Accuracy of small life details in Moody's Coming of Age in…
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Accuracy of small life details in Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi?
I know Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi is widely regarded as an accurate unvarnished account of the time and place. However the examples I see being offered up are in regards to the larger bits like the racial tension. I'm interested in the small details like how Moody takes issue with almost every person she talks about due to small town personal drama kinds of things. I aknowledge that power corrupts and that even today those in power are abusing their power and that we have a similar situation like with the Epstein files. So I have no problem believing that almost all the men in positions of power are seeking sexual favors from their maids or students. However the ammount of negative interactions she experiences even within her own community/ social class seems high. That said I aknowledge I'm coming from a much different background and that poverty and difficult circumstances can bring out the worst in people. Just like with the opioid epidemic today. I'm just trying to figure out how much of the dissonance I'm experiencing reading the book is my underestimation of how fucked up things were vs that I'm encountering the issues in rapid succession instead of in real time vs it being a case of the news reporting planes crashing not planes landing safely.
Side note Im only half way through the book.
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I know Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi is widely regarded as an accurate unvarnished account of the time and place. However the examples I see being offered up are in regards to the larger bits like the racial tension. I'm interested in the small details like how Moody takes issue with almost every person she talks about due to small town personal drama kinds of things. I aknowledge that power corrupts and that even today those in power are abusing their power and that we have a similar situation like with the Epstein files. So I have no problem believing that almost all the men in positions of power are seeking sexual favors from their maids or students. However the ammount of negative interactions she experiences even within her own community/ social class seems high. That said I aknowledge I'm coming from a much different background and that poverty and difficult circumstances can bring out the worst in people. Just like with the opioid epidemic today. I'm just trying to figure out how much of the dissonance I'm experiencing reading the book is my underestimation of how fucked up things were vs that I'm encountering the issues in rapid succession instead of in real time vs it being a case of the news reporting planes crashing not planes landing safely.
Side note Im only half way through the book.
#entertainment
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