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This 6 page paper compares and contrasts two novels, The Wedding by Dorothy West and Jazz by Toni Morrison. The novels are the onl...

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...

In fifteen pages this research paper discusses the relationship between black poetry and literature with jazz and blues music with...

This 10 page paper analyzes the Toni Morrison story Sula and then discusses it with reference to her novel The Bluest Eye. There a...

typical, but maybe too stereotypical. He is someone who today would appear on The Jerry Springer Show. His life has always been dy...

This paper examines the self actualization of women in an analysis of the poems 'Daddy' and 'Mirror' by Sylvia Plath and the novel...

In 4 pages this paper examines the struggles of Nell and Sula in contending with apathy and evil in this novel by Toni Morrison. ...

In a paper consisting of five pages the shared theme of an identity search as reflected in these texts by John Okada, Ralph Elliso...

In five pages The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is compared with Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed in terms their very different tragic an...

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 full from the silver screen" (Morrison 97). Consequently, Pauline Breedlove becomes more and more wrapped up in her life as the...

friendship: conflict between human beings. The exact manner in which Morrison reveals this conflict is an integral component to t...

However, each contact with the white community in the town below reminds the reader of the constraints established by racial bigot...

and sung amidst a house that was less than perfectly organized. As we can see in this very simple beginning, a beginning that sets...

the ease and comfort of old friends. Because each had discovered that they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and t...

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...

to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...

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...

very beginning of the book a reader understands that this will not be, in any way, a "usual" story, especially as the logic behind...

money, and she now has nothing. With this simple background in mind we note that she, at one time, wanted to explore herself an...

as he, also, is an exile from civilization (12). Also like Prospero, Valerian exerts control over the rest of the characters (Walt...

cohesive literary glue that holds it all together. One of the ingredients of that glue is the use of language. His particular use ...

which are primarily told through an oral tradition, combining the blues with the cultural wisdoms. "The blues are first represente...

to her poetry is the element of history. For Rich, the "sea is another story/ the sea is not a question of power / I have to lea...

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...