Faith and the Good Thing (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Johnson
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Philosophical
- Time of Work: The 1930’s or 1940’s
- Setting: Rural Georgia and Chicago, Illinois
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery
- Locales: Chicago, IL
Characters Discussed
Faith Cross, a beautiful young black woman in search of the “Good Thing” who undergoes a spiritual odyssey from the superstitions of backwoods Georgia to the harsh realities of urban Chicago. Initially sweet and naïve, she is rapidly stripped of the illusions nurtured in her by the sheltered environment of her youth. Soon after her arrival in the city, she is robbed and raped, and she progressively hardens in her life to become an alcoholic and a drug-addicted prostitute. Successively rejecting the religion of her youth and several philosophical...
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