Misc
Programming and Data Science club has first meeting today -- 7:00 PM, Bailey 105. Snacks included!
Questions?
“The Gold Bug”
Who’s Who and What Do They Do?
William Legrand. Treasure hunter and cryptographer.
Jupiter. Legrand’s servant and ex-slave now choosing to serving Legrand. Bad English.
Narrator. story-teller, reader’s eyes and ears.
Wolf. Legrand’s dog.
Race
Is the treatment of race problematic/offensive? Yes.
Why?
Jupiter is a caricature
- Chooses to continue serving Legrand
- Unintelligent/uneducated
Jupiter
Describe his personality
- Loyal (e.g., in choosing to serve Legrand)
- Protective, parental (e.g., in his concern for Legrand when Legrand seems ill)
- Subservient, servile (e.g., in following Legrand’s orders re searching the tree)
- Fearful, superstitious (e.g., in his attitude towards the beetle)
- Frustrated by Legrand (e.g., muttering at the start of the walk to the tree)
Describe his relationships with Legrand and the narrator
- Go-between.
Describe his role in the story
- Comic relief? (e.g., many of his mistakes re Legrand or the narrator’s speech seem humorous)
- Perpetuates narrator’s suspicion of Legrand (e.g., in insisting Legrand is sick)
Next
Minstrelsy
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