"The grief-bound voices of his people. And also the voice of the dead. Of the mute Singer, who was a righteous white man of understanding" ( McCullers 257).
There are two things that stood out two me while reading that passage. It's important to understand that this is quote is coming out of the point of view of Dr. Copeland. The first thing that stood out was that he mentions the voice of singer, who doesn't make any noise cause he is mute. It's just interesting that he hears a voice from him as Singer never said I single sound through out the novel. I think there might be a deeper meaning when he refers to the voice of Singer. I believe that he is referring to his presence. Even if Singer never said a word he had a very strong presence because everywhere he was, he was somehow noticed.
Another thing that stood out to me was the fact that Dr. Copeland says "...a righteous white man of understanding", and I think that is exactly how Dr. Copeland viewed him as. Specially with how he had the whole idea of having equality among the different race classes and at the time the white people were more "powerful" and Dr. Copeland did not like that.
Luis Aguirre
That is a really interesting point you bring up about how he can hear Singer but Singer never says anything. I didn't really think of it that way until you wrote that, but I totally agree.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think Copeland does hear from Singer? How could he hear a voice from Singer? In what ways?
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