Jacob Have I Loved | Literary Qualities
The first-person narration of Jacob Have I Loved determines many of the book's literary devices. Literary allusions are confined to books Louise has read, and the symbols in the novel derive from Louise's perceptions. Since a strict Methodism pervades Rass, it is not surprising that the Bible provides the chief source of allusion and symbolism. Grandmother Bradshaw, a religious hypocrite, incites Louise's jealousy by citing Romans 9:13, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." Louise cites Proverbs 25:24, "It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house with a...
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