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Spirituality and Storytelling in Beloved by Toni Morrison

was painful or lost" (69). Beloved wants to hear about the diamond earrings that Mrs. Garner gave Sethe to mark her marital union...

Mother and Daughter Relationship Conflicts in Beloved by Toni Morrison and 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

only to curse out and insult each other?) On TV mother and child embrace and smile into each others faces... Sometimes I dream a d...

Literary Considerations of Greed

typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is someone who today would appear on The Jerry Springer Show. His life has always been dy...

Marge Piercy, Toni Morrison and the Conflict of Family v. Self Actualization

The definition of family as presented in Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time and Morrison's Beloved are examined in 5 pages with th...

Death in Aeschylus's Agamemnon 'Oresteia' and Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood' 2

In two pages this essay examines how the theme of death is depicted in these two literary works....

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

This 5 page paper examines some of the themes in Tolstoy's classic novel of love, betrayal, social ostracism and death....

Racism within the Context of Literature

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...

Abandonment Theme in Sula by Toni Morrison

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

Change vs. Tradition in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Okonkwo relished in the traditions which consolidated his power within the village and reinforced his identity. The supreme test ...

Analysis of 'The River Between' by Ngugi and 'Things Fall Apart' by Acheba

News Service). Even that consideration, however, is worthy of additional introspect in regard to the intended cultural meaning of...

Community in Sula by Toni Morrison

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

Epic of Sunjata, Efuru, and Things Fall Apart Compared

In a paper consisting of six pages these three African novels written by Fa Digi Sisoko, Flora Nwapa, and Chinua Achebe are compar...

Identity in No No Boy, The Invisible Man, and Beloved

In a paper consisting of five pages the shared theme of an identity search as reflected in these texts by John Okada, Ralph Elliso...

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison and Quest

This paper examines how the 'quest' novel criteria is satisfied by Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon in six pages. There are no oth...

Safety in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby

In five pages this essay examines safety issues as they are represented in husband and wife Valerian and Margaret in Toni Morrison...

African American Artistic and Musical Contributions

In five pages this research paper assesses the artistic and musical contributions of African Americans throughout history in the m...

Virtue and Self-Discipline in Toni Morrison's Sula

This 5 page paper explores the concepts of virtue and self-discipline and how self-discipline applies to virtue in Toni Morrison's...

A Comparison between Sula by Toni Morrison and The Fox by D.H. Lawrence

This 5 page paper discusses the relationship among the female characters in Toni Morrison's Sula and The Fox by D.H. Lawrence. The...

The Development of Milkman Dead's Character in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 8 page paper discusses the development of the character of Milkman Dead in Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon. The writer ...

Milkman Dead as a Classic Hero in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper argues that Milkman Dead, a character in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, can be described as a classic hero. Th...

Myth in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon and argues that it can be seen as a modern day myth in which a ma...

Compare and Contrast Two Characters in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Milkman Dead and his father Macon in Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solo...

Point of View in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon

In six pages this paper examines realiites of Pilate, Hagar, and Milkman in a consideration of the point of view featured in Toni ...

Twentieth Century Literature and What an 'American' Represents

This paper contrasts and compares different images of being an American in eight pages as represented in Toni Morrison's The Blues...

Confrontation in 2 Twentieth Century Novels

In twelve pages this paper examines confrontation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and in Toni Morrison's Jazz. One othe...

American Literary Progress from 1500 until 1940

In six pages this paper charts the course of American literature in a consideration of popular movements with examples and a focus...

Good and Evil in Sula 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...

The Literature of Black America

has been missing in his life and that his values and priorities are backward and unfulfilling. For example, by the time Milkman jo...

A Comparison of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris

world with it" (Morrison PG). Morrison shows how overcoming stereotypical racial images is not an easy accomplishment in Pecolas...

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Jadine and Sons respective interpretations of race and social stature represent. That each conflict intertwines with one another ...