Like much of her work, "Alvarez frequently blurs the lines between poetry and fiction and uses circular, rather than chronological narrative structures (Contemporary 1)." ... It is the separation from her native country, the Dominican Republic, which serves as a backdrop for the holistically autobiographical novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent. ...

• Word Count: 2799
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Africa, a nation of immense natural resources, has been the victim of imperialism for many years. Europeans, declaring themselves "missionaries of God," have worked to pursue manifest destiny and bring God to the "savage" Africans. In order to do the Lord's work, in the 19th century, European countr...

• Word Count: 4292
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School