The known world by Edward P.Jones ??

Question

the main character of this book is henry townshen, however, what are the event where he embraces his soiecty norms and bvalues? i noe that him getting slaves is one, are there anyothers?

and if possible, can u give me the pages where it says that?

Answer 1

Edward P. Jones is an African American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Born in 1951, he was raised in Washington, D.C. and educated at both the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Virginia.

His second book, The Known World, is a richly imagined novel set before the Civil War in Virginia. It examines issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by free black people as well as by whites. A book with many points of view, The Known World paints an enormous canvas thick with personalities and situations that show how slavery destroys but can also be transcended. It was also a National Book Award finalist and subsequently won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In 2005 Mr. Jones was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.

The Known World is a 2003 historical novel by Edward P. Jones. It was his first novel and second book. Set in antebellum Virginia, it examines issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by free black people as well as by whites. A book with many points of view, The Known World paints an enormous canvas thick with personalities and situations that show how slavery destroys but can also be transcended.

The title of the book refers to the fact that the slaves were deprived of any formal education. For example, knowledge of geography was deemed dangerous by the slaveowners since it could help a fleeing slave to orientate himself outside of the plantation.

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