Ralph Ellison Hanging Tree Analysis

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There was a family that moved to King City and they moved to a new home because their father was a writer and he wanted to write a thrilling book that will blow everyone's mind. The father knew that they moved into a victim's house. And when Ellison and his wife Tracy and his two kids, they look through the window they see a hanging tree with a distinctive split branch is in the backyard. And that day Ellison went to the attic and found 8 home films in a box and a projector. As it started to get dark Ellison locks himself in his office and he watching the films. In the first video he watches are a family of four being hung in a backyard with hoods covered over their heads. And in the video it doesn’t show anyone pulling the rope up and Ellison

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