In a diverse and constantly changing society, the issue of censoring classic literatures has long been controversial; does the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn perpetuate racism, or does it have literature value? ... The highly debated arguments make it one of the most controversial novel in American literature. ... African American students and their parents do not believe that the racial slur in the novel such as "nigger," that occurs throughout the entire novel, should be exposed in literature. ... Both African Americans students and parents find it tremendously offensive and are adama...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These formalists thought of literature as art and broke it down as such, taking familiar works and looking at them in new ways, just as abstract artists do. In formalism the breakdown and analysis of the rudimentary structures gives new interpretations on previous works of literature. An example of this would be, 4while Othello may be an African Moor, no amount of scholarship about the history of African Moors will be of much interest to the formalist, since the meaning of Othello's blackness can only be understood by looking at how his race is combined with other elements within the...

• Word Count: 455
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Story That Told a Greater One Woodstock immediately comes to mind; Jackie Robinson as the first African American Major League Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers; Gandhi. ... Nadine Gordimer, born November 20th, 1923, lived a long, influential life as a citizen of Johannesburg, South Africa. ... Along with several literary awards throughout her career, three years after Gordimer released the titled short story, she would go on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1991), forever showing the importance and impact on the world of literature through her work. ... The farmer has k...

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Life has never been easy for African-Americans. Since this country's formation, the African-American culture has been scorned, disrespected and degraded. It wasn't until the middle of the 21st century that African-American culture began to be looked upon in a more tolerant light. ... These characters were not the happy, lighthearted characters of most of the literature of this time. ... These novels helped to not only advance the plight of African-Americans, but they also enlightened the white culture to the beauty and uniqueness of the African-American culture. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

These words may seem straightforward, but in actuality they are some of the most inspirational in all of literature. ... Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea uses literary devices to make it a marvelous read and an outstanding piece of literature. ... Santiago was a sailor in his youth, and traveled to Africa, where he saw young lions playing on the beach. ... To sum up in Ernst Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea he uses literary devices to make the book a marvelous read and an outstanding piece of fiction literature. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Also in literature there are examples of compassion shown in many works, an example is Robin Hood. ... In the 1893, an Indian nationalist named Mohandas Gandhi started a civil rights movement, so that the citizens of South Africa could have the rights they needed. ...

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Rufus was an African American seized by the world's battles and intolerance. ... She is illustrated as a youthful, intellectual, attractive, and ingenious African American girl with a mind of her own. ... He equally uses French jargon to strengthen and empower his literature. ... African Americans would frequently strike whites, and whites would recurrently affray blacks. ...

• Word Count: 1203
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School