Have you read any information on this? The 19th century was a time of slavery, especially in the south. While it is said there were "free" states in the north, many (if not most) African Americans were not educated. This was also a time when many were trying to search for freedom from poor labor conditions, daily beatings, and an overall sense of not being able to do anything but work for a white man. This was also a time where the Underground Railroad was going to help those slaves, yet if caught, they were immediately chained and sent back to the south. African Americans were often sold and traded, too.
The point of view used in Through the Tunnel is First person. In first person point of view the narrator is one of the characters in the story and narrates the story from his own observation. He may be the main character (protagonist), an observer, a minor character or the writer himself.
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Answer:
The narrator's description of the mother contrasted sharply with the revelation of the mother's secret, revealing her to be someone she presented herself not to be which surprises and shocks the reader, as the mother was practically described as being a saint.
Explanation:
In A Dead Woman's Secret the narrator described the mother as a rigid disciplinarian who instilled unshakable morals in her children, which resulted in the son becoming a magistrate without pity for the weak and the daughter becoming a nun.
This description creates an image of the mother as a virtuous woman in the reader's mind, as also assumed by her son and daughter.
So the surprise is real when the mother is revealed to be a woman who had an affair with a man that was not her husband, the behavior is not in keeping with who she was described to be.
