The main characters in both the stories show great dignity and hope for a better future. ... The Characters are however different in profession, for Nathaniel finds it profitable to be a beggar, which shows his lack of commitment, whilst Brille shows great pride and effort for he is a politician. Both of the authors show a clear, but different, point of view in both of the stories. ... In the second story Bessie tries to show a great sense of pride and confidence among the black community, even though they were treated so harshly. ... The authors do also show some different feelings of opi...

• Word Count: 404
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Where he was given a gift from Great Spirits to save the Indian civilization by driving a way the Wasichus from their native land. ... Although the author was just describing the day-to-day life with all the rituals and traditions it did t portray the feeling they had towards the whites. ... The author gives a good background of the relationship white settlement and Indian cultures had, which supported by the life experience. An author depicts all the emotions of struggle and happiness at the times when it is hard to imagine it. ... The ways in which the author could strengthen the book, in my...

• Word Count: 1265
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Where he was given a gift from Great Spirits to save the Indian civilization by driving a way the Wasichus from their native land. ... Although the author was just describing the day-to-day life with all the rituals and traditions it did t portray the feeling they had towards the whites. ... The author gives a good background of the relationship white settlement and Indian cultures had, which supported by the life experience. An author depicts all the emotions of struggle and happiness at the times when it is hard to imagine it. ... The ways in which the author could strengthen the book, in my...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In "Just Walk on By" by Brent Staples, the author describes the reactions of people walking on streets in response to seeing an approaching black man of the author's appearance. ... Staples cites from two essays in which the authors are both intensely uncomfortable in the presence of black men on certain streets and Staples also notes that he often notices the "hunch posture" (256) that one of the authors describes in his essay. ... By using more technical speech and citing other author's works, Staples creates a more intellectual tone in his story which gets his point across, and ...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The author emphasized the opposing views of many white males used to discredit Affirmative Action. ... I believe no matter how great our society has advanced towards equality we are not yet where we need to be. ...

• Word Count: 425
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Maya Angelou is a well-recognized American author, primarily from the period of the Civil Rights Movement, where she participated as an activist. ... According to an article by Danielle Dorky, as a writer, Maya Angelou acquired her inspiration from different authors who had written books and poems, which she used to read from her childhood (1). ... Wolfe is among the most celebrated authors of the early 20th century, and is credited for paving the way for autobiographical fiction genre, thus there is no doubt that Angelou's respect and knowledge of the author's work assisted in stren...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Langston Hughes, a man of many things Langston Hughes is a standout amongst the most surely understood African American artist and short story authors in our nation today. ... However, that was not his overall goal and there are those authors who believe that Hughes appealed to a couple of different cultures or groups. ... Smethurst refers to this with the following statement: "This division of Hughes's work into three basic modes can be seen as a reflection of the relative weakness of the Left within the broader African American community in the early 1930s at the same time that...

• Word Count: 1762
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

But though she has great justification for what she has done, and the reader must partially sympathize with her, her action injures many innocent people and cannot finally be justified. ... It seems that the only way to present honesty is through the use of satire and tragedy since no one can suffer through a completely realistic self-examination, including the author. ... The author's early work often dealt with man's internal fights with his own conscience. ...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Renaissance took place between the end of World War 1 and the Great Depression. ... Authors wrote to escape the trials and tribulations of life, such as poverty and discrimination. ... The Great Depresion increased the economic pressure on all sections of life. ...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although the author, O'Connor, possesses strong anti-racist sentiments, he also simultaneously evokes pity for the "innocent" mother of Julian and criticizes her actions. ... Although Julian's mother may be overtly racist, Julian is not free from prejudices and places a great emphasis on class status, which is an ideal instilled by his past, his mother's pedigree and former wealth. ... 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, ...

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

Both of these authors creatively use disagreements about abortion to reveal some saddening truths about our society. ... When reading a story it is important to decide what issues the author is discussing, in his story Hemingway makes it clear that the only issue he wants the reader to focus on is the conflict between "the American" and Jig. ... In "Hills like White Elephants" Hemingway takes great care in his portrayal of the characters because this is essential to his argument. ... In fact his writing is similar to Hemingway in the sense that he goes to great strides to make the reader fo...

• Word Count: 2067
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The two authors share similarities and differences in their use of techniques to call attention to such segregation. ... In this paper, apocalyptic language refers to the extent the authors call direct attention to apocalyptic occurrences. ... For example, Jim and Julia see that "in the great stone doorway a hundred men and women and children lay crushed and twisted and jammed " (Du Bois 3), and feel that "the stillness of death lay everywhere and everywhere bowed, bent, and stretched the silent forms of men " (Du Bois 2). ...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Washington were powerful political figures that left a great impact during this time of African American oppression in the twentieth century, but the only thing they agreed on was that there was a problem. ... He was born and raised in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, a place where social and economic activities were reinforced by "primary democracy"- all of its citizens had a right to be heard. ... DuBois's technique of handling the problem of racial discrimination and unequal civil liberties for blacks was disputed by a great deal of African Americans. ... One author summarizes the ...

• Word Count: 1561
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This served as a great inspiration to white women (MacLean, 2009, p. 70). ... The authors of Rebirth of Feminism speak of SNCC women's participating by stating, "You are allowed to participate and to speak, only the men stop listening when they do" (Hole & Levine, p. 111). ...

• Word Count: 2185
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Authors suggest that "reparations should take the form of capital transfers and African status in the International Monetary Fund" (Mazrui, 22). ... Also worth noting is the idea that "those nations most responsible for slavery are unable to pay for it, such as Belgium and Portugal, while relatively benign countries like Great Britain are economic powers in Europe" (Mazrui,22). ... We owe the African of our day a great apology. ...

• Word Count: 1457
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" The really great ones like Hughes confront their bleak realities without letting those realities dictate their lives with regards to things that they can control. ... It usually has to take something really great for the Anglo-Saxons to show any form of interest in the lives of these people who share the same land. ... The author of Scarlet Sister Mary said her neighbor didn't take well to the book because she portrayed her characters falsely as "everyone knows niggas don't think....

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Angelou was an acclaimed poet, author, dancer, actress, playwright, director, and civil rights activist. ... Because African Americans were still experiencing discrimination in 1940, the event of a graduation symbolized great honor and achievement. ...

• Word Count: 1074
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The effect of using "I" and "cool" so many times and right next to each other gives the reader a sense of the reader's tone, mainly an air of deserved superiority that may initially seem pompous of the author but provokes the reader into continuing the story in order to ascertain if these claims can be proven true. ... When he uses the metaphor "Cooler than a polar bear's toenails," (367) not only does he now appear to be exaggerating for the sake of stressing "cool," but also the reader understands with this image that being cool in not necessarily a great thing, but more something ...

• Word Count: 1153
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Though their "opposing" platforms were not on great distances, Lowry came in second in the primary, which only depicted the nature of the environment in 1956 Miami. ... After a short summary, the author types his last sentence: "It is the first time a congressman has come to this area to talk on race relations." ...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This Afrikaner myth is exemplified in Hard Right written by van Rooyen when he says, "Africa's poor record on democracy, human and minority rights was always a source of great anxiety to South African whites. ... Other authors such as Noer point to similar interpretations when he states, "The American civil rights movement of the early 1960s was such an internal matter. ...

• Word Count: 3701
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate