As already stated, the work is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class problems in the Southern states of America in the early 1930s when racial tension was particularly high. The work is set around a framework of historical events: there are references to [[Roosevelt]] and [[Hitler]]. | As already stated, the work is partly autobiographical. It deals with racial prejudice and class problems in the Southern states of America in the early 1930s when racial tension was particularly high. The work is set around a framework of historical events: there are references to [[Roosevelt]] and [[Hitler]]. |