Kumalo asks her whether she would like to return home, Gertrude says that though she would love to, she cannot for she is no longer a good woman. ... Kumalo spends most of his time playing with his nephew, relating tales from his native land. ... The native men are suspected of intruding in his house and shooting him. ... There are others who scream that more police is not the answer; the key his in providing a direction, a purpose to the misguided, idle natives. ... He dreams of returning to his village and rebuilding his tribe, getting his son married to the young girl. ...

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His friend, Willow John, an eighty-year old man, will help him return home by persuading the right person. ... , says his white grandfather who has turned his back on his own heritage to learn the ways of native Indians- (107). ... Once again, in the tragic history of the Native American, we witness the intent of erasing one's identity and heritage in the name of civilization. ... Little Tree will return after a while to his home. " my spirit didn't hurt anymore. ... He will continue his destiny, even after his grandparents' death "to be part of the nature of a Nativ...

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Women in the Seneca tribe were often faced with harsh trials of life, including troubled pregnancies, short marriages with often absent husbands, and rough phases to face with their young children. When a woman became pregnant, her responsibilities did not end. She was not able to sit back and rel...

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Wide Sargasso Sea Set in Jamaica during the 1930's, Wide Sargasso Sea is the story of Antoinette Bertha Cosway, a beautiful Creole heiress living on a decaying plantation. Her father had many children by Negro women. She can be accepted neither by the Negro community nor by the representatives o...

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And after Kazuko was finished with her day at grammar school, she and the rest of the Japanese boys and girls went to Japanese school to learn the native language and etiquette. ... After the girls returned home and later their mother, they realize what had happened. ... When she returned home Mrs. ...

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The odd and sometimes disappointing aspect about the aggressive nature of fathers and other men women form relationships with (other than the abuse), is that the women always return to the abusive situation as if there were no other option. ... Upon her return she is beaten again the same as she always was before (p85). ... This is often how it is in their native culture as well. ...

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I believe it was in 1950 that he returned to his hometown of Carpineto after a few year of being away. ... It was when my grandfather returned that they met and a year later got married. ... They settled in her native town Ithaca, NY. ...

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She was a shop til you drop, cherry red convertible driving, baseball loving, sun bathing beauty. She has always been my mentor, my confidant, and my rock. She has been there for me when I was at my absolute worst. And she continues to be there for me to this very day. She is the most amazing person...

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What defines a mother-woman? I am writing on The Awakening, and what a mother-woman is. I will discuss why Edna is not a mother-woman and why; also I will discuss the foil to her character Adele and how she is the embodiment of the term mother-woman. The description of a mother-woman from The Aw...

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In Bloodlines; Odyssey of a Native Daughter, Janet Campbell Hale utilized short stories to chronicle various stages of her life as the daughter of a Coeur d" Alene. ... Although Hale and Barnes were both native westerners, transience also greatly affected their lives. ... In "Daughter of Winter," Hale described her function within her native family. ...

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As he returned toward the ranch, he observed from a distance as his father confronted his own brother, Uncle Frank, about the allegations from the reservation. ... Perhaps it was seeing and hearing the disrespect his own father, (or most of the town for that matter), had towards Native Americans. ...

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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water is a story of three generations of women. Each woman is faced with basically the same type of event in her life and each reacts differently to that event. The event that is being focused on is the loss of the parent(s), whether the parent was known or unknown, and the l...

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• Grade Level: High School