This little connection gave me a great deal of interest in the book. The connection to the south was a small but important as well,
Lee expertly weaves the chronological tale of Almarine Cantrell’s life, death, and subsequent family lineage through a variety of distinctly crafted personalities, all adding to the narrative through their unique perspectives. While Almarine’s romantic hardships and resulting offspring are at the heart of the novel, Oral History also explores Appalachian life through a myriad of lenses, preconceived notions, actualities, and the exploration of traditions and daily life. Smith offers a rich and complex study of an often forgotten about southern geographical region and population. The narrative rarely drags, drawing the reader into an exciting tale of Appalachia that includes folklore, storytelling, a strong sense of the past, and a continuation into the present that attempts to reconcile what was with what the mountain region has become (Eckard
James Henry Hammond portrays the image of a person who symbolizes both the best and the worst attributes of the old southern society. This book review shall aim to analyze Hammond's life and how he grew to be despised and if the author portrayed James Henry Hammond’s
Debra Marquart has written a memoir titled The Horizontal World to emit readers of her love for the upper Midwest. Marquart uses diction and contrast to characterize the Midwest. In doing so, Marquart hopes to show the importance of this region to those who already have a generalized opinion of the Midwest. In the passage, Marquart uses concrete diction when describing how people such as those who visit view the upper Midwest.
“The “violence” that must take place in Southern literature is often a final resort of the character when all other alternatives have failed”
Like many of the elements in this work, Josiah's spotted cattle can be interpreted in multiple ways. Silko's illustration of the spotted cattle creates a strong metaphor that links them closely to the Lagunas, illuminating the animosity the Laguna tribe has with the white Americans. While at the same time drawing a close connection between Tayo and the spotted
She too believed that not only were the slaves stripped
In the canvas, Virginian Luxuries (Unknown, 1800), it is conceivable to watch and depict the parts of those two man races in America of the time. Most importantly, the artistic creation is identified with the season of subjection (1619-1865)
Varon frames her analysis of the legacy of Appomattox as contrasting the mythical story that people make the event out to be. In folklore, Lee gracefully represented the proud gentility of the South and Grant the mud-splattered working man of the North, and together they reunified the North and the South. In reality, it was vastly more complex, layered, and open to interpretation than stories make it out to be. Even an event as iconic as Appomattox remains rich with questions of motives and implications and deserves extensive historical
Not to mention, the story starts off in a courtroom because Abner Snopes burned down the property of Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris is landowner, who is left with a burned barn and no legal option. Snopes is advised to leave the country because the court can’t find enough evidence to sentence him. His son Sarty Snopes chooses to warn the owner. “Barn Burning” offers a helpful picture of how Faulkner sees the economics of the postbellum South, where the poor whites remain the underclass rivals of black sharecroppers (Pierce).
In the short story "The Goophered Grapevine" Chesnutt uses the literary technique known as the frame story, in which a first story leads to another story within it by serving as a tool for comparison and contrast between two realities. The story is set in North Carolina shortly after the post-civil war where the first narrator—already engaged in the business of growing grapes—is looking for a place for grape-growing, as shown by these lines: "I found that grape-culture...was not entirely unknown in the neighborhood...but like most Southern industries, it had felt the blight of war and had fallen into desuetude." The author's aim is to portray the chasm between the society and mentality of the northern and southern states through two narrating voices: a white northern businessman and a
Charles Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition, is one of the first novels to discuss racial tension in the Post-Civil War South. Even after the abolition of slavery, white citizens like Major Carteret, General Belmont, and Captain McBane will stop at nothing to maintain the superiority of the white race. Through the novel, Chesnutt closely juxtaposes certain characters, especially of the white and black race to express that the two peoples may not be as different as one would think. For the white’s perspective, they are horrified with threat that the black race is rising in social and economic power. Characters like Janet and Olivia, McBane and Josh Green, and Polly Ochiltree and Julia are all paired together by Chesnutt to express that when one
In this book we can see how the author depict Southern culture in terms of
Not to mention her numerous trips back to the plantation to save her family, John, acquaintances, and some slaves she did not even know or have any social connection
Another example of metaphor in the novel is how Mr. Twain depicts the characters to enunciate his views of the bigotry of social norms pushing the reader in a sense to understand what he means. Huckleberry Finn with his innocence and Jim with a thirst for equality metaphorically portray the minorities, Pap the trope of humanity that are corrupted and deprived by those that are uncivilized. “You’re educated, too, they say—can read and write. You think you’re better’n your father, now, don’t you, because he can’t?
