Yonnondio is a song that originated in the heart of Tillie Olsen. She sings a song of mourning for those that are represented in her novel. It is a tribute to those whose voices have been stifled by poverty and the exploitive powers of capitalism. However, her cries are also the cries of the human heart that has suffered in isolation. While Olsen’s characters are fictionalized, the weeping they represent is not. Even though Jim and Anna Holbrook may not be real and the people that they represent remain anonymous, Olsen has immortalized their suffering and given homage to their legacy by connecting her audience to them in their perpetual state of mourning.
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