I am currently reconstructing the site.
It will be finished by June, 8th 17:00:00 EST. In the meantime, feel free to browse, follow and comment.
Thank you for your understanding,
Tom Cottonme...
Monday, June 6, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
In my upcoming analysis of this slave narrative, I will explore the themes used by Frederick Douglass and even give you, the reader, history on his li...
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Born into slavery, Linda spends her early years in a happy home with her mother and father, who are relatively well-off slaves. When her mother dies, six-year-old Linda is sent to live with her mother’s mistress, who treats her well and teaches her to read. After a few years, this mistress dies and bequeaths Linda to a relative. Her new masters are cruel and neglectful, and Dr. Flint, the father, soon begins pressuring Linda to have a sexual relationship with him. Linda struggles against...
Monday, March 28, 2011
Cane
Cane was largely ignored during the Harlem Renaissance by the average white and African American reader. Langston Hughes addressed this in his essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain by saying, “O, be respectable, write about nice people, show how good we are,” say the Negroes. “Be stereotyped, don’t go too far, don’t shatter our illusions about you, don’t amuse us too seriously. We will pay you,” say the whites. Both would have told Jean Toomer not to write Cane. The colored...
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