The image that many civilians had about camp life, according to Bristow, was that of military camps being a place corrupted and diluted by drinking, prostitution, profanity, and fighting. The book shows how that image reverted back from the Civil War... The Draft act of 1917 called for the registration of black and white men alike, allowing African Americans to serve in the First World War. ... I believe, though, that one of the reasons why the commission was so successful in the first place, however, was its emphasis on the model of the real man during the war. ... Bristow's book was ...

• Word Count: 1179
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Despite being situated up in the hills, it is called the Bottom and it started to be called this way as a "nigger joke...The kind white folks tell....... The slave believed him and took the land from him, he even let himself believe that the reason for calling the place the Bottom is that when God looks down from heaven, the Bottom is the first place he sees (Morrison 5). ... However, what Helene does not see is that Nel is missing her affection which is clear after Helene and Nel return home from their visit from New Orleans to Nels grandmother, whom she sees only once in her life, and ...

• Word Count: 5084
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate