Comment on Race relations in The Comet by Professor Sample

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Professor Sample

I wonder if the story really suggests that Jim and the woman can truly ever be equals. I’m thinking of when Jim brings her food, and she ate “what he served” (268). How does that reference to serving complicate the notion that equality can ever be achieved?

About Professor Sample

Mark Sample is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at George Mason University, where he researches and teaches contemporary and experimental literature, electronic literature, graphic novels, and videogames.
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