Margaret Walker's "Jubilee"

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This paper analyzes the main character, Vyry, in Margaret Walker's novel "Jubilee". The paper summarizes the first, second, and third sections of the novel and describes Walker's portrayal of Vyry, the illegitimate daughter of a plantation owner and his black mistress, as a woman with innate intelligence and strength, which helps her to both survive and flourish. The paper concludes that "Jubilee" is the story of the triumph of Vyry's free spirit over the racism of the South.

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"Vyry survives and flourishes, despite the enormity of the difficulties that lie in front of her. In the course of her lifetime, Vyry must deal with the reality of slavery, the death of her mother, the sale of her close friends and family, and even the challenges of war and resettlement. Vyry faces brutal racism in the violence of the Klu Klux Kan, as well as in the attitudes and actions of the white plantation owners and larger white society. She must also maneuver the minefields of first love and the joy and sorrow of family as a black woman in the South at the time of the Civil War."

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