As the book progresses from one blood-splattered chase scene to another, it becomes clear that the author is interested more in gratuitous sensationalism than writing serious literature, as the quoting of Shakespeare might imply. ... Its style has been copied for decades, and it may have very well established the "frontier romance" genre. ... Dennis Allen states, "Initially confined to a language of signs and physical objects having natural relations to the ideas expressed," they conjectured, "man developed a highly figurative speech which gradually gave way to conventional abstract language a...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To the average high school student the vocabulary and writing techniques can prove to be a challenge. It seems as if she is writing the same story in every chapter just using different tribes. ... If this was the purpose of her writing style it is properly conveyed, but unfortunately an average student would not understand it. As with any book of this genre there is a couple deficiencies but the merits of Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee far outweigh the faults. ...

• Word Count: 1920
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

As an institution, our education system ideally plays a major role in erasing cultural biases. The idea that as educators, we have the power and obligation to change cultural perceptions and misconceptions as an imperative can be agreed upon by almost everyone involved in education. How we approach ...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her gift of writing poetry was encouraged by her owners and their daughter, Mary; they taught Phillis to read and write, with her first poem being published at the age of twelve, "On Messrs. ... She was especially fond of writing in the elegiac poetry style, perhaps mirroring the genre of oration taught to her through the women in her African American tribal group. ...

• Word Count: 2366
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School