Middle Passage
Importance of New Orleans
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New Orleans is the city where the novel begins, a city that intrigues Rutherford because of its sensuality and a city where he immediately feels at home. As the story progresses, New Orleans becomes simply "home," a destination that seems to get further and further out of reach as the story unravels.