Mattie Lee Jackson's antique diction makes the kids fall to the ground laughing. ... Having been apart of some many stresses dealing with the equality of blacks and whites, you would imagine a broken down old woman stumbling through the fields quietly getting her job done. ... Regardless of the things she experienced as a black woman, she still kept a " stoic face ." ...
I also recommend this to adults also because I think that they could learn things from it also. (1) One theme from the novel is racism. ... He starts to realize how bad the blacks have it and starts to fall apart from his usual white personality. ...
Despite their differences, the two women have a deep affection for each, but their very natures conspire to rip them apart. ... So while Toni and Norman's shared family name is a coincidence, the title of the chapter which binds the two together is not. 1965 is specifically highlighted because it is set apart in time from the rest of the chapters, the distance between them too great not to be significant. ... The two opening sentences of the final chapter disagree with each other: "Things were so much better in 1965. ... The text places this new, black reality on top of Nel's nostalg...
I think that one of the most important things in life is to let people know who you really are. To me, this is just a way to put things in the back of the cupboard. ... I wanted to stab him softly, to shoot him with the gun I wished I had in my purse and as I watched his pain, I would say to him tenderly "racism hurts."" (104) Even though she was only thinking these awful things; she became overwhelmed with grief and began to sob. ... It has torn this country apart, and the aftermath of this invisible enemy will be devastating if something is not done to stop it. ... Some whites may put blacks...
Love is one of the most contradicting things in this world. ... Connecting love to Beyonce's Lemonade will fall under the emotion of anger. ... He promised he wouldn't break apart my family even when he knew he was. ... Beyonce's Lemonade taught me some things about myself. ... In my life those are two of the most important things in my life. ...
James McBride also reflected on his life up to a teenager, who knew that bad things would occur in the not too distant future if he didn't change his ways and behavior. ... But the truth was that his mother was falling apart emotionally from the death of her second husband. ...
However, he never quite feels a part of this society when "he would [have] liked to have examined [things, he] dared not," in light of this ever-present fear that looms over him (47). ... Bigger feels he cannot trust this aid that is so reassuring, falling back on his old thoughts of suspicion. ... He was continually kept down by society who he believed to be controlled by the whites however all the while wanting to be apart of that society. ...
