Staples" use of specific stories becomes essential to the meaning and overall power of the story, and creates the necessary elements that must be included if a writing is to be proper and effective. ... This single quote becomes a necessity in this essay, because it not only demonstrates Staples" true persona, but it also maintains the emotional quality of the reading. ... By utilizing these techniques, and maintaining a lucid and easy-to-follow pattern of writing, Staples forms an essay that has the power to evoke feeling, and is more than just intellectually stimulating. ...

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With the gift of commentary and the power to influence and move people both had; I cannot pick out which one was more persuasive and/or effective but rather I can recognize that Malcolm and Martin represent the dispute and disagreements with an own movement; and that its much more than just coming together. At the end of the day Martin and Malcolm left their impact and the two most famous quotes in black history will forever be "Free at last god good almighty were free at last" and "by any means necessary...

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African American literature is an extremely dense and rich form of literature that contains many types of similar tropes. These tropes can be seen throughout many of African American works of literature. A few that will be discussed thoroughly in this paper, that are majorly common in these types of works are: the idea of double consciousness, the question and search for identity, the Sankofa experience, the Great Migration, and lastly the return to the South. These tropes may seem very different but they all tie into the question of identity and the struggle that African Americans faced and ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate