... accuracy until today. Nella Larsen developed the figure of Helga Crane in a way that lets the reader take part in her desperate search for her selfhood and a place she can call her home. Larsen characterised that search by addressing topics such as the feeling of alienation, the questions of race- and gender-consciousness, the acceptance of ones sensuality, sexuality and womanhood, as ... of being labeled as a unconstrained sexually driven black woman. Helga is not even able to loosen up when she hears that Anderson had lost his job in Naxos for being "too liberal, to lenient, for educa...

• Word Count: 6293
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School