When William Edward Burghardt Du Bois wrote The Souls
             of Black Folk, he had no idea that it would become one of the
             greatest pieces of southern literature written in his time. This
             book made a definitive impact on how black culture was
             viewed. The Souls of Black Folk even revolutionized white
             society's perceptions and attitudes toward blacks. Through the
             usage of vivid descriptions in the areas of dialect, food,
             symbols, location/landmarks, architecture, and characters,
             W.E.B. Du Bois portrays the south in its truest form.
             One of the most substantial elements of southern culture
             in literature is dialect. Du Bois depicts southern dialect in this
             novel, using shortened, incorrect forms of words. Many of the
             characters in The Souls of Black Folk speak, using "Them white
             folks," "Fitey-three cent," "Gits," "Sittin'," "So does yo'," "Heah,"
             "Plum full o'," and other sayings. One man even stretch his
             "southern drawl" to say "He 'peared kind o' down in tha mouf."
             Food and drink also play an important role in a southern
             novel. Du Bois uses food and drink, such as fried pork, corn
             meal, and whiskey to reveal his deeply rooted southern culture.
             In one instance he writes, "Hello!" cried my driver,- he had a
             most impudent way of addressing people, though they seem
             used to it,- "what have you got there?" "Meat and meal,"
             answered the man, stopping. The meat lay uncovered in the
             bottom of the wagon,- a great thin side of fat pork covered
             with salt; the meal was in a white bushel bag." And in another
             instance, "In the tiny black kitchen I was often invited to take
             out and help myself to fried chicken and wheat biscuit, meat
             and corn pone, string beans and berries.
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