Cane | Study Guide

Jean Toomer

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Overview

Author

Jean Toomer

Year Published

1923

Type

Short Stories

Genre

Fiction

Perspective and Narrator

The stories and poems in Cane alternate between first-person singular, first-person plural, and third-person narration.

Tense

The stories and poems alternate between past and present tense.

About the Title

Cane refers to the sugarcane crops in Georgia, a frequent symbol throughout the book.

Diagrams

Kabnis Intelligent, frustrated schoolteacher Friends Friends Employee Former supervisor Friends Friends Friends Father Siblings Father Halsey Practical, easygoing blacksmith Lewis Curious, wise Northerner in the South Father John Blind, elderly religious man Hanby Pompous school principal Layman Native Georgian preacher Carrie K. Hopeful, generous young woman
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Summary

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Characters

Kabnis Halsey Lewis Father John Fern Karintha Becky

Symbols

Dusk Sugarcane Music and Spirituals

Themes

Race and Racism Religion and Spirituality Desire and Longing North versus South
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