The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. ... "The Clearing provides a place for "every man, woman and child who could make it through" to love themselves and each other in a way not sustainable in the e constricted world white Cincinnati and white America. ... Through the worship at The Clearing with the community, she begins to feel integrated into a world that she has never experienced. ...

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

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. ... "The Clearing provides a place for "every man, woman and child who could make it through" to love themselves and each other in a way not sustainable in the e constricted world white Cincinnati and white America. ... Through the worship at The Clearing with the community, she begins to feel integrated into a world that she has never experienced. ...

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

The land of the free (except for slaves) and the home of the brave (and extremely violent and repressive) inculcated racial myths within Clemens during his antebellum childhood on the Mississippi that were slowly fractured, but never completely expunged, as he matured intellectually. ... Oftentimes the best way to approach seemingly unmentionable themes was through the side door of comedy and satire - areas where Mark Twain had few, if any, equals. ... In the public discourse this meant "coon- songs and shows that took the humiliation of the black race to a new level of cruelty, and the p...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate