The Street (Edition 001)
by Ann Petry
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Author: Ann PetryEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-03-15
ISBN: 0395901499
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: Harmful
Summary: 1 Stars
This book makes me very, very angry. It's supposed to make us sympathetic to the wonderful, noble central character, Lutie. I find this hard to feel since Lutie wallows in self-pity, hatred of all whites, and blaming racism for everything not wonderful in her life. She is every bit as racist as anyone you could find. Life is NOT fair. Some are born into wealth and comfort, some into poverty and many somewhere in between. This basic fact applies to whites as well. There are many, many whites just as badly off as Lutie was. She seems to think that all whites are well-off and have somehow conspired to keep her down. I realize that this book was written in the 1940's and that there was awful racial injustice then, but even then not everyone responded with blind racial hatred and the scapegoat belief that all that ails them is due to evil whites. Many of the characters make poor choices (their fault) and resort to violence when upset about something. Still we're supposed to be sympathetic. Makes no sense to me.
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