Slavery, the civil rights movement, and racial discrimination are just a few of the many historical changing events that Miss Jane Pittman experiences in Ernest J. Gaines, "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman". The story of Miss Jane Pittman is an extraordinary one as she tells her life story and all the life changing events that she encounters. Even though this book is a novel, readers actually feel like they are reading an autobiography due to the techniques Gaines uses to make her seem real. There are four methods of characterization. They are the characters own words, how the charac…
