Can You Hear Their Voices? A Short Story
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"Can You Hear Their Voices? A Short Story" is a politically charged short story by Whittaker Chambers that dramatizes the struggles of impoverished American farmers and helped establish his reputation as a writer in the early 20th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Can You Hear Their Voices? A Short Story canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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political fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
economic inequality
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government response to rural poverty ⓘ social responsibility ⓘ |
| author | Whittaker Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | farmers facing economic crisis ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
economic desperation
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rural working class ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
political short story
ⓘ
social protest fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
impoverished farmers
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local officials ⓘ politicians ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContent | yes ⓘ |
| influencedReputationOf | Whittaker Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedImpact | raise awareness of farmers’ suffering ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | social realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | helped establish Whittaker Chambers’s reputation as a writer ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class conflict
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economic hardship in rural America ⓘ political radicalization ⓘ social injustice ⓘ struggles of impoverished American farmers ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
left-wing
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pro-farmer ⓘ |
| portrayal | sympathetic to farmers ⓘ |
| portrays |
economic exploitation
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impoverished farmers ⓘ political activism ⓘ |
| setting | rural United States ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American agriculture
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political struggle ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general adult readership ⓘ |
| tone |
critical of social conditions
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politically charged ⓘ |
| workOf | Whittaker Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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