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Inner and Outer Images in A Gathering of Old Men
In the novel A Gathering of Old Men, Ernest J. Gaines, portrays the
Novel through the eyes of individual narrators involved on the events of the day. The novel focuses on a group of cowardly black men who finally stop running and stand up for themselves and y ....
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.... is his real name, not the silly nickname his inner ring of friends refer to him as. These nicknames they find harmless by their peers, are offensive by others. When Charlie comes back, now a man, he wants "to have a handle, too-like Mister. Mr. Biggs" (187). This demonstrates the two distinct worlds of the blacks and whites. The nicknames are offensive if spoken by those outside their world.
There are continuous examples through the novel that illustrate the presence and difference in the two worlds. Each of the old men tells a story of pai ....
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