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'Beloved' by Toni Morrison and African Cosmology

the good parent, the grandparent. Some say he is father; others say she is mother. But the sentiment is the same: Nana is the sour...

The Literature of Black America

has been missing in his life and that his values and priorities are backward and unfulfilling. For example, by the time Milkman jo...

Theme of Death in Beloved by Toni Morrison and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

it we see the power of life and death in the novel and the people. However, Okonkwo did take part in the death and was warned that...

A Comparison of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris

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

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Protagonist Symbolism

survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Jadine and Sons respective interpretations of race and social stature represent. That each conflict intertwines with one another ...

Sula by Toni Morrison and the Relationship Between Nel and Sula

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...

Black Literature and Its Portrayals of Sexual Molestation, Domestic Violence

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

Toni Morrison and Edward P. Jones

white. The reader is offered clues, but then are clues that could be perceived from either direction. For example, in the beginn...

All for One and One for All? An Analysis of Toni Morrison's Barnard College Speech

Within 3 pagess, Toni Morrison's 1979 speech at Barnard College is analyzed. Is it possible for women to survive a man's world if ...

American Education, Three Representations

This essay presents an overview of Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Mor...

Identity and Relationships Between Mothers and Daughters in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

back from their daughters until they felt they were ready to understand. The second two sections of the book are from the daughter...

Rebecca Wells' Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

each triumph was their own as well. They trusted each other and their friendships were continually nurtured throughout time by the...

Joyce Carol Oates' Short Story 'Shopping'

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...

The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Well and Relationships Between Mothers and Daughters

two "get into a savage fight over a New York Times article that refers to Vivi as a tap-dancing child abuser" (Divine Secrets of t...

Teenage Girls' Lack of Self Esteem After Losing Their Mothers

by never discussing the mother. It is as if she simply disappeared without a trace or that she simply never existed. This can brin...

Applying Carol Pearson's Archetypes to Literature

nature, such as a tree, or a flower. What Frankl noticed was that those survivors of the camps, such as he was, came out of the ca...

Morrison’s Acquisition of Safeway

the acquisition was thought to bring value and that in hindsight the problems that were seen were only those which should have bee...

Amy Tan’s Two Kinds: Mothers and Daughters

Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...

"I Stand Here Ironing" And "Fever Flower" Mother Daughter Relationships

entire identity. Similarly, Olsen sheds light upon the way intent and effort do not always produce the desired outcome, which is ...

Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia

Her oldest daughter, Lourdes, has no patience with her mothers attitudes or her commitment and is determined to make...

Tillie Olsen's 'I Stand Here Ironing'

This paper of 5 pages considers the trials and tribulations of the relationship between mother and daughter with the added difficu...

American Subcultures, Relationships Between Mothers and Daughters, and the Writings of Kingston and Chavez

In five pages this paper examines how in Woman Warrior by Kingston and Face of an Angel by Chavez the authors present the mother a...

In Search of Our Mother's Gardens by Alice Walker and Re-Vision

In seven pages re-vision is defined in concept and then associated with the womanism concept in an analysis of Alice Walker's In S...

The presentation of the concept of motherhood in Jane Eyre.

This paper analyses the theme of relationships between mothers and their daughters in Jane Eyre, with particular reference to the ...

Feminine Relationships in 'The Girl' by Le Sueur

In four pages this essay discusses the feminist movement in terms of the story's portrayal of women's relations and mother and dau...

Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses, The Joy Luck Club, and Their Primary Themes

In six pages this paper discusses the themes of Chines culture, pride, and relationships between mother and daughter in a comparat...

American Daughters and Asian Mothers

In eight pages the complex relationships between Asian mothers and their American daughters as described in Maxine Hong Kingston's...

Walker, Pearson, Frankl, Miller, and Fromm on Identity and Meaning

In 5 pages these 20th century writers and thinkers are examined regarding their interpretations of identity and life's meaning in ...

Merce Rodoreda's 'Time of the Doves'

This is a paper consisting of 5 pages and discusses such elements as protagonist Natalia's evolution, mother and daughter relation...