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Being Black and Being a Man in Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' and Ernest Gaines' Gathering of Old Men

In ten pages this essay presents a comparative analysis of these works in a discussion of manhood as it relates to black identity ...

Analysis of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In nineteen pages this paper analyzes the text in terms of the self identity search of the narrator and the author's notion of inv...

Identity and Trust Problems in 'Gorilla My Love' by Toni Cade Bambara

This short story by Toni Cade Bambara is examined in an analysis of identity and trust issues in a paper consisting of five pages....

Does Switzerland Have a Neutral National Identity?

In eight pages this paper questions whether or not Switzerland's national identity is as neutral as it is purported to be. Five s...

1865 to 1900 Reconstruction in the American South

In three pages this paper examines the U.S. South in terms of the effects of the Reconstruction period upon its sociopolitical ide...

Nineteenth Century American Identity Development

of those character traits became a part of what most Americans like to think of as an uniquely American point of view, as well as ...

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Identity

In five pages this paper examines the theme of a personal identity quest as it relates to the novel by Lewis Carroll. There are 6...

William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Colonialism, and Irish Identity

In eight pages this paper discusses how colonialism has shaped Irish identity in a comparative analysis of some poems by W.B. Yeat...

Identity Need of Women in the Plays of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov

This paper discusses women's need for their own identity as considered by Anton Chekhov in Three Sisters and Henrik Ibsen in A Dol...

Jewish Identity in 'My First Goose by Isaac Babel

In thirteen pages this paper discusses how the story protagonist Liutov's Jewish identity caused problems for him as he attempted ...

The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid

In five pages identity is considered in an examination of Kincaid's novel. There are no other sources listed....

Racial Identity Conflicts of Antoinette in Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

is clear that Rhyss intention in Wide Sargasso Sea is to demonstrate that if black women are not placed into otherwise constrictin...

Documentary History of the Contemporary World Jew

In five pages this paper discusses the contemporary era and the quest for Jewish Identity in an assessment of the text portrayals ...

Using Vernacular to Reflect Self Image in Jean Toomer's Cane and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In eleven pages this paper compares each author's uses of vernacular to reflect African American identity concept in their respect...

Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communications

what African American men cannot do, rather than what they can do. 4. Bill experienced White stereotyping of Blacks, and offered ...

'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan and Identity

took the piano lessons and began, at the recital, to feel some powerful connection with the music, and then failed. She would neve...

August Wilson: Fences: The Relationship between Cory and Troy

Troy illustrates that at one point in his childhood, when he was 14, he became a man and stood up against his father, no longer fe...

Article on Socialization and Clothing

became students again (Costello, 2004). Costello also noticed that white men seemed to be able to handle the transition from "dre...

Globalization and the Media

defence if it is criticised. The Eurovision song contest raise national feeling and the violence that arises out of footba...

Cinematic Comparison of Smoke Signals and Simon Burch

saved Thomass life) and to explore the meaning their culture has for each of them (Berardinelli, 1998). Its also notable, Berardi...

Aspects of Identity and Relative Power

likely that those who believe no relative power exists are white and male. This is something that many people of culture, cultur...

Self Fulfillment and Identity in the Works of Ernest Hemingway

indicates they are seeking some answers, some way to self fulfillment. In this particular short story we see the doubt related t...

Counseling Process and the Importance of Culture and Cultural Identity

next was through storytelling. In fact, storytelling has become known as one of the primary ways that history has been taught thr...

Imperialism and Mark Twain's 'King Leopold's Soliloquy' and Lesley Falls' 'An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II'

Leopold is doing what he promised, or doing what he is supposed to be doing. Falls recites one who he says has been close to Leopo...

Identity and African American Males in the Rural South

will result in them believing it. Similarly, keeping African-Americans in the degrading conditions of slavery has instilled a bel...

Abeng by Michelle and Confusion Resulting from Clare's Obsession

Clare is searching and there are reminders along the way that this is a good thing. That said, there are also ideas to denote the ...

Articles Reviewed on High School and Gender

most part, these identities tend to be those associated with femininity. Another article, How Girls Negotiate School found in the...

Germany, Japan, and UK Identity Politics

cherished force in creating the national identity" (Allott, 1998). Minorities, therefore, seem to be less important in this conte...

Literature and Self Discovery

inseminated, and so forth. Technology has had a way of impinging on morality, and today, there is a sense that part of the process...

National Identity and Internet Media Outlets

previously amicable. Still others contend that despite all its past and present global eruptions, nationalism has not been a sign...