tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349132100473603338.post4960578465470038290..comments2010-04-22T22:20:52.002-07:00Comments on English 368 Blog (Amanda Renslow): Iola LeroyAmerican Novels to 1900http://www.blogger.com/profile/07843640428061820843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349132100473603338.post-77046386642096114412010-03-25T15:20:23.165-07:002010-03-25T15:20:23.165-07:00I also had similar feelings in regard to Iola Lero...I also had similar feelings in regard to Iola Leroy as you have described. For me, this book seems to be an attempt by Harper to expose the realities of slavery. Alex Haley's "Roots" is a book I have never been able to forget, as it went in depth as to the effects of slavery on the African American family.sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538495645236196683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1349132100473603338.post-36561323900049276212010-03-12T13:40:34.869-08:002010-03-12T13:40:34.869-08:00That's a good point about Iola's conversio...That's a good point about Iola's conversion, Amanda, and also about the number of former slaves who never found their families again. Harper puts family at the center of this story, in part to show up the false family metaphor of the plantation myth and in part to point out exactly what you have said here.D. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03186035585484630092noreply@blogger.com