Character Analysis Jean Toomer's Cane CANE A character is an extended verbal representation of a human being, the inner self that determines thought, speech, and behavior. In the book Cane author Jean Toomer expresses each character in a different unique way. The author uses different literary poems to give you a particular setting or time. The author goes in depth with most character to give you a mental picture of a character and their personality. …showed first 75 words of 448 total…

…showed last 75 words of 448 total…book tells us she was marrying several times and men kept trying to get with her. The author Jean Toomer uses poems and character sketches to give the reader a better insight on the different characters, by going more in depth to give you a mental picture of characters from other people's comments in the sketch. The book Cane is more than a short novel but a mental journey to the south through different people.