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The Free-Lance Pallbearers Summary & Study Guide Description
The Free-Lance Pallbearers Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Reed's first novel contains a myriad of stances and positions, all wrapped in a satiric, parodic narrative. Reed develops several themes in The FreeLance Pallbearers, including an examination of what Reginald Martin calls the "oppressive, stress-filled, Western/ European/Christian tradition." Other themes include a parody of the autobiographical style of earlier AfricanAmerican narratives and an examination of the different strata in the black community, especially different kinds of black...
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