Tag: characters
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My Characters’ Obsessions
I’m noticing is that as I work on my 9th novel–I’ve written 8–all unpublished–my published work is a collection of short stories, “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident“—that I’m identifying and honing in on my major character’s obsession. This is a new discovery for me. I realize in revising and editing my recent, and 8th…
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The Price of Freedom: Caldonia & Moses in Edward P. Jones’ “The Known World”
In Edward P. Jones’ The Known World the relationship between Caldonia Townsend, the wife and widow of Henry Townsend, and Henry’s overseer, Moses, symbolizes the psychological fallout that occurs, that is inherent, when one individual chooses to harbor the life of another in an effort to ascertain financial freedom. From the outset Jones presents Caldonia…