Dissecting Race Relations and Lynching: A Review of Fire in a Canebrake

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Fire in a Canebrake represents and elaborates on the race and lynching in the South. This novel is actually a great read, which touches base on such subject. Also the book has the historical narrative from the twentieth century, which draws different views of today’s society. Laura Wexler describes different race relations, lynching, and also explaining the world from the past to today. I personally think this novel skillfully portrays both symbolic and literal form, which I will present. Do you think her narrative can motivate different types of audiences to sustain the bigger picture is this read? I think it is very interesting and shows that many things can take place, and also draws an historical picture to different audiences. As the …show more content…

As a reader I understand the form and the roles in this novel. The Symbolism of lynching is the practice of representing thins and attributing symbolic meanings or any significance to many different relations, situations, and events that can be taking place. A literal form in lynching is being in accordance with conforming, and stating the obvious in any giving situation. Literal can be expressed, which is what this novel represents. Between the FBI`s attempt at caring on all lynching, and having federal government cases which was represented by the civil rights. In the novel it reads “I did everything I could to try to find out who was in the lynching,” says Mattie Louise. Mattie Louise was a sweet hearted woman who wanted peace. Also in the novel she also says “You got to forgive”. (240) Despite the strategies you have to forgive and move on with your life even if something is solved or unsolved. Also it is pursing you to live life to every extent because you never know what might take place at any giving day. Why would you live your life unhappy? The lynching in the South was definitely remembered, although the civil rights legislators were held responsible for the ongoing lynching and torturing, there could possibly be a solution. Laura Wexler proved that she could at least make a difference in justice and creating a healing

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