In this course, we will explore the struggles and triumph "inbetween peoples" after Reconstruction and before WWII.
When finishing Light in August the discussion from last week’s class came to mind. We focused on the difference between the main characters and how they can float through the different aspects of society. Yet in the end we finally realize how they overcome or their rational for their actions. The two characters that catch [...]
As we established last week, Reverend Gail Hightower is an inbetween character despite being a white male – two traits that, in combination, are usually not associated with people who live on the margins of society. His expulsion from his church, the death of his wife and his eventual self-imposed isolation all set him drastically [...]
In the second half of Light in August, Joanna Burden seems to transition from an “in between” person to an integral community member. The irony, however, is that she is not alive to see this transformation; it takes her death to force her neighbors to recognize and defend her existence as one of their [...]