One might think from this staggering dedication that this book is going to focus purely on slavery. ... Separate from any established churches, The Clearing provided a place where the community could gather and reclaim themselves- a place where they could reclaim God, outside of any white institutions. ... The Clearing allowed " freed blacks to set up their own type of worship services separate from white society and the organized white Christian church .Significantly, the leader of this group is Baby Suggs, who stands in contrast to the powerful men who head the larger white church. ...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

One might think from this staggering dedication that this book is going to focus purely on slavery. ... Separate from any established churches, The Clearing provided a place where the community could gather and reclaim themselves- a place where they could reclaim God, outside of any white institutions. ... The Clearing allowed " freed blacks to set up their own type of worship services separate from white society and the organized white Christian church .Significantly, the leader of this group is Baby Suggs, who stands in contrast to the powerful men who head the larger white church. ...

• Word Count: 3715
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

"Indirectly, Hannah has taught Sula that there was no other than self that one could count on" (Library book 36). ... Whereas before "they had always shared the affection of other people" (Morrison 119), things have changed since they parted their separate ways. ... "Sula becomes a pariah precisely because she rejects those values that aim at uniformity and stifle the self" (Library book 34). ... In fact, just the opposite appears true, for neither woman provided Sula with an "intimate knowledge of marriage" (library book 36). ...

• Word Count: 2894
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye provides insight into the injustices of racism and poverty in America in the mid-1900s through the perspective of nine-year-old Claudia and ten-year-old Frieda MacTeer. Living in Lorain, Ohio, with their parents, the MacTeers take in a young girl as a resident na...

• Word Count: 3660
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography