Abigail Schaefer
Mr Lucasko
Honors Social Studies II
August, 27th 2015 Coming of Age in Mississippi Summary and Historical Analysis In Anne Moody’s memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi, Civil Rights plays a large role.Majority of the story takes place in Mississippi during the 1940’s ,with a young girl no older than four or five,named Essie Mae(Later known as Anne Mae). Essie Mae lived on a plantation owned by a man with the name Mr. Carter. She lived with her mother, father, and younger siblings Adline and Junior. Her mother and father had to work out in the fields from sun up to sun down everyday. Making very very little money. Her family really struggled from poverty and would have to eat bread and …show more content…
Countless of her employers were nice enough to get along with. But there was one white family that really stood out the Claiborne’s.They encouraged Essie in her studies and allowed her to eat at the table with them and except her as an actual person. While Essie Mae was still young her mother meets a man named Raymond Davis. Raymond and Toosweet grow close and form a romantic relationship, Raymond is very sweet and helps support the family. Raymond’s family on the other hand disapproves of Toosweet because she has a slightly darker skin …show more content…
This novel is basically a timeline of Anne’s life from when Anne was young to twenty three years old and how hard it was to be and african american. The 1940’s was a tough time to be a “black”, you were not even treated like a person. There was large separation between the two colors. Whites and blacks had separate public bathrooms,cafe’s, schools, etc.. The blacks were looked at as help instead of another person. A majority of the family’s lived on a plantation, the parents working long hours out in the field for very small wages. Countless of them were impoverished and were barely able to provide for their families. For example Toosweet and Diddly worked all day so they had to have an uncle
Mr Lucasko
Honors Social Studies II
August, 27th 2015 Coming of Age in Mississippi Summary and Historical Analysis In Anne Moody’s memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi, Civil Rights plays a large role.Majority of the story takes place in Mississippi during the 1940’s ,with a young girl no older than four or five,named Essie Mae(Later known as Anne Mae). Essie Mae lived on a plantation owned by a man with the name Mr. Carter. She lived with her mother, father, and younger siblings Adline and Junior. Her mother and father had to work out in the fields from sun up to sun down everyday. Making very very little money. Her family really struggled from poverty and would have to eat bread and …show more content…
Countless of her employers were nice enough to get along with. But there was one white family that really stood out the Claiborne’s.They encouraged Essie in her studies and allowed her to eat at the table with them and except her as an actual person. While Essie Mae was still young her mother meets a man named Raymond Davis. Raymond and Toosweet grow close and form a romantic relationship, Raymond is very sweet and helps support the family. Raymond’s family on the other hand disapproves of Toosweet because she has a slightly darker skin …show more content…
This novel is basically a timeline of Anne’s life from when Anne was young to twenty three years old and how hard it was to be and african american. The 1940’s was a tough time to be a “black”, you were not even treated like a person. There was large separation between the two colors. Whites and blacks had separate public bathrooms,cafe’s, schools, etc.. The blacks were looked at as help instead of another person. A majority of the family’s lived on a plantation, the parents working long hours out in the field for very small wages. Countless of them were impoverished and were barely able to provide for their families. For example Toosweet and Diddly worked all day so they had to have an uncle