My Story About Understanding the Book Quicksand

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Hey classmate, you have the best answers for question one. According to my understanding of the book “Quicksand,” and in reference of your submissions, it’s true to say that Helga Crane feels like she fits nowhere in the society she lives in. Like you have said, Crane really struggles in her bi-racial status throughout the novel as she is humiliated and hated by her colleagues. Just as she says in (chapter 1 Pg38-40) that she is “feared and hated” by her colleagues at Naxos.

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Helga too describes her colleagues in Naxos as “carelessly unkind and gossiping”. I too support your point that Larsen’s lack of family is what causes additional discontentment and of all humiliation. Despite Helga’s beauty and intelligence, she feels that her lack of family is the cause of all humiliation. I too agree with you that Helga was not in love with James Valye, she just wanted a social background.

Your statement and answer on the situation of Helga back in Chicago is true and I support it.

According to author of the novel and just as you have said, Helga Crane was born in Chicago but she doesn’t feel at home while in the city. This is because she is hated for her bi-racial status. This is proven in the novel as she is turned away and rejected by her uncle’s wife. In reference to (chapter 5), Helga finds it hard and difficult to find and get a job because of her race and gender.

I support your view that Helga’s lack of family made it difficult for her to even connect with her fellow Africa America. It’s obvious for Helga that even the women at Y.C.W.A employment office will turn her away due to her racial status. According to me, your answers to the second question are satisfying.

There are a many prominent themes in the novel; I too love your wise selection of themes for the novel. According to you, discontentment and isolation are the prominent themes for Quicksand. I too support your themes classmate. This is because it’s clear that Helga Crane feels discontent throughout the book despite locality. Just as you have said, starting in her ow home Chicago, Naxos, New York city and Alabama all disappoint her. I too agree with isolation been a theme of your election from the book. It’s true that Helga Crane is isolate by people in society. Her family too isolates her as she is turned away by her own uncle’s wife.