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extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mothers side was ...

a line stating the mood of the singer repeated three times. The stress and variation is carried by the tune and the whole thing w...

Self-esteem and self-concept have always been controversial in the fields of psychology and sociology but the self became an accep...

observation. The pear tree is a very powerful teacher for Janie. "Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in ...

dialect, plain speaking, and easily conversational (Bloom 95). The subject of local gossips whispers, the thrice-married Janie co...

intelligent. She is made to remain aloof from all people in this relationship. The buzzards at this point could well be related to...

on charming it much as he believes he has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...

In 9 pages the complexities of Janie Crawford's characterization are examined in this analysis of Their Eyes Are Watching God by Z...

the text of the pamphlet by Sean Wilentz, the chief aim of Walkers Appeal was to inspire American blacks "with a vision of hope an...

her story, she shares that her grandmother, a very strict woman and set in her ways, decides that Janie should be married off to s...

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these two female authors' depiction of strong women protagonists in their respectiv...

with Sykes tormenting her with a whip that mistakes for a snake. This image carries with it the historical weight of slavery, as...

her and keeps her confined out of jealousy. Things get worse as he begins to physically and emotionally abuse her. She eventual...

modest eyes" (Hardy, 2002). As this suggests, Sue was highly conflicted over gender roles from the time she was first aware them. ...

are putting their own histories together, and finding out about who they really are. Mamas relationship with her two daugh...

leave him. Finally, Janie shares that when her grandmother passes away she seeks her own freedom and runs away from Logan. Many do...

love and cherish them for who they are. But it does not happen in these stories, nor does it seem to be happening within the moder...

who will stand on her own and no longer stand for physical abuse. Her husband, however, subconsciously knows that he has no pow...

Me" Hurston writes, "I remember the very day I became colored...But I am not tragically colored. Someone is always at my elbow rem...

and the house that she purchased with sweat and labor. However, Delia makes it clear that she will not be driven out. She tells hi...

be rash and foolish for awhile. If writers, were too wise, perhaps no books would be written at all. Anyway, the force from somewh...

changes in her life have both positive and negative implications. At the onset of the story, Janie is a character who is unable t...

In six pages Walker takes inspiration from Winnie Mandela and Zora Neale Hurston in presenting her own personal interpretation of ...

her age and a man that treats her badly. In many ways he enslaves her and she feels helpless to leave him. Finally, Janie shares t...

her best friend, about Joe Starks, who is an ambitious man that soon becomes the mayor of a small town called Eatonville. But Jani...

his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of property which has suffered some damage" (Chopin 2). Women - wives, rather -...

overrule her inherent independence as a strong, black woman by telling Phoeby she can "tell em what Ah say if you wants to. Dats ...

a distinctly more female approach, as it openly deals with gender issues and missing womanhood. The author, herself, once remarke...

In seven pages this consideration of Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston analyzes how folklore functions. Three sources are cited...