You are free to do as you wish, but that does not alter the fact of what you are. To paraphrase Forrest Gump: "A troll is as a troll does". The topic of the FP article upon which I commented was the PEN AWARDS for Christ's sake. That makes it by definition the topic at hand. I think I appreciate genre as well as a two bit hack. My "favor…
You are free to do as you wish, but that does not alter the fact of what you are. To paraphrase Forrest Gump: "A troll is as a troll does". The topic of the FP article upon which I commented was the PEN AWARDS for Christ's sake. That makes it by definition the topic at hand. I think I appreciate genre as well as a two bit hack. My "favorites" depict their characters in a variety of ways dependent upon the thematic nature of their works, both positively and negatively. That is what I expect from talented authors, but what would you know about that? You freely admit not reading Literature will a capital "L", as if that were some badge of honor. Commenting upon things you admit to avoiding makes you just another windbag. The words I used to describe Kingsolver's protagonist said nothing about "ruining the purity of a pure white character." Her masterfully-written book is about the depredations of modern rural Appalachia. There are many American stories of the misfortunes of various subsets of our culture, all unique and all deserving of attention. However, the misfortunes described in her book are idiosyncratic of poor Appalachians, commonly disparaged as "White Trash". It is a story that is under-told and she tells it well. To make her character octaroon is not offensive because being mixed racial is offensive; it disappointing because it is a sad genuflection to the social justice literary elites who demand such contortions of authors and it is unnecessary to the story. It effectively says, your character cannot be presented as a victim and be completely white because that violates the presumptions of the white colonial oppressor mindset. So post to your heart's content. You are free to say what you like as I am free not to read any more of it. BTW, it must be really sad for an erstwhile "author" to be relegated to the comments section of TFP as an outlet for your stunning creative genius.
You are free to do as you wish, but that does not alter the fact of what you are. To paraphrase Forrest Gump: "A troll is as a troll does". The topic of the FP article upon which I commented was the PEN AWARDS for Christ's sake. That makes it by definition the topic at hand. I think I appreciate genre as well as a two bit hack. My "favorites" depict their characters in a variety of ways dependent upon the thematic nature of their works, both positively and negatively. That is what I expect from talented authors, but what would you know about that? You freely admit not reading Literature will a capital "L", as if that were some badge of honor. Commenting upon things you admit to avoiding makes you just another windbag. The words I used to describe Kingsolver's protagonist said nothing about "ruining the purity of a pure white character." Her masterfully-written book is about the depredations of modern rural Appalachia. There are many American stories of the misfortunes of various subsets of our culture, all unique and all deserving of attention. However, the misfortunes described in her book are idiosyncratic of poor Appalachians, commonly disparaged as "White Trash". It is a story that is under-told and she tells it well. To make her character octaroon is not offensive because being mixed racial is offensive; it disappointing because it is a sad genuflection to the social justice literary elites who demand such contortions of authors and it is unnecessary to the story. It effectively says, your character cannot be presented as a victim and be completely white because that violates the presumptions of the white colonial oppressor mindset. So post to your heart's content. You are free to say what you like as I am free not to read any more of it. BTW, it must be really sad for an erstwhile "author" to be relegated to the comments section of TFP as an outlet for your stunning creative genius.