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Author's Intentions and Objectives in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

Rushdie/Thematic similarities/Ayesha and Gibreel

portray this relationship as one built upon and surviving from an incongruous association perpetuated by greed and power. The stu...

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Ann Jacobs on Male and Female Slaves

knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in...

Cultural Identity and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez

level best to blend as quickly as possible into the melting pot of American culture. When this happens, it is very difficult for t...

Examining Latino Girl Gangs

In five pages the girl gangs that have emerged in the Latino community are examined in a correlation between membership and juveni...

Dominican Poet and Novelist Julia Alvarez

In ten pages the life and works of Julia Alvarez are examines in an overview that includes a discussion of How the Garcia Girls Lo...

The Novel Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro

the determinedly conventional housewife role that her best friend, Naomi, so enthusiastically adopts and righteously defends. The...

Comparative Thematic Analysis of Boys and Girls by Alice Munro and Doe Season by David Kaplan

In five pages the themes of these works are contrasted and compared regarding gender differences, sexuality, and coming of age. T...

Slave Narratives and Virtue in the Works of Harriet Ann Jacobs and Harriet Wilson

In 10 pages this paper discusses how virtue is depicted in the slave narratives Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A...

Gender Differences and ADD/ADHD

In this paper of seven pages the gender discrepancies as they relate to this disorder are examined and the assertion that girls ar...

Post 1960s Changes Regarding Women in Sports

or break through what were once thought to be impenetrable barriers in sports. The Sixties The sixties are most often associated...

Medieval Art, Ancient Art, and Divine Nature

In five pages the depiction of divine nature in the Greek marble Girl with Doves and the German stained glass Six Scenes from a Tr...

Growing Up in Gwendolyn Brooks' Poetry

In six pages this paper examines how the growing up experience is presented in an explication of Gwendolyn Brooks' poems 'The Ball...

Creative Essay About the Harlem Renaissance

In five pages this paper features the 1920s' 'Harlem Renaissance' in a creative essay describing a young black girl who dreams to ...

Overview of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

In thirty two pages an overview is prsented in terms of history, legal issues including liability involving the 1998 death of two ...

Early Japan and Korea's Boys and Girls Education

In 7 pages this paper discusses the educational systems of these countries between 260 B.C. and 1600 A.D. in terms of how boys and...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

birth of her child, she describes his outburst in legal terminology: "Then he launched out upon his usual themes, - my crimes agai...

A Short Story 'Razor in Her Gut'

In a paper consisting of 7 pages a short story about a teenage girl who seeks to feel her own heart is presented and the film she ...

Slavery and Women

This paper examines such slave narratives as Annie L. Burton's The Narrative of Bethany Veney: A Slave Woman and Memories of Child...

Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher and Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

In five pages these texts are contrasted and compared as they portray the pressures of contemporary American culture on young wome...

Gender Issues Involved in Freedom from Slavery

In five pages the gender differences regarding freedom and slavery issues are considered within the context of the writings Uncle ...

Boys, Girls, and Gender Differences

birth through their interactions with their parents. They learn how to engage in eye contact, how to take turns, how to go up and ...

Comparison of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

In a paper consisting of 7 pages the poems in these two works are compared and include variations of 'Little Girl Lost' and 'The C...

Alice Munro's Hired Girl

In five pages Munro's book is summarized in a discussion of its setting, theme, plot, and characterization. There are no other so...

Who Was Anne Frank?

In two pages the young girl who was Anne Frank is considered through her diary recollections and observations that provide compell...

Gender Role Differences

In five pages what boys and girls play patterns can reveal about gender roles are discussed. No sources are cited....

Language Uses in Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and Toni Morrison's Sula

rejection, cause the child to turn away from the conventions of society and to avoid even the trauma of her own emotional reaction...

The System of Trokosi

by a spokesman for the fetish priests, Togbe Atsu Eklo of the Adzimashi shrine, which appealed to the gods and their ancestors to ...

Human Rights and War

In seven pages this paper examines human rights during times of war in a comparative analysis of Farewell to Manzanar and Anne Fra...

Julia Alvarez, Italian Americans, and the Immigrant Experience

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares an interview with an Italian American with How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by ...