Morrison then moved to Syracuse, New York and began to work as an editor for Random House, which gave her free time in the evenings to raise her two small children as well as write novels. She moved to New York City where she continued to work as an editor for Random House in 1968. ... Our cultural knowledge and values that are central to the blues form the thematic and rhetorical understanding of The Bluest Eye, as the narrative's structure appears to follow a pattern common to traditional blues lyrics. ... Moses allows us to understand his perception that Claudia's role as a storyt...

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Both of these painting exude cool and warm colors since the blues and greens can be seen, as well as the reds and yellows in both images. ... The focal point of Benton's piece is the workers on the farm and the house off to the left-center of the image however, in Derain's work, a focal point is more difficult to find and you tend to look at the painting as a whole instead of just the center point since the workers are in the foreground instead of the middle ground, and it seems as though every corner of this piece is "active.... The Turning Road and the Haystack are both housed...

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One of the major accomplishments of the Renaissance was to "push open the door to mainstream white periodicals and publishing houses." ... Some common themes and aims that were used in the writings included alienation, marginality, the use of folk material, the use of the blues tradition, the problems of writing for an elite audience, advancement of the black race, and exploration of self-identity. ...

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