Her first baby is taken by Alfonso and killed, while her second child seems to have been sold by her stepfather. ... Perhaps this is because she was so neglected and abused as a child-- she wants to give the other children what was never given her. ... At a market, she sees this child, Olivia, with her mother, who seems to have a lot of money. ... He even suggests that Shug has a sexually transmitted disease, something he calls the "nasty woman disease."" ... The following is a brief summary of Nettie's first letter to Celie: After Nettie had left their house (following ...

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• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

He also wrote All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence about the child criminal Willie Bosket. ... Butterfield states that he traced the Bosket family back to a county in South Carolina called Edgefield. ... Summary The blacks in the south had adapted the Scott-Irish culture in which was the key for slaves to survive. The slaves called this the honor code; this represented the respect and prized personal good somebody can have. ... He would bring about the new generation of trouble making called "The New Negro". ...

• Word Count: 3198
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School