Question

In the story The Faith Cure Man, How does the author’s use of dialect enhance our understanding of the character Martha?

Answer 1

The author used dialects and also used religious words to explain the readers to understand Martha as she strongly believed in God.

• The question has been asked from the story The Faith Cure Man by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
• Martha was a poor mother who was willing to believe and do whatever may cure her sick daughter Lucy, as the doctor had said that Lucy wont survive.
• The author has used many dialects such as awed and reverent and in the presence of the one he worshiped is another religious term of use.
• This religious word choice made Martha's feelings about the Elixir known to the readers. Martha had faith in God to heal her diseased daughter. Alas, she also lost her daughter to death.