"Linden Hills" vs. "The Sleeper Wakes"

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This paper explores complicity in the novel, "Linden Hills" by Gloria Naylor and the short story, "The Sleeper Wakes" by Jessie Redmon Fauset. The paper examines complicity in issues of race, gender and class in these two contrasting works the former a tale of the descent into hell in an affluent suburb and the latter concerned with the redemption of an individual.

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"There are several female characters in Linden Hills but we will focus on Mrs Nedeed when looking at gender issues in the novel, since she is the one who brings about her husband's demise. The latest Mrs Nedeed is imprisoned by her husband in the basement and finds hidden records of the women who have before her and how they met their ends. Initially, she finds the diary of the first Mrs Nedeed " Luwana Packerville who was bought by Luther Nedeed. This charts Luwana's isolation " being first cut out of her son's life and then out of running a household, while at the same time being unable to mix with the community in Linden Hills for reasons of status and race."

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