Lee in his essay, Absolute Poe: His System of Transcendental Racism argues that Poe uses his writing audience and ‘historically available ideas' (751) on race to show his solidarity with Antebellum racial politics.
Poe's construction of blacks states Lee is one of cautionary rhetoric and racial fears, "slavery may be undesirable, but what happens with masterless slaves" (755). In Pym, Poe's black characters while having absolute autonomy commit barbarous acts against their white counterpart.
Food is also a very symbolic image in Pym as well.
Identify the food tropes that are connected to the black characters(s) and/or so-called black (dark) actions.
Analyze and describe the different ways in which the quest for food is represented in Poe's novel, "Pym."
Essay formatting, 5 paragraphs. First paragraph, summary and thesis, 3 topic sentences in 3 different paragraphs, 1 concluding statement (summary your topic sentences discussions).