Cowart feels that Dee "styles and dresses herself according to the dictates of a faddish Africanism and thereby demonstrates a cultural Catch-22: an American who attempts to become an African succeeds only in becoming a phony" (172). ...

• Word Count: 1672
• Approx Pages: 7
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Granny was afraid we would catch "newmoni " (pneumonia) so she bundled us up so tight and heavy we could barely move. ... Granddaddy passed away when I was 22 years old and Granny passed away when I was 26. ...

• Word Count: 1669
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School