In her novel Sula, Toni Morrison immerses the reader in the rich and diverse lives to be found in the black community of Medallion. ... Cynthia Davis notes that, "All of Morrison's characters exist in a world defined by its blackness and by the surrounding white society that both violates and denies it (Davis 217)." ... The ill treatment of blacks is brought into the novel's present day with the story of Shadrack, a World War I veteran and shell shock victim. ... As the novel progresses, the line between life and death slowly blurs. ... Even the distinction between good and evil even...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel, "Deadly Unna?" ... The Aborigines in "Deadly Unna" are separate to the whites in many instances in the novel, due to the cultural differences and their position in society. For example, the novel is set in recent times on a peninsula in South Australia. ... "Deadly Unna" concludes on an optimistic note that there could be change if the white community develops a better understanding of the Aborigines. Blacky, at the end of the novel suggests that there is a need of understanding between cultures for Aborigines and whites to resolve their differences. ...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Danzy Senna's novel Caucasia main character Birdie is a young bi-racial girl who is pushed to explore the idea of race by being forced to leave her racially mixed environment in Boston and disappear into the white nation of Caucasia. The beginning of the novel starts with Birdie's recollection that says "a long time ago I disappeared. ... Here we can see that Birdie only is usually only capable of passing as a white girl and while at this time she can see how her father is being looked at, accused and scrutinized because of the colour of his skin, we as readers can take note that ...

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

Hart stated, "He had a most dramatic meeting with his literary idol of the time, Vachel Lindesayhe had a chat with Lindsay and his wife, and was given a gift of Amy Lowell's John Keats, along with a note directing him to study the New Poetry" (Hart 617). ... According to Black American Literature Forum "Walter White was something of a renaissance man, writing two novels and promoting the arts among black peopleHis two novels were written during the 1920s, and his greatest effort to help black writers and artists came during that decade, tooWhite's efforts on behalf of ...

• Word Count: 1512
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel traces Emma Lou's life from city to city as she searches for a group of "the right sort of people" who will accept her although "she is black, too black" (109). ... The teachers send her a note in an attempt to help Emma Lou avoid the gossip and criticism behind her back. ... This idea is clearly represented at the end of the novel when Emma Lou returns to the man she thinks she loves and believes will love her in return. ...

• Word Count: 1573
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In an effort to limit the unencumbered rambling, I am going to focus on Twain's response to the racial issues at the heart of his American historical context, primarily through an interpretation of the novel (if it may be characterized as such) Pudd'nhead Wilson with reference to other works by Twain we have discussed in this course and multiple critical essays which have been pored over, albeit with less than completely gratifying results. ... Gerber in "Pudd'nhead Wilson as Fabulation,"" Mark Twain was not really a novelist - he was more of a "new journalist,"" who spun yarn...

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