I enjoyed reading how these writers reflected upon this time period and culture in their own ways and chose different aspects to focus on. Eudora focused on the mannerisms of people and how people interacted with each other on the surface level. She focused on what constitutes the kind of people that people in the south are and take us on a ride revealing the fakeness and even manipulation that exists in many people.
Having each of their personal backgrounds in mind as I was reading was what really did it for me. For example, knowing that Yusef was in the Vietnam war gave me all of the insight in the world to understand where his words were coming from.
I think that Yusef wrote passionately but it was not in a racial context or from anger of anything bigger than himself. Eudora, focusing on how people in that culture interacted with each other, definitely was writing from a perspective that commented on a little bit more than just her own self. She was making commentary on society.
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