Cane by Jean Toomer

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…and women. The conflict between men and women that often deal with the role of sex and the established role of women. Toomer thoroughly describes the struggle and suffering of women in an unmatched clear and poetic manner; moreover, he presents this by putting their lives on paper and exposing the realties of the lives of Karintha, Becky, Carma, and Fern. Although Toomer gives each character their individual idiosyncrasy they all are relatively the same.