Then he continues the novel with the lives of some his children and grandchildren (Graybill "Clarke Family Tree"). ... This historical novel captures the rich history of the Clarke family. ... This novel always seemed to always answer the question of "What happened?... Greybill's novel showed great flow of events. Unlike some historical novels, Greybill has great flow between the Clarkes and show the parallels quite easy for the reader to pick up on. ...

• Word Count: 978
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In comparison of the general plot, the analysis of the novel's origin, and in the examination of the character's actions, Yezierska's Bread Givers can be read as a similar journey through a more civilized path as Wright's Native Son. ... As the plot develops; the novel features foreshadowing. There are several scenes in the novel that exhibit his overall outcome. ... She felt like an outsider in America from the very beginning of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1142
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

When comparing their essays to James Fenimore Cooper's novel,The Last of the Mohicans,? ... Even though the situation is a bit reversed, this is also shown in the novel. ... When looking at the characteristics between the essays and Cooper's novel, it is easy to spot the similarities. ... The novel,The Last of the Mohicans,? ...

• Word Count: 1246
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The white doctors and the white government officials played important but minor roles in the novel. ... These white people served as the antagonists in the novel because they were in conflict with Ayah and brought a great deal of sadness into her life. ... While an exact location was not named in the novel, the Navajo people lived in the states of New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona, and it can be assumed that the story took place in this region of the United States. ... Alliteration was used many times in the novel, especially when describing the setting. ...

• Word Count: 1994
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

At the beginning of the novel , we find the "Chief" in a hallway trying to elude the orderlies, whom he believes to be equipped with instruments and devices used to monitor the patients at the ward. ...

• Word Count: 256
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Although Faulkner wrote many novels such as Absalom Absalom and The Sound and the Fury, his intuition into the lives of people around him is clearly seen in his shorter stories. ... He gained more popularity with his short stories and novels throughout the early 20th century until he received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1952 (Timeline.) During his lifetime, Faulkner, won awards, such as the Legion of Honor for his short stories as well as his novels (timeline.) ...

• Word Count: 1764
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The first novel published by him was The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the celebrated California Bandit in 1854. ... In the 1920's the Native American authors started turning to the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The novel begins in the countryside where Stephen Kumalo lives a quiet life as a priest. ... His return home completes the circular structure of the novel. ... The novel is a cry for all to acknowledge that human beings are connected and in order to have success, everyone must be united. ...

• Word Count: 1586
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In 2007 he published a young adult novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. This novel is a reflection of his personal experience growing up on the Reservation. ... He has written poetry, novels, screenplays, and most notably short stories. ...

• Word Count: 1573
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Native American Voices The book of Genesis V.S. The Cherokee creation myth. In the book of Genesis there was a God that created the earth and heaven. On the other hand, in the Cherokee creation myth in the beginning there is only water and a beetle accidentally created earth. In the Cherokee creation myth the animals created the mountains, valleys, etc. ...

• Word Count: 3640
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

On the last page of the novel Coyote attempts to get the story straight, and he begins the story all over again. ... However, through the messages raised in this novel, Thomas King certainly does his part to voice the on-going battle that Natives have been fighting for over two centuries. ...

• Word Count: 1156
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the "Emergence of Genius", based on Ellison gives us some background on why he chose to write the story and how he answers it: "Royal Battle is only a short section from a full length novel in which I am attempting to create a character who possesses both the eloquence and the insight into the interconnections between his own personality and the world about him to make a judgement upon our culture" (Gibson 357). ...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, the interaction and mixing of the somewhat "alien" cultures results in positive and negative effects upon the characters and the outcome of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 786
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Native Americans" Genocide In the novel, The Lone Ranger Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (LRT), Sherman Alexie not only depicted the struggles of the Native American Indians on a Spokane Indian Reservation, but he also tried to weave in their harsh past and unpredictable future. ... Most of these characteristics of genocide are present in the novel LRT. ...

• Word Count: 2237
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Truth and Bright Water is a coming of age tale focusing on the life of a 15 year old boy, his community and the art therein. Part 1: Book Summery Truth and Bright Water are dual communities separated by a river and the Canadian/American border. It is at Truth and Bright Water that the summe...

• Word Count: 965
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The novel, The Education of Little Tree, is a beautifully written story "which portrays the lifestyle of a Native American family "seen through the eyes of a young boy in the Appalachian Mountains, who was orphaned at the age of five. ...

• Word Count: 1025
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

As time passes there are endless diseases and illnesses that our discovered, incurable, and that trouble our society. 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 th...

• Word Count: 1555
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School