LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Question
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In Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grape Vine, ” why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes?
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To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.
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To explain his religious views.
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To amuse the narrator’s sickly wife.
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So they won’t interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -At the opening of ‘The Goophered Grapevine, ’ the narrator, a Northern man named John, is looking for property in Patesville, North Carolina, with his wife, Annie. They need to move from Ohio, as Annie is not in good health there. John grows grapes for wine in Ohio and is looking for such a place in North Carolina.
Detailed explanation-2: -The vineyard is “goophered, ” he says, by which he means that it is bewitched in some way. He then tells the white couple the story of the vineyard. Julius relates that before the Civil War, Mars Dugal’ McAdoo grew scuppernong grapes in great quantities.
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