Through most of the book, Huck spent his time with a slave named Jim who helped evolve Huck character by offering friendship and challenging his morals. ... Jim's feelings were crushed because he couldn't believe Huck would do such an awful thing, but Huck humbled himself and apologized to Jim, which began a new start of friendship between the two. ... Through Huck's trials and tribulations, a friendship was built with a social outcast. ... Through adventures, Huck found the true Huck who was fun, comedic, and not racist. ...

• Word Count: 448
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the book, Huck must make decisions between his heart and his conscience concerning his friendship with Jim. ... With the friendship that Huck has built with Jim during the story, he has second thoughts about leaving Jim behind. Huck then just decides to "go to hell" (pg271) and rescue his one true friend. ...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The negative depiction of certain characters and racist language is needed simply to make the story realistic and true to its time period. ... When on the river, it is obvious that Huck and Jim enjoy each other's friendship and their ultimate freedom allows them to share things that makes the readers see their true colors. ...

• Word Count: 910
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Now wether the statement I heard made is true or not I think the person had some kind of point. ... I thought to myself this could be true, But then again we are talking about a great quarterback here. ... I know I am not a racist and everybody I encounter has the same shot of gaining my friendship. ...

• Word Count: 832
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The men keep numerous wives, but do not share a friendship with any because "a woman cannot really have a man for a friend without the worst kind of ostracism and gossip" (172). ... Only in the company of women do their true personalities show. ... When Celie returns to her home, she and Mr. ___ develop a friendship much like Shug and Celie's. ...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

However, Willson's friendship with Bradshaw did not give David the courage needed to rebel against the oppressiveness of south and his father to pursue his dreams in New York. ... A common misconception about leadership is that in order to be a leader one must lead an "army- of soldiers but that is not true. ... However, Willson's friendship with Bradshaw did not give David the courage needed to rebel against the oppressiveness of south and his father to pursue his dreams in New York. ...

• Word Count: 1992
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Huck struggles with the concept of right and wrong through out the story because of his friendship with Jim and what he learns on the river. ... The feud portion of the story is originally included as a satire on "family honor" and shows the absurdity of such feuds, but it quickly becomes very serious for Huck and the true meaning is understood in the final scene. ... Society's rules have no meaning for Huck because he has never been a true member of it. ...

• Word Count: 1375
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Undeterred by the society's opinions of him, Atticus Finch does his level best to stay true to himself and his ethics. ... If he did something he knew was wrong, and didn't stay true to his morals, even if it was justified, it would cause him to lose all self-respect and moral authority over others. ... The supporting characters in To Kill a Mockingbird stand up for what they believe in, through multiple subtle, but meaningful acts of friendship, integrity, and morality. ... All of the characters previously talked about have one thing in common- all of them had different beliefs tha...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Honky," by Dalton Conley, tells the story of a young man who must come to terms with his whiteness in an African-American/Latino ghetto. Being a white person is usually a gateway to certain privileges in American culture and being part of a majority. Whites are usually the last ethnic group to be p...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Remember the Titans "Remember the Titans" is a movie (based on a true story) about a football team overcoming obstacles to become a winning football team. ... The friendship between two players Gerry (white) and Julius (black) on the defense team began to develop because both realized that Coach Boone was trying to make a winning team and it did not matter what color a player was but that the best player for the position would play. ...

• Word Count: 1195
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

She does not find true happiness in her relationship with her mother, but she meets lot relatives who begin to improve her attitude about herself. ... That month in the junkyard, she forms good friendships with Mexican and white teenagers and feels that she is on the same foot with them. ...

• Word Count: 1584
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For those who do date interracially for true love, sometimes they are afraid to face the scrutiny from the public or their own family themselves. ... Ways to immerse yourself, can be simple things such as teaching yourself and others about different cultures, making new friendships and valuing the differences of others (Psychology Today). ...

• Word Count: 1561
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. My mom was very impressed of King and read picture books about him to me. Also during my exchange year in the United States, Minnesota, in the summer of 1999, I had the opportunity to discover several things about "The American Way of Life". One of the most important experiences, which gave me a lasting impression, concerned American people's attitudes towa...

• Word Count: 4457
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Colour Purple Chapter 1 The first few pages begin Walker's narrative of the life of Celie, a fourteen-year-old black girl who lives with her dying mother and her sister, Nettie. Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mo...

• Word Count: 4341
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School