The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story And Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match At Last

Regional Writing Starting around the mid-nineteenth century a new style of writing was formed. This particular form of writing involved the representation of a culture or a region. The representation could occur in many ways; whether it was the dialect used, the manners of the people, the beliefs of that culture, and even the folklore. Through this writing, one was able to really see into that region or culture which they were reading about without feeling as if they were just being told about it. Many authors made sure that their work would accurately represent the region they were talking about to ensure their credibility. In Joel Chandler Harris’s short stories “The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story” and “Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last,” Harris uses dialect as a way to accurately represent the African American culture he is talking about. Instead of …show more content…
Hamlin Garland does an excellent job of this in his story “Under the Lion’s Paw.” Where Garland shows the two type of people based on their manners. There those that help those that are less fortunate thann themselves even if they don’t have much to offer, like Council did even though he told them “We ain’t got much” (“Under the Lion’s Paw” 677). Here Garland shows how kind and well-mannered the people of this region can be. Though there is also the person that will also try and make a quick buck off of someone no matter what state they are in such as Jim Butler who was “in land speculation” (“Under the Lion’s Paw” 679). This basically meant that he could charge whatever he wanted for the land the people were living on, even if it was more than the land was worth. In hope that the people would not be able to pay it off and he would get it back. Here Garland shows the bad mannered and awful people of the region. By showing the two types of mannered people in the region Garland ensures his