Stereotypes In Storming Heaven By Denise Giardina

Denise Giardina creates a different view of Appalachian natives in Storming Heaven. Giardina breaks the stereotypes that are typically placed on people form the Appalachian area and sheds some light in the truth of the situation during the mine unionization. The author also demonstrates the difference in her portrayal of Appalachia simple by the way she writes about class, politics, and industrial views. All in all Storming Heaven breaks the typical Appalachian stereotypes.
Denise Giardinia has the idea that the stereotypes typically given to those living in the Appalachian region has a hindrance on the economic system and allows injustice and poverty to be habitant in the area. Giardinia stays away from categorizing her characters into the typical Appalachian mold for the most part, but she does an excellent job on showing how these stereotypes affect those who live in Appalachia in a creative way. Denise Giardinia continually shows the struggle that was placed on the miners during industrialization and how they were not stupid, and they had a good …show more content…
Industrialization in Appalachia was something that was forced upon those who inhabited the area everything was done through the company and unless you were a miner you would have lived in extreme poverty. The novel does an excellent job of showing the injustice that was shown to the miners during industrialization. In most cases you politically believed what the company believed and if you believed differently those thoughts were kept to yourself. This was also constantly shown throughout Storming Heaven. There was no true class system during early industrialization, it was mostly the leaders of the company and miners. This was very evident in Storming Heaven. Denise Giardinia shows the true treatment and conditions of miners socially in Storming