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A 5 page essay that analyzes August Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone, which is set in Pittsburgh, the summer of 1911. In the author's preface describing the setting and the sociopolitical environment of the era, Wilson writes of the sons and daughters of freed slaves who were streaming North, searching not only for economic sustenance, but also for "a new identity as free men of definite and sincere worth" (Wilson 203). One of the leading characters in this work is Herald Loomis and, basically, the play concerns his journey of self-discovery and self-healing as he finally overcomes the trauma perpetrated on this soul by being captured and enslaved by Joe Turner's chain gang for seven years. No additional sources cited.
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and the sociopolitical environment of the era, Wilson writes of the sons and daughters of freed slaves who were streaming North, searching not only for economic sustenance, but also for
"a new identity as free men of definite and sincere worth" (Wilson 203). One of the leading characters in this work is Herald Loomis and, basically, the play concerns his
journey of self-discovery and self-healing as he finally overcomes the trauma perpetrated on this soul by being captured and enslaved by Joe Turners chain gang for seven years. The
opening of the play introduces Seth and Bertha Holly, who run a boardinghouse, as well as Bynum, who is one of their boarders. Seths pragmatism and accommodation to the white
world is contrasted against Bynums knowledge of African shamanism, which is a factor that will come into play in Loomis life and development. Loomis comes to the boardinghouse with his
daughter Zonia looking for a room. He makes it clear that his purpose for being in Pittsburgh is to find his wife, Martha Loomis, for whom he has been searching.
At this point, Loomis is a man who has been beaten down. He is emotional defeated and this is immediately apparent to Seth, who feels that there is something indefinably
wrong with him. Seth states, "I dont like the way he stare at everybody. Dont look at you natural like" (Wilson 232). The fact that Loomis has lost all
connection to Christianity and has been alienated against it is made clear when he comes in to find the other characters conducting a "Juba," that is, a celebration "reminiscent of
the ring shouts of the African slaves...a call and response dance" (Wilson 249). Loomis protests the religious content of the dance. "You all sitting up here signing about the Holy
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