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

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

In 5 pages sex as an instrument of power rather than an expression of intimacy is considered in this analysis of Beloved by Toni M...

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

As the development of bound labor in the American south moved from the indentured servitude system of the colonial era to the grow...

beginning, as we see the characters in a somewhat present condition, a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see tha...

We see that part of the past is dead, with the death of Baby Suggs who was a constant reminder of slavery and the hope inherently ...

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

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

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...

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

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

remembering what happened. With disremember she is primarily taking a memory and pushing it away so that it will not become real t...

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...

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

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these novels by Toni Morrison in terms of how each feature murders. There are no ...

a very unexpected place: her fears. She is so terrified that life is simply going to pass her by that the thought nearly paralyze...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

extremely close friends. Nel is abandoned by her husband, Jude, when she catches him making love to Sula. This is a double loss fo...

in her own tragedy. While Sethe is still enslaved, she is treated by Schoolteachers despicable nephews as if she were no more th...

Morrisons work because water is symbolic of Beloveds need to fulfill a basic desire, but also a thirst for freedom. Another impo...

However, this influence is seldom acknowledged by critics, who "see no excitement or meaning to the tropes of darkness, sexuality ...

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

Nel and Sula. Nel is light-skinned and lives in a tidy, respectable middle class home. Sula is deep brown and lives in a disrep...