Bastard Out of Carolina | Social Concerns
Abuse and poverty play roles in the development of many children in America, having consequences that affect adulthood. In the semiautobiographical Bastard out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison is writing to help heal the wounds from her childhood. Whether the circle of abuse can be broken rather than passed to the next generation is Allison's greatest concern. Efforts to combat abuse and poverty from outside the family have met with limited success. Parents sometimes are unable to provide the safe, loving environment that is the ideal situation in which a child can grow, not because...
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