It does matter that Augustine and Ellison are two differet genres and two very distinct writing styles.
Augustine tells his story as a true personal history. He wants people to reflect on specifics of his story. He wants us to think about write and wrong, and he wants us to follow his example. I beleive he would have had a harder time doing this, if he wrote a standard story and just expected people to understand it is about life and purpose.
At the same time, Ellison wrote in a completly different style. His story, which at this point, I believe is fiction, is very intersting. However to me, it is just a story. I feel bad for the main charachter, and think "wow racism was terrible, and oh he had a hard life" however I do not think it has the same mental impact as Augustines book. To me, Ellison seems to be a story and Augustine is real.
At the same time, I do find Ellisons story more interesting then Augustines and am enjoying this one way more.
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