Cane | Social Concerns
As would be expected of any book treating the African-American experience, Jean Toomer's fictional work Cane portrays the problem of racism. The most obvious instance of racism is in the story "Blood Burning Moon/' which captures aspects of race relations in the South of early twentieth- century America. The story concerns a love triangle among a white man, Bob Stone, a black man, Tom Burwell, and Louisa, the woman with whom they each have a relationship. Bob Stone is the youngest member of the family owning the sugar cane industry which employs most of the workers in the area called...
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