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In the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, there were three main dilemmas. According to Webster’s dictionary a dilemma is a situation that requires a choice between options, usually equally unfavorable or mutually exclusive. In other words, a dilemma is a problem that presents a difficult choice. In James Weldon Johnson’s book, his character faced many similar problems that African Americans faced all over the country at this time. The story is about a young man born in the southern state of Georgia, but was raised in the northern part of the country, which is frequently referred to as “Negro friendly”. When he is young, he loses his mother to death and for the first time faced with his first real life dilemma. This dilemma was the one of were and what was he to do with his life. This was a time of mourning when a person tends to lose site of rationa