YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Sula by Toni Morrison
Essays 151 - 180
also alienates Sethes daughter Denver, who hates him because Beloved is interested in him; Denver wants to keep Beloved to herself...
harrowing existence would lead a mother to that sort of desperate act. But still, no matter why she did it, and even if death is b...
(Morrison 51). Throughout the novel, "cold statisticians," such as Schoolteacher, evaluate slaves according to "their animal ten...
This essay presents an overview of Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Mor...
This research paper/essay pertains to the subject of sexual molestation and domestic violence in black literature. The writer disc...
the acquisition was thought to bring value and that in hindsight the problems that were seen were only those which should have bee...
that what is white is beautiful, lovable and normal, while black facial features, skin color and everything else associated with b...
This paper outlines the differences between views of feminism seen in Toni Morison's, Sula, and Alice Walker's, The Color Purple. ...
This 5 page paper discusses the central theme of Toni Cade Bambara's story The Lesson #2....
This 6 page paper discusses the theme of growth as explored by Toni Cade Bambara in The Lesson #3....
This 5 page paper discusses the struggles African-Americans face as they move from a rural setting to an urban one, as portrayed i...
In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the relationship between black poetry and literature with jazz and blues music with...
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 5 pages sex as an instrument of power rather than an expression of intimacy is considered in this analysis of Beloved by Toni M...
typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is someone who today would appear on The Jerry Springer Show. His life has always been dy...
In five pages The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is compared with Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed in terms their very different tragic an...
in full from the silver screen" (Morrison 97). Consequently, Pauline Breedlove becomes more and more wrapped up in her life as the...
In 8 pages this paper examines the thematic significance of motherhood and the symbolism of breastfeeding in the 1987 novel Belove...
In a paper consisting of five pages the shared theme of an identity search as reflected in these texts by John Okada, Ralph Elliso...
at first, her "kindly" master died, and a man known as "schoolteacher" took over; he embodied the worst traits of the slave owner ...
She has attempted to find a place in herself wherein she can survive and go on despite her actions. It is a very cloudy place that...
depictions of Black America" (Nobelprize.org). Another critic notes that, "Morrison powerfully evokes in her fiction the legacies ...
under the chinaberry tree until its over: "... while inside she knew the cold river was creeping up and up to extinguish that eye ...
However, this influence is seldom acknowledged by critics, who "see no excitement or meaning to the tropes of darkness, sexuality ...
became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...
relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...
to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...
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...
beginning, as we see the characters in a somewhat present condition, a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see tha...
- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...