Characters in this book all struggle to survive through this genocide, but sometimes, they can no longer handle the pain and give up. ... Americans wanted the Indians to die off so they purposely give little food and money and continue to let them be uneducated. ... There would be no hungry Indians; all the tribes will always have more than enough food like lobster, rather than fry bread. ... She joked with James Many Horses that, " making fry bread and helping people are the last two things Indian are good at" (170). ... She believes that they do nothing but make fry bread, drink...

• Word Count: 2237
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth, Stealing my breath of life, I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth! ... The idea that he is being fed "bread of bitterness" ties into the same idea that he is frustrated with his mistreatment. This day to day battle makes him feel as though America is "stealing his breath of life" yet he does not give up hope. ... "Her vigor flows like tides into my blood, /Giving me strength erect against her hate" (5-6). ... America's hate for him only makes him stronger a...

• Word Count: 1569
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Sometimes he couldn't eat lunch because of tiredness, at this time he missed his home a lot, and decided to give up and go back. ... He started his own business making bread. ... In spite of Asian American immigrant are also discriminated against and had not achieved equality with whites, they never give up their lives. ...

• Word Count: 1260
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Our history is a contradiction; a nation based on freedom once did not give all people the right to live freely. ... Once Moody and her family had to eat nothing but beans and bread for weeks upon weeks. ...

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Coming of Age in Mississippi, is heartbreaking story of Anne Moody's unbreakable spirit throughout the first nineteen years of her life. Anne writes about the unspeakable treatment that was socially imposed on African Americans, otherwise known as the Jim Crowe laws. Through the time of young ages ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School