Celie writes her story in the form of letters addressed to God. ... Later, on another occasion, Celie thinks she sees her daughter who was sold six years before. ... When Harpo asks his father how to make his wife "mind him,"" the old man encourages his son to beat her. ... __'s father. ... When the two men go out to drink, Celie reveals to Shug the true nature of her childhood and how her father's rape was the cause of her pregnancies. ...

• Word Count: 4341
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Entitled "A Time to Kill", the novel presented the story of a small Mississippi town that becomes the scene of a spectacular trial: After two white men rape his daughter, her black father named Carl Lee Hailey shoots them. ... While the commonplace approach of analysing the novel would be to place it within the context of its time of publication and/or the time frame the story is set in, this paper seeks to determine its current-day relevance in terms of how racial issues are treated within the American judicial system. 3. ...

• Word Count: 4938
• Approx Pages: 20
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Late 19th - Century American Literature Mark Twain's novel Pudd'nhead Wilson as a critique of 19th Century hierarchies based on racial segregation Mark Twain: Mark Twain was born on November 30th of the year 1835 in Florida, Missouri. His first job was as a printer and 1856 as a steamboa...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Washington High School His mother and father were very important figures in his life. ... She was the daughter of a minister, so was also highly religious. ... Martin Luther King's father was inversely to his mother, a very self-confident man. ... Another early experience of discrimination would come about with his father. ... The story behind the boycott features one Rosa Parks, who on December 1, 1955 refused to give up her seat for a white male passenger. ...

• Word Count: 3793
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School