YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Comparing and Contrasting Jazz by Toni Morrison with Quicksand by Nella Larsen
Essays 151 - 180
need for all women, especially of color, to assert themselves and claim their individual identity. This narrative adds texture to...
In sixteen pages this research paper contrasts and compares the careers of influential jazz artists Miles Davis and Duke Ellington...
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....
In 8 pages this paper examines the thematic significance of motherhood and the symbolism of breastfeeding in the 1987 novel Belove...
in full from the silver screen" (Morrison 97). Consequently, Pauline Breedlove becomes more and more wrapped up in her life as the...
In a paper consisting of five pages the shared theme of an identity search as reflected in these texts by John Okada, Ralph Elliso...
mass culture for anyone who is not included in it and for African-Americans especially, usually requires a leaving of ones own sel...
This 5 page paper discusses the way in which Toni Morrison handles the issue of racism as the definition of belonging, beauty and ...
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...
must be left on a shelf, out of reach and safe from being broken. Macon Deads desire for a slice of metaphoric pie--the American ...
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 4 pages this paper examines the struggles of Nell and Sula in contending with apathy and evil in this novel by Toni Morrison. ...
This 10 page paper analyzes the Toni Morrison story Sula and then discusses it with reference to her novel The Bluest Eye. There a...
As the development of bound labor in the American south moved from the indentured servitude system of the colonial era to the grow...
This paper examines the self actualization of women in an analysis of the poems 'Daddy' and 'Mirror' by Sylvia Plath and the novel...
beginning, as we see the characters in a somewhat present condition, a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see tha...
money, and she now has nothing. With this simple background in mind we note that she, at one time, wanted to explore herself an...
We see that part of the past is dead, with the death of Baby Suggs who was a constant reminder of slavery and the hope inherently ...
very beginning of the book a reader understands that this will not be, in any way, a "usual" story, especially as the logic behind...
in her own tragedy. While Sethe is still enslaved, she is treated by Schoolteachers despicable nephews as if she were no more th...
Morrisons work because water is symbolic of Beloveds need to fulfill a basic desire, but also a thirst for freedom. Another impo...
extremely close friends. Nel is abandoned by her husband, Jude, when she catches him making love to Sula. This is a double loss fo...
where people were loud as they danced and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very s...
all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...
argue he is standing up to injustice in the world as it involves the young girls. As one author states, "At first glance, Sammy, t...
first of the story, show a young man, still engrossed with pigeon holing everyone he meets. They either are good or they are bad. ...
which are primarily told through an oral tradition, combining the blues with the cultural wisdoms. "The blues are first represente...