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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...

as dark and as evil as could be imagined." This could perhaps be followed with a statement arguing that "this is exactly the case ...

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

segments correlates with the seasons. The section about "See Jane," is really about Pecola, as opposite a presentation from the w...

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

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...

not acknowledge Pecola as her daughter, and Pecola does not avow Pauline as her mother. Distance is quite evident in this so-calle...

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

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

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...

of this is seen when she passes dandelions on the way to the store. "Why, she wonders, do people call them weeds? She thought they...

"blackness" and the sense that the darker a person is, the less worthy they are of gaining social acceptance. In fact, Pecola is ...

In six pages this paper examines how 'home' and 'self' are conceptually depicted in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and Beloved by...

This 6 page paper discusses the concept of the separation between the Self and Other, as realized by Toni Morrison in her novel Su...

as we can see from works such as Toni Morrisons Beloved, slavery was a moral and psychological evil whose effects were felt -- and...

animal kingdom besides humans. Nevertheless, these standards can become a problem when they become conflated with racial character...

In five pages this paper argues that characters from each of these novels represents a psychic erosion that represents their commu...

is affirmed in Pecolas mind when Maureen comes to her aid to protect against the boys who are teasing her and they immediately sto...

in school show happy white children. Pecola surmises that happiness comes from being white, or acting white. Being beautiful meant...

which are primarily told through an oral tradition, combining the blues with the cultural wisdoms. "The blues are first represente...

was dictated by the fact that they were not white, and according to Katherine McKittricks literary criticism, they accepted their ...

This 6 page paper is a biography of Toni Morrison, the renowned African-America author. The writer examines some of the events in ...

This 5 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz," and argues that Toni Morrison uses jazz and sexual identity as ...

In six pages the enslavement of African American females as depicted in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Toni Mo...

This paper addresses Toni Morrison's use of misnaming and other dramatic techniques. This six page paper has no additional source...

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

it is concentrated "in the wrong places" or because it is so "broadly dispersed" that nothing ever gets done (Bolman and Deal, 199...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...

Morrisons novel this rebirth was filled with dreams and possibilities. For Joe and Violet it was a dream of better opportunities. ...

information technology, the emergence of a strong global economy, and changes in product life cycles that are shorter (Bolman and ...