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August Wilson's Joe Turner Come And Gone

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August Wilson’s playwright Joe Turner Come and Gone emphasizes many fundamental issues within African-Americans, specifically the black males. In those days, the black man stood to lose themselves. August sent an extraordinary suggestion. The idea of the character Bynum only filled the play with all of his wise talk. August reflects on his secret of life by bringing it forward, allowing an audience to see Harold breaking free of what enslaved him, and the beginning of embracing his self-identity, self-worth and self-efficacy.
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