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complex, contradictory, evasive, independent and liquid modernity . . . (that) . . . ushers in the Jazz Age" (Basu 93). The Jazz A...

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

that most people believe to be haunted. A friend, Paul D determines to exorcise the ghost for her. After he has done so, Sethe is ...

forbidden to them, they have set about creating something else to be" (Morrison 52). For example, Sula would go to Nels house to s...

who seems to have been originally placed in the plantation to serve as the woman of the slaves. She was somewhat innocent and was ...

to those themes" (Mayo 231). Another author indicates that "Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye emphasizes the de-culturing effects o...

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...

you wants to. Dats just de same as me cause mah tongue is in mah friends mouf" (Hurston, 1999, p. 6). Reaching out through the i...

need for all women, especially of color, to assert themselves and claim their individual identity. This narrative adds texture to...

of Denver and Sethes children, and many others.This establishes the idea that family is very important and thus we can assume that...

lived with her before her death and that Sethe sought her out after escaping from slavery. The presence of the baby girls ghost ...

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...

and perverts every aspect of their lives. Unlike the Hubbards, Reginas husband, Horace Giddens, is a man of principle. He has jus...

Sula because she has divorced herself so completely from her own emotions. By the end of the novel, both characters come to the re...

In 4 pages this paper examines the portrayal of slavery in Morrison's novel and the enduring psychological damage that resulted. ...

In five pages this paper presents a summary and thematic analysis of Paradise, a novel by Toni Morrison. One source is listed in ...

In 5 pages this paper examines the various narrative techniques these authors employ in a contrast and comparison of these novels ...

In six pages this essay considers how heroines love in each of these works which also discusses the social reflections of their ap...

in a celebration that includes dances that are a tribute to the "Old People," an annual tribute to ancestors. Avey is deeply moved...

This essay of 5 pages explores the depths of war as something that encompasses people living everywhere. There are 4 additional s...

In five pages this paper considers the portrayal of single women in this comparison and contrasting of Morrison's novel and Willia...

but also from other novels from Morrison, as well as the wider context of mainstream culture, as she examines how African American...

In five pages this paper examines how society changed from individual acceptance to individual oppression in a comparative analysi...

Set just after the civil war Sethe is a runaway slave who had once killed her infant daughter so that she would not grow up in the...

In five pages this paper examines the community portrayed in the novel and the impact of Sula and Shadrack. Four sources are cite...

In five pages this paper examines the novel by Toni Morrison in terms of how it thematically portrays sexism and racism. There ar...

understood the reasons or implications. "Days after it was taken out, goose fat was rubbed on the corners of the mouth but nothin...

(without excluding the importance of the past), where everything is not spelled out neatly for the reader. The reader must interp...

This 6 page paper discusses the way in which Toni Morrison considers women's self-esteem issues in her novel Song of Solomon. The ...

In 7 pages this paper examines how the past is reinterpreted through the lack of conflict resolution in the texts In Country by Bo...