YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Alice Hoffmans Here on Earth
Essays 151 - 180
on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...
university-trained expert in his field. And yet he finds that intellectual learning is not very important in this world, whats nee...
this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...
an already contradictory situation. Consider how she acknowledges the baby as both "my son" and as "valuable property." Her matern...
struggle to find her identity, an African American identity, is obviously influenced by the white society. This is noted when her ...
illustrations in the first chapter: the rabbit with the watch, Alice finding the door, Alice looking after the rabbit as he scurri...
rationalize their own behavior. It is talk that serves to "insulate white people from examining their/our individual and collectiv...
Johnson muses about the past and, in so doing, tells the reader a great deal about both herself and her daughters. Mrs. Johnson ...
she has moved to the city and been educated. One sees perhaps the only conflict this mother has in her life because it is a confl...
But the memory of the house is misleading, because the author also says that much of the time they lived there she was angry, hope...
shows the dilemma of those who seek to build a new life for themselves, at the cost of betraying their heritage. This paper discus...
as the End of Times. Many strong Believers believe we are already in the End of Times. It is during this time there are great Spir...
are giving in to another, and also demonstrating how they are not necessarily self confident or overly concerned about themselves ...
charming and funny and sad, all at the same time. This paper explains the significance of the title by examining it using the diff...
on global warming: "We know the theory, which says that human activity could be important, but the theory cannot be trusted until ...
say to her" (Walker,56). Maggie views herself as mentally inferior to Dee or as Walker puts it "she knows she...
of these introductory lines the reader is made privy to who the individual is in some way, where they are, and ultimately what the...
a profoundly moving parable that centers around values and what is valuable. Through the voice of Mama, a large, heavy, hard-worki...
being suppressed both physically and emotionally for years by brutal treatment, Celie blossoms under the sunshine of Shugs love. A...
the story, the children would be summoned, and the narrators father would let them go, saying something to the effect of "to hell ...
she is sent to live with another family and then goes off to Africa on missionary work with them. In essence, Celie is not only ut...
area beaches - not the least of which include Pacific Palisades - have been left to fight for their health for far too long to be ...
reader the distinct impression that she is listening to everything that everyone says. This is borne out when Dee says that shes g...
about life, meeting Shug who is her husbands lover. She grows stronger and more intelligent as the story progresses and in the end...
This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...
This essay pertains to "Possessing the Secret of Joy" by Alice Walker. A summary of the plot is given and the writer also discusse...
This essay discusses the influence of Zora Neale Hurston in regards to Alice Walker's perspective on black oral tradition and femi...
This essay pertains to common themes found within "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston and "The Color Purple" and ...
This essay pertains to Margaret Edson's play "Wit," and Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use." The writer argues that each of ...