Grand Avenue Masks
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Many Characters in the novel Grand Avenue, by Greg Sarris, are wearing masks. Masks that conceal themselves and their culture in an attempt to fit into the world that has enveloped their history and stifled their heritage. The key to these masks is the eyes. The eyes of the characters in the nove ....
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.... talking about it was useless when I saw her eyes.
The fearful person I had seen behind her bright eyes the
past few weeks had come out now; she was that person.
She had told stories to save herself - now she was telling
them to excuse herself. Hatred. Jealousy. Anger. Evil.
All I had seen in my mother’s and my aunt’s eyes at
different times were here in Faye’s.” (p. 23-24)
After doing her best to fight the poison that curses her family, sh ....
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Word count: 731
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
