AN ANALYSIS OF THE DETRIMENT OF “PASSING” IN JAMES WELDON JOHNSON’S NOVEL, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN Is it rational for a black man to attempt to “pass” himself off as a white person? “Passing” is defined as a detrimental intermediary preventing the narrator’s ability…
Essays on The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
by James Weldon Johnson
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Author
James Weldon Johnson
Country
United States
Original language
English
Genre
African American Novel
Publication date
1912
Major Characters
The Narrator, The Narrator’s Mother, The Narrator’s Father, Shiny, The Millionaire, The Narrator’s Wife / The Singer, The Music Teacher, The Violinist
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The main subjects of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Manare are identity, race, class.