Edgar Allan Poe's novel is an adventure tale filled with shipwreck and mutiny. Arthur Gordon Pym, the hero of the novel, suffers through a lot.
- This is a novel by a white author, but ethnic identity is central to the text. How does the novel's symbolism suggest issues of race and ethnicity?
- How does Poe represent the interaction between white characters and non-white characters? What kind of racial and ethnic hierarchies can you find in the novel?