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became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

life of the white people in society. Morrison often uses excerpts, that gradually become very distorted and run together in lines,...

depictions of Black America" (Nobelprize.org). Another critic notes that, "Morrison powerfully evokes in her fiction the legacies ...

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 ...

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...

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the relationship between black poetry and literature with jazz and blues music with...

money, and she now has nothing. With this simple background in mind we note that she, at one time, wanted to explore herself an...

very beginning of the book a reader understands that this will not be, in any way, a "usual" story, especially as the logic behind...

extremely close friends. Nel is abandoned by her husband, Jude, when she catches him making love to Sula. This is a double loss fo...

where people were loud as they danced and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very s...

all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...

and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very simple beginning, a beginning that sets...

the ease and comfort of old friends. Because each had discovered that they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and t...

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...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...

However, each contact with the white community in the town below reminds the reader of the constraints established by racial bigot...

friendship: conflict between human beings. The exact manner in which Morrison reveals this conflict is an integral component to t...

Nel and Sula. Nel is light-skinned and lives in a tidy, respectable middle class home. Sula is deep brown and lives in a disrep...

is beautiful, acceptable, and normal while black physical characteristics, i.e., broad lips, kinky hair, flat nose and dark skin, ...

B.C. when it was a sparsely population area (Pearson Education 2008). The Nok culture is known to have resided there between 800 B...

smallest nuance of kindness or understanding Kemble (1984) displayed was embellished into a lifesaving gesture speaks to the extra...

important. One could well argue that in all cultures the institution of marriage has generally been an institution that encouraged...

then there was the arrival and influence of the Islamic people who further made an impact on slavery. This is also important to un...

human being was not only wrong, but dangerously so. Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me. When I went there, she wa...

nations had slaves. The laws of Moses acknowledge these slaves and dictate that Hebrew slaves must be kept in slavery only for a ...