The Gun
The gun’s symbolism in “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” operates on two levels. The first level is what the gun symbolizes to Dave. For Dave, who has grown up to equate…
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Jenny the Mule
In 1865, the Union enacted an order to provide some freed former slaves with “40 acres and a mule,” with the idea that these freed families would then be able to own the land they…
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