YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara
Essays 121 - 150
that is, as more closely comply with white standards of beauty are regarded with more favor by both whites and blacks, such as the...
harrowing existence would lead a mother to that sort of desperate act. But still, no matter why she did it, and even if death is b...
depictions of Black America" (Nobelprize.org). Another critic notes that, "Morrison powerfully evokes in her fiction the legacies ...
(Morrison 51). Throughout the novel, "cold statisticians," such as Schoolteacher, evaluate slaves according to "their animal ten...
Awakening: Marriage and Independence In Kate Chopins controversial novel The Awakening, which was first published in 1899, the n...
under the chinaberry tree until its over: "... while inside she knew the cold river was creeping up and up to extinguish that eye ...
white. The reader is offered clues, but then are clues that could be perceived from either direction. For example, in the beginn...
Within 3 pagess, Toni Morrison's 1979 speech at Barnard College is analyzed. Is it possible for women to survive a man's world if ...
This 5 page paper examines the structure of Toni Morrison's novel Sula. The writer argues that Morrison uses the friendship betwee...
the abuse of a child, however the reader may not like that. This same critic indicates how it was "Her scratching the back of her...
It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a con...
to the community, a clear case of moral ambiguity wherein Sula and her family felt they had a right and that their behavior was, o...
It is a story that could well be about any community in any part of the world. In essence, unlike many of Morrisons...
a sense of innocence. "I had begun to worry about my speech again. How would it go? Would they recognize my ability? What would th...
tells her that if she does marry this man, Morris, she will never receive any money from him, her father. Up till this point Cath...
In five pages this report contrasts and compares the 1987 novel Beloved written by Toni Morrison with the 1998 movie adaptation. ...
In five pages this paper compares Beloved by Toni Morrison with Langston Hughes' 'Montage of a Dream Deferred' in a consideration ...
This 7 page paper discusses the life and works of Toni Morrison, concentrating on Jazz, Sula and The Bluest Eye. There are 7 sourc...
In eight pages this paper examines how Toni Morrison reflected the Harlem Renaissance artistic movement in her novel Jazz. Two so...
Morrisons novel this rebirth was filled with dreams and possibilities. For Joe and Violet it was a dream of better opportunities. ...
became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...
In 4 pages this paper examines the struggles of Nell and Sula in contending with apathy and evil in this novel by Toni Morrison. ...
Sula deals with the lives of these two opposed characters, The novel opens at the time when the girls were around the age of twel...
In six pages the concept of freedom through death as a release from life's hardships is examined through such works as William Fau...
In six pages this paper charts the course of American literature in a consideration of popular movements with examples and a focus...
As the development of bound labor in the American south moved from the indentured servitude system of the colonial era to the grow...
In five pages The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is compared with Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed in terms their very different tragic an...
typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is someone who today would appear on The Jerry Springer Show. His life has always been dy...
This 10 page paper analyzes the Toni Morrison story Sula and then discusses it with reference to her novel The Bluest Eye. There a...
In five pages this paper examines the novel by Toni Morrison in terms of how it thematically portrays sexism and racism. There ar...