1. Race in Cane by Jean Toomer
Jean Toomer's Cane was published in 1923, a miscellany composed of fifteen poems, seven stories, six prose vignettes and a play that all focus on Negro life during the 1920's. ... Toomer was angered by Frank's choice of marketing as he thought that by mixing elements to create a story it would work as symbolism of the racial mixtures present in America. ... Toomer makes his position clear by contrasting the two locales, asserting that the black American roots are founded in the agrarian south since the story starts and finishes there. ... Fear is the emotion that runs his life, ...
- Word Count: 3347
- Approx Pages: 13