An Analysis of Jean Toomer's Cane
In the prose fiction Cane: Jean Toomer uses the background of the Black
American in the South to assist in establishing the role of the modernist
black writer. While stylistic characteristics such as ambiguity of words and
the irony of the contradictory sentences clearly mask this novel as a
modernist work. Toomer draws upon his experiences and his perspective of
the life of Blacks in Georgia to create a setting capable of demonstrating
the difficulties facing the twentieth-century Black author. This
presentation is both vivid and straightforward and while acknowledges the
fall of slavery, it also examines the after-effects which remain in American
life. The effects of racism in U.S. history have made the job of defining
Black culture particularly difficult, Toomer however, remains on of the first
black authors who addresses the issue of a post slavery society. The text
itself presents numerous references regarding Toomer's beliefs that the past
inspires the modern writer. However, the focus remains on the present
situation of Blacks in America and not their history. One of the most
interesting aspects in his work proves to be his use of prose, structure, and
character to draw upon his Black heritage to demonstrate how history does
affect the modern Black. By incorporating history in to these parts of the
novel, Toomer offers a definite role for Blacks in the twentieth century.
Throughout the novel specific textual references, exemplify Toomer's
dependence upon Black heritage in providing the inspiration necessary in
identifying Black culture. Critic Robert Bone writes:
He attained a universal vision by ignoring race as a local tr...
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...if this balance between the past
and the ideas for the future can be achieved then there will come about a
stronger more identifiable modern Black culture that does not add to
segregation, but adds to American culture. This hope is clear in his poem
"November Cotton Flower."
Old folks were startled, and it soon assumed
Significance. Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before.
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year. (Pg6)
The thing that superstition, "had never seen before" is the dawn of a modern
Black culture, which embodies the elements of the history of Black Americans
while relieving them of the hardships and the suppression of the Old South.
Judging from the number of Black authors who were inspired by Toomer, he
might just have been at the birth of this new Black culture.
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