43 pages 1 hour read

Jessie Redmon Fauset

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928

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Essay Topics

1.

Is Angela a sympathetic character? How does the novel push readers to empathize with her choices?

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Contrast the novel’s sisters. What does Jinny possess that eludes Angela? What are her objectives in contrast to her sister’s?

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Why does the author focus on largely successful, middle class Black people rather than impoverished or more deeply oppressed ones?