Helga Crane was the daughter of a whit woman and a black man. She had a hard time identifying with both races because of the way she was raised. Her mother married a white man who was argumentative and talked down to Helga. She could not identify with her white step siblings. Her uncle sent her to a school where she did not fit in and was lonely. Helga grew up to be a very emotional lady who feared her desires. She tried to buy material things to replace her alienation and pride. She could not fully discover her emotions and desires in life because of her self conscious. She tried to conform to the norms within white society and self identify herself as white.
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