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30 • “A Guiding Star to the Youth of Every Land” Channels 2023 Introduction and Plot Summary of Ishmael hS oo uu tghhwsoc rhtohl abres skt nf oo wr hEe. rDp. oEp. Nu -. lar novel The Hidden Hand, Southworth chose another novel, Self-Made, as her personal favor- isteeria(lDizoebdsoans xxiv). The work was Self-Made or Out of the Depths from 1863-1864 (xxiv), and in 1lis8h7e6d, tihne twseoriavloizluedmenso: vel was pubIshmael, also called In the Depths, and Self-Raised, also From the Depths (Salzer 232). South- wa so“rht he rdvi setriyn gbueissthwe do rt kh ”e (cSoomu pt hl ewt eo rnt ohv7e)l at hnadndhe es cr roi bt he de rist ”a s( Doonbe s“omnoxrxeim) . oI nr aml i sotsi ct oo ft hhe er r nni onve et el se, n St ho-uctehnwt uorryt h , f el imk ea l em aanuy- tahnodr s ,o wf t er no t edai sbcouusts ewdo ma be nu s feosr wa goami nesnt wc ooumr seens wo fh i lteh e i n tdearya c tsi nu gc h wai st h Tdr iuse- xWiio, mxaxnivh)o.od (Baym 22, 24-25; Dobson Ishmael, however, diverts fgreosmt s ,t ht hi se t mr eanidn bcehcaarua sc et e, ra si st hae mt i talne . sSuhge- caanldl s l at huids st eI sxht ma baoeul ta sa am“agl ue ihdei nr gf asvt aorr ittoe tdheem oy no suttrha t eo sf tehvaet r“yn ol adnedp” t hwohf ohs ue ml iaf ne mr i si si ne gr y t” oc asnu cpcreesvse nt ht raonuignhd i “vvi di rut au le f, r eo nm- e7r) g. Ty ,h iasnlda n pg ue rasgeevoefr aan“cgeu”i d(iSnogustthawr ”oirmt h- plies the creation of an ideal. In Ishmael, Smoaul teh- cweonrt trhi c dsetpoar ryt st of r op mo r thr ea ry uasnu ai dl ef ea -l nineteenth-century man who reflects hh eorp edsehsei rrer ef aodr ear s nweiwl l emmauslcaut el i.n i t y s h e Sd oe us ct rhiwb ionrgt h hdeore s hneortoo pbeunt h ebre gs ti no sr y bb yy pf orrotvuindai nt eg tbhier tchi.r cIunm st thaen c ee as rol yf hpi sa guens-, rWe ao dr tehr swmh oe el ti vsei spt eo rosr Hb ua nt npaeha caenf ud l Nl i ov er as iens ttahtee si nh aMd aorwy l oa fn Bd r(uS do eunt he wl l oHrat lhl , 1a0g- r1e1a)t. Ht aet er m, wa ni nBs rNu doer an’esl lh, tehaer to wa nnde rpoefr st hu ea deess- hp el arn st o t om ar rervye ahl i mN o irna saesc rheits (w5 1i f)e. Hf aiisl wH uh resnt mhoi sn c fei ur sxt, wa pi fpee, a rt hs ,e nCoot u nd teeasds aosf HN oe rr ma ag ni v essu bp iprot hs etdo a( 8s5o)n. , HI sehamr taberlo, kaennd, fmo ar cr er isahgeer s ti os t e rptroo kt eecetp t Hh ee rsme carne t offr tohme c( 1h 2a r2g) e. sTohfobuiggha mt hy e( 1s2o2n) . oNf oar ar ti chhe nl adni eds- oc awl lnye rf a, tI hs he mr l easesl , dmuoet ht oe r lheisss faant hdepr ’rsa cstei -- cArseIts, hi smbaoerlng irnotwo sd, eSsot ui ttuhtwi oonr. t h p o r t r a y s hd iest esrump ienr ai ot iro nm. oArta tl wi t ye, l vi ne t ye el lai gr es nocl de ,, Iasnhd- mIshamel aelm’s efeatisthfuMlnre. ss Minidpdroletteocnti,ng aMnrd. Md ui dr idnlge t oa n f’ si rbe e laotn gBirnugdseannedl l hHi sahl le ri onifsl um- eI snhcme sa Me l ri .nMs icdhdoloe lt oa nl o’ sn dg seicdi es i ot hnet Mo ei dndr loel -l t2o3n1 , c h2 i4l d9 r, e2n6 a3 n) .d I sChl amuadei al bMeec rolmi ne s( 2 t0h9e, mt o ons’ st ss cuhc oc eosl s(f2u 9l 7s c) ,h aonl adr hi ne Ml a rt e. rMliedadrlnes- T

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