Peter Rickens

Prof. Humpe

Humanities – Colonel's Dream

10/18/2006

Colonel's Dream – Question 4 P. 312

The Colonel's Dream, written by Charles Chesnutt, is a wonderfully written, thrilling book. It is suspenseful, while at the same time speaking of nothing but the truth of how one town back in the days of slavery is overrun by the greed of one powerful white man. The book is also about the journey of the Colonel, or Mr. French, who from day one is after the fantasy of extreme wealth. He achieves his wealth by selling his business to a firm in the North – at the time of this book, the United States was separated by the "North" and the "South," the North being non-slavery, and the South being pro-slavery – and moving back to his home town in the South. The journey and story of his return to his home town is riddled with hatred, discomfort, but also some good in it. When he first returns, he finds that the town is a completely different place than what he can......

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