Ralph Ellison deals with the divide in the black community that isn’t often talked about. The notion that one group speaks for the whole race and they rest of the community is told what to think and do by said group. They become pawns of the group that views themselves as the only true voice […]
Author Archive | Furlong
Gaining and keeping power in a world run by white men
In the 6th chapter of the novel, Dr. Bledsoe scolds the narrator for driving Mr. Norton to the slums (141-143). These pages and the exchange between the two characters stood out to me. For me it provided a glimpse into the realities of a minority gaining power in that era and then doing whatever he […]
Influence of history and global events in the early portrayal of foreigners in My Antonia
While reading the introduction as well as the first twenty or thirty pages into the book, I noticed the way Anatolia and her family are viewed. While there are positive or neutral descriptions used to describe the Shimeradas there are also some negative descriptions. As a history major, I view this in the historical context […]
A vain and manipulative young woman
Lily Bart is an incredibly vain woman in The House of Mirth. She is a young, intelligent, manipulative woman whose soul purpose in life is to marry a rich man. The plot attempts to make her appear as the victim to the demands of society that she marry young and to a rich man. I […]