1) The main purpose The main purpose of this novel is James McBride's search of his identity, instantaneously is race, as it involves a person's skin color. ... He became confused about his own color and uncomfortable with the fact that his mother was white. He wanted to be accepted by others, and he thought that life would be easier if his family was just one color, black or white. 2) The main point of view James McBride wants answers and closures to his ethnicity and heritage. ... There are many symbols McBride uses in "The Color of Water" to indicate his mother, his life, an...

• Word Count: 364
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The Color of Water by James McBride is a book about the author finding his own identity through discovering who is mother, Ruth really is. ... This is an excellent book and I would recommend this book to anyone who has never been picked on about something, but may have teased someone else about something that they have no control over, like their skin color. ...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Color of Water tells the remarkable story of Ruth McBride Jordan, the two good men she married, and the 12 good children she raised. ... In telling her story--along with her son's- -The Color of Water addresses racial identity with compassion, insight, and realism. ...

• Word Count: 1012
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Both books that I've read, Angela's Ashes and The Color of Water both demonstrated behavior than can be considered dysfunctional. ... Drugs, alcoholism, death, abandonment, starvation and anxiety are some examples of dysfunctional characteristics that can be found in both Angela's Ashes and The Color of Water. ... In The Color of Water the stepfather dies creating an unhealthy and new environment for the family. ... Angela's Ashes and The Color of Water are alike in many ways. ... In both books the children were one time embarrassed by their mother's actions, in The Co...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Perhaps these women's strength inspired the novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. ... His many awards in Native American Studies helped him to become strong in his ethnicity and later write the work A Yellow Raft in Blue Water in 1987. ... Michael Dorris' brilliant work, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, portrays three generations of Native American women. ... In a hardware store, she realizes the color of paint that matches her skin, "Maple Walnut- (9), compared to her "Almond Joy- (9) mother and "Burnt Clay- (9) father, has no resemblance to her own. ... When Christine was born, Ida sa...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

That table was a medium golden brown color, the same color as an oak tree branch. ... I could hear the sizzling of the hamburger meat cooking and the water boiling over the tall pot. ... The sauce was a bright red color, the same color as a ripe cherry tomato and the smell was intoxicating. It is making my mouth water just thinking about it. ...

• Word Count: 1108
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

I would sit and talk with my grandfather or go help my father color water closets on the job blueprints. Helping my father color toilets was my first real and direct experience in the plumbing industry. ...

• Word Count: 636
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

At the left end stood a reservoir filled with water from the cistern. This reservoir held warm water for simple meals that my grandmother cooked. ... From the bright color walls to the antique furniture, this kitchen will forever hold memories of love, tears, and laughter. ...

• Word Count: 618
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Chapter 20 In this chapter it was 1982 James has grown up and is out of collage. He badgered his mother into telling him about his family roots. When she did he left and set out to find out more about his mothers side of the family. James landed in Suffolk, Virginia. This was the place where his mother grew up. ...

• Word Count: 959
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• Grade Level: High School

While on an electric scooter I noticed my older sister Rosa catching up to me. As we're racing each other our mom is holding our baby sister Emilia in her arms and at the same time yelling at us "Stop fooling around or you're going to hear a mouth full from your dad!" Giggling, we turn our scooters ...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Unlike many other religions, Catholics receive communion every week, bless themselves with holy water and before and after they pray, kneel while praying, have confession, and sometimes pray to the Virgin Mary or a particular saint. ... Festivals vary in size and color depending on the occasion. ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I was snow white of color with dark black hair. ... Around two years of age I started to develop my language, I would say things like "Ana bade boa" which in Arabic means I want water (boa) is not the whole word it was part of the baby's language which everyone understood. ...

• Word Count: 1387
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School