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Mapes Hits the Old Men (Typescript)
12020-11-07T19:09:49+00:00Lauren Bedsole928cfa58c1ab3dbffdd93d8421e7eca140059c2e53Ernest J. Gaines Center, Folder 10-2, Pg 64-71plain2020-11-08T07:15:48+00:00David Squiresc613f45970ae89ef70516076df94370392b06674
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1media/Cherie Quarters.jpg2020-11-16T00:16:17+00:00Again, Far From Home21image_header2020-11-28T21:19:46+00:00By Hailey Rose Hanks
Below is a typescript draft of the scene in which Mapes beats the old men one by one. The erasure poem that follows, entitled "Again, Far From Home," employs the technique of redaction to highlight the repetitive nature of this scene and the violence that the old men endure. Their commitment to standing together as they continue to reassert "I kilt" is also reflected. The technique of redaction itself is important for the movement of the poem and for understanding Mapes's view of the men. Many identifying details of the men revealed by the narrator have been redacted, leaving Mapes's prejudices bare as he requests "another one" and "another one."