WEB Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk first advises the reader in "The Forethought" to view the novel as an attempt to understand the world of African Americans and life before the end emancipation. The novel is aimed at the people of the early twentieth century and is made up of various collections of autobiographical and historical essays. Throughout the novel, Du Bois emphasizes the “color line” conflict that existed profoundly between blacks and whites; and defines these themes and theories about this conflict as a detailed blueprint for the full emancipation of African Americans. Du Bois illustrates the duality or “double consciousness” that revolves around his major novel, as well as the “Veil” that many African Americans experienced during that time. He interprets many of his experiences and creates a narrative of the history of the souls of all Black people. In The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois straddles the two colorful worlds and portrays, effectively, the significance of African American involvement in the twentieth century. Du Bois begins ...