The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittmanby Ernest J. GainesI want my children to be men...I want my children to fight. |
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This site is designed as a critical analysis of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, the story of a 110-year-old black woman who has lived to see the end of slavery as well as the beginning of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The site includes two sections. The first is an analysis of four of the major themes, and the second outlines three of the symbols Gaines uses in the novel. Click on one of the links on the left to get started. |
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