Unlike the thousands of immigrants who have traveled toAmerica to forge for themselves a new home, imported Africans were forced into America as property. ... The story of the American slave is thus the story of the African's search for a home in a hateful land. ... " '[I]n this here place, we flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in the grass. ... There was no grace – imaginary or real – and no sunlit dance in the Clearing could change that" (89). ...

• Word Count: 2092
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The narrator further describes her roommate while recollecting an "important " statement from her absent, dancing" mother, "one of the things she said was that they never washed their hair and they smelled funny. ... "Rather than delving into the distinctive culture of African Americans, she illustrates how the difference between the races in American culture at large is dependent on blacks and whites defining themselves in opposition to one another"" (Li-li 812). ...

• Word Count: 1383
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Morrison is a Nobel peace prize award winning African American writer who wrote The Bluest Eye. The Bluest eye is the sadden tale of a young black girl in a black community. When reading the novel, you meet and interact with many of the characters. Pecola Breedlove, the main character who suffers si...

• Word Count: 2499
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography