Sing Unburied Sing Summary
An analysis of Sing Unburied Sing
Sing Unburied Sing is a story about an interracial family in rural Mississippi. This family is one that has a heritage of Voodoo powers that is expressed in different degrees by different members. They manifest different aspects of key Voodoo gods. They are able to see and or hear ghosts, and this plays into one of the main themes of the novel, time. Sing Unburied Sing is a story about the past, present and, future. In the novel time is not purely linear. The past runs over the present and is always around, alive in people’s memories, attitudes, and scars. Pain, suffering, wickedness and, unforgiveness trap people and souls in time and keeps them from moving on ensnaring them in a cycle of suffering where history
continues to repeat itself. However, love and forgiveness, typically expressed through water in the novel, can make time flow and wash away the past.
Sing Unburied Sing is a story about an interracial family in rural Mississippi. This family is one that has a heritage of Voodoo powers that is expressed in different degrees by different members. They manifest different aspects of key Voodoo gods. They are able to see and or hear ghosts, and this plays into one of the main themes of the novel, time. Sing Unburied Sing is a story about the past, present and, future. In the novel time is not purely linear. The past runs over the present and is always around, alive in people’s memories, attitudes, and scars. Pain, suffering, wickedness and, unforgiveness trap people and souls in time and keeps them from moving on ensnaring them in a cycle of suffering where history
continues to repeat itself. However, love and forgiveness, typically expressed through water in the novel, can make time flow and wash away the past.