Original sentence: Additionally, the novel drew from prevalent assumptions during the time that dark-skinned people were somehow inherently inferior.Analyses of the novel often focus on the potential autobiographical elements as well as hints of racism and the symbolism in the final lines of the work.In "Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination", Morrison discusses how the Africanist presence in the novel is used as an "Other" against which the author defines "white", "free", and "individual".In her explorations of the depiction of African characters in white American literature, Morrison wrote "no early American writer is more important to the concept of American Africanism than Poe" because of the focus on symbolism of black and white in Poe's novel.One critic of the use of race in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is author Toni Morrison.One such plot element which is discussed is the black cook who leads the mutiny on the Grampus as its most bloodthirsty participant.One thread of critical analysis of this tale focuses on the racist implications of Poe's plot and imagery.The brilliant whiteness of the final figure in the novel contrasts with the dark-skinned savages and such a contrast may call to mind the escalating racial tensions over the question of slavery in the United States as Poe was writing the novel.The character of Dirk Peters, a hybrid of white and Native American ancestry, is described as having ferocity in his appearance with long, protruding teeth, bowed legs, and a bald head like "the head of most negroes"
Edited sentence: Analyses of the novel often focus on the potential autobiographical elements