in school and has made some ‘friends’. He is not close with his classmates yet he longs to be among them. Wright decides to go to the Methodist church with his mother in order to assimilate. While in church one day the pastor asks all nonmembers to stand. Then the pastor asks all these ‘sinners’ to go to the front and sit in the first pew. Both of these actions were done in order to isolate Wright from the rest of the ‘flock’ and to guilt the young men. Most of these young men were with their mothers or relatives. Then to ensure the young men felt the shame, the preacher asks the congregation to pray for these lost souls. THEN the preacher asks the mothers to come and KNEEL DOWN in front of the outcasts and pray for them. The preacher is using an obscure psychological tactic on the adolescents. The preacher is using a primal human instinct against these boys. Since the beginning of time human have wanted to belong, to fit in with a group. It is instinct to move in groups or flocks and live in communities with one another. The preacher is separating the young man from his tribe. In order to belong the nonmember must join the congregation. Then the preacher uses the primal connection one has with their mother. He calls the mother to the front and gives a sermon about all they have done for their children. Then the preacher uses pride, one last primal instinct.
Wright knows the preacher is trying to humiliate and guilt him yet he is trapped. He will hurt himself if he does not join the church and he will hurt his mother. But if he joins, Wright is giving in to what he has fought since the beginning of his life. If Wright believes something is wrong he fights it or stands up to it. Wright is in a position that follows the theme of the whole book. Wright is wrong if he submits and wrong if he challenges.