Quicksand Character Analysis

In the novel Quicksand by Nella Larsen, the protagonist Helga Crane, who is born from a Danish mother and African American father, is in constant pursuit for happiness and acceptance. Helga’s concept of happiness is difficult for her to decipher because she unrealistic expectations. Although Helga attempts to find happiness by moving to Harlem, New York and Copenhagen, Denmark, it proves to be unsuccessful. In Helga Crane’s endless search for happiness and acceptance, she suffers from an internal psychological assault to her sense of identity when she attempts to find a home and community for her bi-racial background.
Helga’s psychological understanding of herself is contributes negatively to her mental growth and understanding of how