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a reference to "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy which is one of the very first, and most popular, of blues songs (Morrison 25). F...
In five pages the social commentary featured in Walter Moseley's White Butterfly and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye are contrasted...
world with it" (Morrison PG). Morrison shows how overcoming stereotypical racial images is not an easy accomplishment in Pecolas...
This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Toni Morrison's book Jazz with Louis Armstrong's song Black and Blue....
be that" (Bloom 17). The Bluest Eye fulfills this need, as it describes life from Pecola perspective, which includes how Pecola, a...
This research paper/essay pertains to the subject of sexual molestation and domestic violence in black literature. The writer disc...
which are primarily told through an oral tradition, combining the blues with the cultural wisdoms. "The blues are first represente...
This 6 page paper discusses the theme of growth as explored by Toni Cade Bambara in The Lesson #3....
a line stating the mood of the singer repeated three times. The stress and variation is carried by the tune and the whole thing w...
that what is white is beautiful, lovable and normal, while black facial features, skin color and everything else associated with b...
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...
"blackness" and the sense that the darker a person is, the less worthy they are of gaining social acceptance. In fact, Pecola is ...
life of the white people in society. Morrison often uses excerpts, that gradually become very distorted and run together in lines,...
read. Morrison presents these excerpts, and the distorted excerpts, to illustrate a nation that has long held racism out for all t...
that is, as more closely comply with white standards of beauty are regarded with more favor by both whites and blacks, such as the...
in full from the silver screen" (Morrison 97). Consequently, Pauline Breedlove becomes more and more wrapped up in her life as the...
In five pages The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is compared with Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed in terms their very different tragic an...
This 3 page paper discusses the way in which four authors treat the issues of language, rape, education and incest at the family l...
This 6 page paper compares and contrasts the themes and characters in two of Toni Morrison's novels, Beloved and The Bluest Eye. T...
In six pages this paper examines the ties to the South northern based characters have in The Bluest Eye, Jazz, and Beloved by Toni...
mass culture for anyone who is not included in it and for African-Americans especially, usually requires a leaving of ones own sel...
This 5 page paper discusses the way in which Toni Morrison handles the issue of racism as the definition of belonging, beauty and ...
This 5 page paper analyzes The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and the way in which she observes the standards of beauty society sets,...
shod. Geraldine did not talk to him, coo to him, or indulge him in kissing bouts, but she saw that every other desire was fulfill...
all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...
relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...
to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...
end, giving us a young woman who was never able to come to terms with her race, her sexuality, or her gender. She is the character...
This 7 page paper discusses the life and works of Toni Morrison, concentrating on Jazz, Sula and The Bluest Eye. There are 7 sourc...
This paper contrasts and compares different images of being an American in eight pages as represented in Toni Morrison's The Blues...