Race and Socio-economic condition in Suzan Lori Parks’
Father comes Home from the Wars Parts 1, 2 and 3

Dr. J. Chitra
Assistant Professor of English, Pioneer Kumaraswamy College, Nagercoil.
Email: chitraarul1982@gmail.com

Abstract
This paper critically explores various challenges faced by the suppressed slaves in western societies. The paper highlights the way in which history and learned narrative forms exclude certain voices using the backdrop of the civil war. The play illuminates the silencing of black women’s experiences in the author’s subversive use of style. It tells the story of Hero, a slave who makes the decision to go to war with his slave master. Parks explores the dealing of Hero and redefines the texture of human existence involving the suffering of women and the obstacles of adversity. She explores the lives of women who transcend the boundaries driven by their situation. Her main female character, Penny, grapples with both her pain and external pressure as she continues her journey with Hero. This is about a bondage that could not voice out against any kind of discrimination and damaged the lives of African women in America.

Keywords: Civil war, Slave, Discrimination, Race, Oppression.