Prairie-Town Boy | Social Sensitivity
Sandburg treats religion, particularly Swedish Lutheranism, with sensitivity and objectivity. He shows how his parents' faith shapes his upbringing, comments on how an immigrant landowner might view God as a farmer, and quotes the words of a zealous shoe repairman's witness. He does not, however, judge or preach. Instead he states personal beliefs vividly through his descriptions of meeting a man with no arms at the circus or through his realization that alcoholism can ruin a person's career.
Sandburg is openly sensitive to the needs and rights of blacks, and he tries to pass...
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