Cultural and Social Attack on Discrimination in the US | Assignment
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1IntroductionDetective fiction in the world of English-speaking began in 1841. The stories are basically concerned with discovering the truth. The way of acquiring the truth is comprehensive and a mysterious procedure which combines the logic of intuitive, shrewd observation and the inference of perspicacious. Earlier the stories of detective fiction inclined to follow an examiningprotagonist from the very first locale to the last scene. Further, the story “Talma Gordon” has been taken in order to know that the fiction of detective can critique the social and cultural issuesor not. In the story, Hopkins utilizes the imperialism's discussion in an elite study of the doctor. The Beacon home of the Dr. Thornton works as the place for gathering for the 25 members. Further, the physician narrated the mystery of the murder of Gordon's family. Moreover, in a trial of catchpenny murder, Talma was ineffectively prosecuted for the locked room murders of her stepmother, father, and stepbrother. The story also contained various shocking surprises and the revelations. The scholar K.G. Klein argues that the fiction of detective works against social critique whereas, C.R. Nickerson argues that the fiction of detective can intrigue in social criticism. The story Talma Gordon which was given by the Hopkins discussed miscegenation and various expansion and it further collaborated the inventive critique of sexual and racial oppression in the US. There were various social and cultural issues in the story as there was racism, regionalism, etc. For instance, the family’s patriarch was a pirate as he created his fortune at the cost of others. As the mother who died after giving birth has been substantiated by dark skinned child and octoroon herself (Marsden 46-50). This happened because of the racial intermarriage of Talma’s mother and her stepfather. Further, the racial intermarriages take place in the lower classes, and it is very popular according to the Hopkins. There was another novel of the Hopkins
2which focused on the familial lineage which was racially tangled. It can be understood from the given instance that the cultural and social issues involve the social criticism. Furthermore, the claim of the Talma Gordon which was inevitable of the racial intermarriage focuses on the roots of Africentric of the civilization of Egypt, strikes the claims of Eurocentric of the superiority of racialism. This helped in understanding the racial problems of America.Tamla Gordon was defined as the most beautiful and intelligent lady. When she was tried for the murder of her father she remained calm and composed. When she found that she is black, she though that she is worthless and was disheartened. Further, the step father of Talma hated his children and wife because they were black. He treated them like dirt. This instance made us clearly understand that the racism is still alive in us and it further gets involved in social criticism. The characters in the story were depicted by the author by the attitude, biases, and personalities of the characters. There was regionalism in the story as it becomes a place where the questions of race and gender unfold dynamic and mutual articulation for the writers. Additionally, we can assume that the regionalism contributes to the study of whiteness to a great extent. Regionalism is a strategy of discursive and a mode of literary which creates the regions visible for the critique of genders. Further, the regionalism in upper and lower class creates cultural and social anxiety across the century (Gruesser 15-21). The story of Talma Gordon was the first story of mystery which was written by the African American. The story decries the racism against white and blacks. Further, the story Talma Gordon questioned the order of social and cultural issues which confined and defined the prejudice of races and further reflected upon the definition of crime and justice. It has been observed that the authors generally move from non-fiction to fiction in order to engage more audience, but the Hopkins was the first author who came up with the detective fiction in order to demonstrate the social and cultural issues which are
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