In Nella Larsen’s Passing, she focuses on Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, two women who “pass” as white women in the Harlem Renaissance. Irene wants to keep her white identity badly. She walks around scared that someone will find out that she is actually black. Clare, on the other hand, wants to go back to her black heritage, and isn’t scared to do so. She tells
In Nella Larsen’s Passing, she focuses on Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, two women who “pass” as white women in the Harlem Renaissance. Irene wants to keep her white identity badly. She walks around scared that someone will find out that she is actually black. Clare, on the other hand, wants to go back to her black heritage, and isn’t scared to do so. She tells