He always emphasized the need to come to terms with the continents' multi-racial identity and the importance of teaching the history of America all the way from the Incas to now. ... Dario describes his poetry as "the Hispanic form of the universal crisis in literature and spirit that began around 1885." ... He always tried to solve problems with his poetry. Later in his life his poetry was devoted to solving social and economic problems. ...

• Word Count: 601
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Giovanni's Room told of a white American expatriate and his coming to terms with his homosexuality. ... Baldwin wrote novels, poetry, essays and a screenplay in the later years of his life. ... Walter Meserve writes in The Black American Writer: Poetry and Drama, Vol. 2, Baldwin tries to use theatre as a pulpit for his ideas. ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq, and even North Korea, countries that the U.S. isn't on good terms with, when President Bush makes a speech about stopping these countries from gaining power or going to war with them I am sure many citizens of these countries view his speeches as Hate Speeches. ... The consequences of this action were the suspension of the teacher who allowed her to read the poem and the closing of several school poetry clubs. ...

• Word Count: 1152
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The mistreatment of the Haitian people by white-Americans is a central theme in Felix Morriseau-Leroy's Tourist and Boat People. Both poems discuss how one's status in society is determined by race, color, culture and nationality. They show how people are judged and put in a negative light because o...

• Word Count: 776
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Whitman's Secret Mentor Walt Whitman was a man who slowly developed his personality throughout the course of his life. It can be said that his emotions were a very broad spectrum, and at times, even contradictory. Much like many people in today's society, it took some horrific experiences in Wh...

• Word Count: 1476
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Her two main series are The Vampire Chronicles and The Mayfair Witches.22 The Vampire Chronicles portrays modern vampires through a vampire's eyes, often as victims of the "dark gift"23 of vampirism, struggling to come to terms with their nature or accepting it and moving on. ...

• Word Count: 3126
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School