YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Russell Hoban Riddley Walker
Essays 241 - 249
her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...
the reader to truly understand just how strong she is: "It all I can do not to cry. I can make myself wood. I say to myself, Celie...
as Grange becomes unhappy with his simple life. He leaves behind this wife and child in order to find something better. And, it is...
to cultural identity that is equally passionate to her mothers stance. She believes that identity cannot be realized fully withou...
only to curse out and insult each other?) On TV mother and child embrace and smile into each others faces... Sometimes I dream a d...
anyone who has read the book, there are some disturbing scenes in the book that are so powerfully written and detailed that the re...
express themselves on a wide range of topics, which included such issues as moral justice and the nature of community. For example...
of these characters. Particularly insightful, Demirturk sums up the novel by stating that Tashi sacrificed her gender identity to ...
Ultimately, "It is through their friendships, their love, their shared oppression... that they collectively gain the strength to s...