The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Miss Pittman

Miss Jane Pittman is the focus of the narrative, for she has witnessed one hundred years of life in Louisiana, from slavery to the civil rights movement. As a strong candid woman she relates the events of the novel. While she sees little good coming from the federal government or from the white race, as individuals she sees both their faults and their goodness. She acknowledges her own weaknesses as well, saying that disliking some people on first sight is "one of my worse habits, probably the worst I have, but I can't get rid of it." Most of all, Jane is a survivor.

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