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In 5 pages the ways in which these literary works consider past and present social issues are discussed....

In five pages the social commentary featured in Walter Moseley's White Butterfly and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye are contrasted...

mass culture for anyone who is not included in it and for African-Americans especially, usually requires a leaving of ones own sel...

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

that is, as more closely comply with white standards of beauty are regarded with more favor by both whites and blacks, such as the...

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...

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

This research paper/essay pertains to the subject of sexual molestation and domestic violence in black literature. The writer disc...

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which Toni Morrison handles the issue of racism as the definition of belonging, beauty and ...

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

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

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

girl who is rejected by nearly everyone. In fact, so too is her family as the lot of them is cursed with ugliness and rejection. ...

This 10 page paper analyzes the Toni Morrison story Sula and then discusses it with reference to her novel The Bluest Eye. There a...

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 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...

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...

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...

of honor. Macbeth is one of Shakespeares darkest and most intriguing plays- a tragedy of ego, obsession, guilt and ambition. Ma...

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...

read. Morrison presents these excerpts, and the distorted excerpts, to illustrate a nation that has long held racism out for all 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...

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

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

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...