Abstract
The main objective of this essay is to analyseandcompare two novels about passing, published in the USA in different periods: James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-ColoredMan(1912) and Philip Roth’s The Human Stain(2000). Thus, one of the main aims of the essay is to show how the passing motif is constructed by the main characters, therefore revealing what the reasons that led them to perform the passing phenomenon are.The essay includesan introductorypart in which the passing theme is presented, and in which the main objectives are outlined. The following two sections are devoted to the analysis of the two novels. The main purpose is to describe the passing phenomenonin each novel, delvinginto the reasons that induce the protagonists to undertake another life, sidelining, in this way, their African Americanheritage. Subsequently, a concludingpart will follow, in which final considerations will be drawn, and points of differenceand similarities between the two characters will be underlined. This essay represents another contributionto thepassing trope in literature, while also reconsidering the American ideal of freedom.
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