In the book The Broken Cord there are many contemporary issues that are raised through the lives of the characters. We learn of the disease Fetal Alcohol Syndrome through one of the main characters (Adam). ... As we encounter the main focus of The Broken Cord, Michael Dorris" way of dealing with Adam his inffected son, we learn a lot about the disease, and the characters. ... Michael viewed his son as a normal, average boy. ... In Chapter four the naming ceremony is a main focus as well as, Native American tradition. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

One of his best works was a short story entitled, Notes of a Native Son. ... The author goes into depth when discussing the racism that the main character had to go through. ... His father's main problem was that he could not communicate well with others. ...

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The main reason the Pilgrims and Native Americans got along so well was because they needed each other. ... They also needed the Natives for trading. ... Squanto is a very interesting character. ... Edward Winslow worked hard to achieve Massasoit's trust, but Edward Winslow's son, Josiah, destroyed the trust when he barged into Alexander's wigwam with pistol threatening him and trying to take him to court. ... The Pilgrims sometime took land from the Native Americans by taking advantage of the Native Americans. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The main character, Ayah, was also introduced in the orientation. ... The story contained a number of characters, and each character had a different level of importance in the story. ... Her son, Jimmie, died while serving in the United States military, and his death greatly upset her. ... The other characters in the story had less important roles in the story. ... Ayah was a symbol of the Native American people for several reasons. ...

• Word Count: 1994
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Paton describes the two main cultures of South Africa, Natives and European, in order to bring out the degradation that has occurred within society. ... This idea occurs within Kumalo's family and his brother, sister, and son all choose to move. ... James Jarvis also undergoes a character change, which contributes to the rebuilding process of the country. ... Ironically, the death of his son brings him to feel compassion for the native people. He changes his heart and instead of avenging his son's death, he chooses to help the natives. ...

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In Richard Wright's Native Son, Bigger Thomas, the main character, attempts to attain personal freedom in a racist prohibiting society. Richard Wright's "Native Son" demonstrates how the racist white society oppresses personal freedom and perpetuates evil. ... Wright tries to indicate that Bigger Thomas is not a unique uncommon character, but is instead a representative of the oppressed populace. ... In Native Son, Bigger Thomas seems to be composed of a mass of disruptive emotions rather than a rational mind joined by a soul. ... All of the characters that Bigger says are blind a...

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They are a threat to the masculinity of the male characters by showing their power, beauty, or cruelty. ... King Solomon's Mines show the characters' journey inside a female body and features a beautiful female character, while the journey in She takes place on the surface of the female body and the main female character is an ugly and malevolent figure. ... Once there, they must fight natives and meet an immortal witch who attempts to kill them. ... She centres on a Cambridge scholar, Holly, and his adoptive son Leo. ... They, too, successfully fight natives who attempt to kill the...

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Sherman Alexie is Native American, and his stories expose one of America's dirty little secrets. ... He depicts numerous prominent characters in this collection, rather than just one or two dominant characters. ... Alexie uses the character Victor, who is nine years old, to explain this struggle. ... Why not use Alexie's own words, "I kept trying to figure out the main topic, the big theme, the overarching idea, the epicenter. And it is this: The sons in this book really love and hate their fathers" (Alexie, p xxii)....

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Book Book written by: Mario Puzo Screenplay written by: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola Produced By: Paramount Pictures Main Characters: Played By: Vito Corleone, The Don Marlon Brando Santino "Sonny" Corleone, middle son of Vito James Caan Michael Corleone, Youngest son of Vito Corleone Al Pacino Tom Hagen, Consigliere and "adopted" son of Vito Robert Duvall Supporting Characters: Mama Corleone Fredo "freddy" Corleone, Eldest Son of Vito Kay Adams, Wife of Micahel Corleone Diane Keaton Connie Corleone, Daughter of Don Vito, Wife ...

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Many of the characters within the play hide behind a mask of falseness. Four of the main characters that hid behind this mask are Polonius, Rosencrantz (Guildenstern), the king Claudius. ... Polonius appears like a man who loves and cares about his son, Laertes. ... In reality he lies about his trust for his son by sending a spy to watch him. ... He gives him the power to let his son Laertes stay or leave for Norway. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His writings had made him a natural enemy of the National Socialists, rising to power in his native country. ... In this play, through the character Galileo, Brecht reexamines the recurrent theme of obstacles to social progress. ... However his strong character and intelligence helped him overcome these obstacles and become a success. ... Mother Courage and her Children Bertolt Brecht had two main periods of maximum creativity. ... The main characters of the play are Mother Courage, her daughter Kattrin, her older son Elif, her younger son Swiss Cheese, and several soldiers and officers....

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Although the story takes place in New Zealand, and the characters portray an urban Maori native family, many of the scenarios, situations and characteristics that are presented in the film are relative to our own country and culture. ... The characters seemed so real that I could replace the names and faces with those of people I have known well; Most of whom dwell now in the place of spirits, or no doubt wish they did. I found myself contemplating deeply on the concept of duality - both the duality represented in the timeline of my own history, and the duality that the charac...

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Baldwin wrote in "Notes of a Native Son- about his struggles with the hatred that surrounded and almost eventually consumed him. ... Since "Notes of a Native Son- is a personal account of his life, the entire writing is essentially evidence. ... The main emphasis is Walker's mother, her father is only mentioned when it is used to make a reference to her mother. ... Not to much farther she starts talking about "Mem- a character from the "The Third Life of Grange Copeland-- and this is just within a page. ...

• Word Count: 1418
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• Has Bibliography
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There where many artists in this period but the main chief painters of the movement were George Grosz and Otto Dix. ... Max Beckmann born in 1884 and died in 1950 was an artist who is widely regarded as the greatest native-born German painter of his generation, yet his achievement is often deformed. ... He painted subjects from the entertainment world, many portraits of family and friends, and countless allegorical compositions with characters symbolic of ancient myths. ... Two main paintings of Beckmann areThe Night? ... She lost her son to World War I and her grandson to World War II and ...

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He was the son of a coppersmith from a farming family in the village of Ruidoms. ... "His academic record reveals a decided character who devoted himself to what attracted him, nonchalantly ignoring anything that, for one reason or another, failed to arouse his interest,"" (Lyons 11). ... "He used a native stone and even took advantage of the ruins of a cave, disturbing its rocks of different colors harmoniously throughout the grounds,"" (Nonell 63). ... "The fazade, flowing around the two main elevations, is an alteration of void and sculptural mass- (Aanason 103). ...

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Characters BERNARD MARX is an Alpha male who doesn't fit in with the society and isn't respected by the other Alphas because of his physical defect. ... LENINA CROWNE is the main femal charcter in the book. ... JOHN SAVAGE is the son of Linda, a Beta woman, and the Director of Hatcheries. ... John the Savage is an outsider both on the Reservation - where the ignorant natives still practise marriage, natural birth, family life and religion - and the civilised Brave New World. ...

• Word Count: 2125
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School