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cheruka
cheruka

What does it mean by "Ike McCaslin is a properly educated and baptized hero?"

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Posted by cheruka on Wednesday October 31, 2007 at 8:03 PM and tagged with ike mccaslin, the bear.

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  1. sullymonster Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

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    Faulkner comments heavily in this story on the conflict and contrast between the Native American ways and the "progressive" ways of modern American.  Ike holds onto his Native American ancestry, but Faulkner here is - somewhat sarcastically - reassuring his readers that Ike is a worthy hero because he has met the standards of the Judeo-Christian American society.

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    Posted by sullymonster on Thursday November 1, 2007 at 4:56 AM

  2. cheruka
    cheruka

    Ike is not native american. He is full white. I got this line from a critic's review and I am trying to understand it.

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    Posted by cheruka on Thursday November 1, 2007 at 8:06 AM

  3. ramseytheii
    ramseytheii

    Baptized in blood, educated in the forest, to be properly prepared for his subsequent life.

    Walter Ramsey 

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    Posted by ramseytheii on Wednesday June 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM