![]() ![]() ![]() “Negro society, she had learned, was as complicated and as rigid in its ramifications as the highest strata of white society” (Larsen 19).Īt the same time, she feels that in the communication with the whites, she misses the surrounding of the black people. Helga comes to the conclusion that both the societies of the black and white people are overfilled with prejudices, and are too complicated for her to be accepted. ![]() She is a stranger to them because of her mixed ancestry. The problem of cultural interaction is emphasized in the novel by the description of the gap between Helga and her fiancé’s family. She leaves Naxos and her fiancé because she is not satisfied with her career of the teacher and the attitude towards her. It is an endless journey, in which the lead character tries to find herself. The whole novel is the description of the endless row of Helga’s trips. Being the daughter of two races, she is not recognized by any of them. She feels lonely, alienated, and unsatisfied with the surrounding reality. From the very beginning of the novel, the author reveals the problem of the individual and its place in society. She was brought up by her mother’s brother. The lead character of the novel is a pretty woman of a mixed marriage. ![]()
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