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What is the main theme of 'An Echo in the Bone'?
What is the main theme of 'An Echo in the Bone'?
- The importance of community in healing from trauma (correct)
- The necessity of recovering a usable past
- The history of slavery in the West Indies
- The role of violence in responding to historical trauma
What is the significance of cutting off Rattler's tongue in 'An Echo in the Bone'?
What is the significance of cutting off Rattler's tongue in 'An Echo in the Bone'?
- It is a metaphor for the fragmentation of consciousness in the West Indies
- It highlights the importance of performing healing rituals
- It symbolizes the violent nature of historical trauma
- It represents the silencing of African displaced subjects by colonial discourse (correct)
What is the role of Crew in 'An Echo in the Bone'?
What is the role of Crew in 'An Echo in the Bone'?
- To contest the historical dispossession of his people
- To explore the concept of communitas
- To narrate the experiences and memories of the West Indies
- To re-enact the murder of a plantation owner (correct)
