After finishing group work and looking over the other works that other groups read, I’ve come to the conclusion that the canon now is very different from how the canon used to be. All of the pieces that we’ve read up to this point besides our books for group work, have had similar themes throughout, and have all been written by white males for the most part.

As the canon starts to change, it is clear that not only the storylines and themes shift, but also the race and gender of the authors changes. For example, Sula is written by an African American woman, and Native Speaker is written by an Asian American male. At one point in time, neither one of these books would have received any praise, but now that the canon is changing, a variety of books written by an assortment of people from different races, are receiving credit for their works.