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Course Hero. "Coming of Age in Mississippi Study Guide." Course Hero. 16 Oct. 2017. Web. 30 May 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Coming-of-Age-in-Mississippi/>.
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Course Hero. "Coming of Age in Mississippi Study Guide." October 16, 2017. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Coming-of-Age-in-Mississippi/.
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Anne Moody
1968
Nonfiction
Autobiography, Memoir
Coming of Age in Mississippi is narrated from the first-person perspective of author Anne Moody, who recounts her developmental years between the ages of four and 23. These years parallel the American civil rights movement.
Coming of Age in Mississippi is narrated in the past tense.
Coming of Age in Mississippi has many characteristics of a bildungsroman, or a novel that chronicles the protagonist's formative years. The phrase coming of age demonstrates Anne Moody's loss of innocence, gathering of experience, and intellectual growth. The setting in the state of Mississippi is significant to Moody's development as it was the site of much social unrest during the American civil rights movement.
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