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What Are The Similarities Between Joe Turner's Come And Gone

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During the reading of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, the similarities of the Long Christmas Dinner and the characters within the play were blatant. This is a story about the values, traditions, and changes made during the time that African-American people were moving and becoming part of a society that wasn’t the same as those before them. There also was a similarity with the Crucible when talking about Bynum's rituals or “witchcraft”. Due to the similarities within the stories one can say that certain storylines have a long lasting and universal reach. Due to Seth growing up in the North, he didn't have to live as a slave. When he talks about newly freed slaves migrating to the North he is put out and dismissive of them. He says that he doesn't

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