For instance, in the bank scene, IM becomes angered at the noises and begins to destroy symbols surrounding him. ... The passage begins with aural sounds from noises heard outside of Mary's house, causing IM to suddenly feel upset. Ellison highlights certain circumstances where IM feels discomfort, such as from the siren and other loud noises, inside the house. ... A black base is the essential ingredient, the foundation required for a glowing white luster, a color that so many white members of the plant are proud of, such as Mr. ... Both of these symbols serve as comedic objects used to ...

• Word Count: 1967
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When bigger arrives to the Daltons home a white maid welcomes him inside. ... In a fit of mischief and spontaneity Richard sets fire to some white curtains. ... Richard and his brother are not to make any noise during the day. One day a kitten begins to make noise and his father yells "Kill the damn thing". ... Richard's hatred for the white community stems much deeper than racial injustice. ...

• Word Count: 1217
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The campus police seem to have a thing about white people are better then African Americans. ... An African American senior was having a party at his dorm as well as others on campus from all types of race, and the campus police came and broke the party up because of the noise level. ... Remy and his nazi friends beat up the number one runner of Columbus University because he was dating a white girl, and also in the processes the decided to smack around the white girl for going out with the African American runner. the nazi group believes that white men are the ones that have full power. ...

• Word Count: 637
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This conference was of high class not just because of its location in the Berkshires and its valuable look, "bowls of white phlox on the windowsills and a long T-shaped table" (775) and "the big dining room" (778), but also because of the conversation that the women were engaged in, such as "minority groups in England" (776). ... Taylor on the other hand, was a white-haired white lady who came from Mississipi. ... Seeing that Alice was the only black person at the conference, "The room was filled with women, all of them white" (776), those words effected her emotionally. ... On her first night...

• Word Count: 691
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• Grade Level: High School

Yes, it was ugly enough; but if you were man enough you would admit to yourself that there was in you just the faintest trace of a response to the terrible frankness of that noise, a dim suspicion of there being a meaning in it which you "you so remote from the night of first ages "could comprehend- (2030). Marlow feels pity for the black people that he meets because they are downtrodden and weak because of the mistreatment they are receiving from the white people. ... Marlow feels pity for the blacks and their situations but still views them as inferio...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

THE SLAVE SHIP The Slave Ship is one of the most strong acknowledgments of the violent white supremacy over the black people. ... If almost half of the cargo arrived alive, it was a good score for the white people. We have to consider that frequently half of the white crew also died during the voyage. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The racial layers of American society contained the principles of white superiority and black inferiority. ... Wakened by the lights and noise, George Holliday began videotaping as King arose from his feet. ...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School