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

The great Mahatma Gandhi subscribed to this notion and claimed that "it is health which is real wealth, and not pieces of gold and silver". The author of this paper maintains that both health and wealth are vital in life, as they decide the quality of life persons lead. ... Firstly, the author will define the terms discrimination, racism and ethnicity, as they are vital to the discussion of equal access to health care. ... Many people are ignorant about different cultures and it is the author's view that stereotypes and discrimination are generated from this lack of knowledge. ...

• Word Count: 1339
• 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

This excerpt shows how de Crevecoeur tries to sell America by describing it as being a new land to be free and that, "Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world-. ... He felt that America labeled him as being a "Negro writer-, and did not accredit him for being special because of his great abilities as a writer. ... Baldwin was one author who looked through this disguise to try to find out what America really is to him. ... - is a great perspective in the eyes of a man who has looked at America fr...

• Word Count: 727
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Author Laurence Yep argues in his piece, "The Hong Wah Kues Discover America," that the Chinese basketball team was used unfairly for the purpose of entertainment because they were treated as minorities and barely earned any money. ... Since the Kues were formed in 1939 and played throughout the 1940's, this meant that the economy still had to coincide with the repercussions of the Great Depression. ... The Chinese fortunately did not experience any conflicts amongst themselves because they had great respect for each other. ... The Kues took this leadership role with great respe...

• Word Count: 889
• Approx Pages: 4
• 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

At the end of the 1820s and into the 1830s, The Second Great Awakening, a religious movement based off evangelism, changed the approach of expansionism. ... Therefore, this Second Great Awakening inclined American Protestants to view Catholic nations south and west of their country as "a distinct challenge to their religion and security " (Greenberg 14). ... It was found in an article advocating the annexation of Texas, and it is debated that possibly the same author as "The Great Nation of Futurity, " Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, better known as Cora Montgomery, composed the stirringly influen...

• Word Count: 1393
• 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

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