Coming of Age in Mississippi, by Anne Moody was an autobiography that gave a jolting account of what life was like for each of them growing up. ... It is through these series of events where Essie Mae is first introduced to the differences that exist between Blacks and whites and more importantly what it meant to be Black. "I now realized that not only were they better than me because they were white, but everything they owned and everything connected with them was better than what was available to me Their whiteness provided them with a pass the downstairs in that nice section and my blacknes...

• Word Count: 2352
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This implies that she is innocent, like a child, she does not know what she is saying and doing, but it also criticizes her. ... The purple hat shows that a black and white woman can shop at the same store. ... For example, "Then all at once she seemed to explode like a piece of machinery that had been given one ounce of pressure too much. Julian saw the black fist swing out with the red pocketbook." ... This story creates a great impact in my life by making me strong enough so that I can stand beside what's right and wrong despite being partial to anyone; let it be my parents, friends, o...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She is currently a full time student at the University of New Mexico, living close to campus in an apartment of her own and that young lady is me. ... For example: we employ such phrases as "you know what I mean," and "get me the thingy" with success, and we use completely different forms of communication for our mother and father. ... It also made me an affectionate person, comfortable with physical attention from different people. ... Like Anne Fadiman, a favorite author, I like to be at the intersection of multiple groups because, "I have always felt that the action...

• Word Count: 2124
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I say this because Homer Barron comes into town with a work party to fix the sidewalks where he is the white leader of this group of black workers. ... From this point in the story it is not extremely clear what happens, but I believe that do to the rising negative outlook on her and Homer's relationship and the fact that "Homer himself had remarked-he liked men, and it was known that he drank with the younger man in the Elks" Club-that he was not a marrying man" that Emily used the arsenic that she bought at the store to kill Homer Barron when she realized she couldn't have him fore...

• Word Count: 995
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I say this because Homer Barron comes into town with a work party to fix the sidewalks where he is the white leader of this group of black workers. ... From this point in the story it is not extremely clear what happens, but I believe that do to the rising negative outlook on her and Homer's relationship and the fact that "Homer himself had remarked-he liked men, and it was known that he drank with the younger man in the Elks" Club-that he was not a marrying man" that Emily used the arsenic that she bought at the store to kill Homer Barron when she realized she couldn't have him fore...

• Word Count: 978
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Like most of the boys in his neighborhood, Billy was expected to be either a boxer or a miner and follow in the footsteps of his father and brother. ... In the center of this feminine, angelic shot, we see a small, scrawny Billy, in his boxing boots with boxing gloves around his neck, wearing black shorts, a perfect contrast to the bleach white tutus of the girls. ... He works in the mines like most of the men in his town and has aspirations for Billy to join him working in the mines or become a boxer like the other boys in the town. ... With Tony, the music serves as a "pick-me-upper&quo...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate