During his younger years James read constantly and slipped away as often as he could in order to go to the movies and even to plays. ... He did not go to college because his family needed him after his stepfather's mental health became worse. ... Baldwin finished Go Tell It on The Mountain, a novel that stood as a autobiography of his younger years. ... His first two works that dealt with his racial heritage were Tell It on the Mountain and The Amen Corner. ... David keeps all his dreams inside and does not tell anyone about them. ...

• Word Count: 2515
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

(Eco, 1984) Eco explains how the historical fiction writer must become immersed in historical evidence: to tell a story, "you must first of all construct a world, furnished as much as possible, down to the slightest detail." ... Made-up events and characters tell us things "that history books have never told us so clearly," so as "to make history, what happened, more comprehensible"(p. 75). ... This kind does not allow anyone to get lost: you go in, arrive at the center, and then from the center you reach the exit...

• Word Count: 4697
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As far as Parsi life goes, though, Mistry has some competition, because the Pakistani writer Bapsi Sidhwa, now a United States citizen, has written a robust novel that portrays this community during the colonial period, The Crow Eaters (1980), another that depicts a Parsi family in Lahore during the time of Partition in 1947, Cracking India (1991), and a third set in the postcolonial era, An American Brat (1993), that treats not only contemporary Parsi life in Pakistan but the community's immigrant experience in the United States as well. ... Even though Mistry seldom goes back to India l...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As far as Parsi life goes, though, Mistry has some competition, because the Pakistani writer Bapsi Sidhwa, now a United States citizen, has written a robust novel that portrays this community during the colonial period, The Crow Eaters (1980), another that depicts a Parsi family in Lahore during the time of Partition in 1947, Cracking India (1991), and a third set in the postcolonial era, An American Brat (1993), that treats not only contemporary Parsi life in Pakistan but the community's immigrant experience in the United States as well. ... Even though Mistry seldom goes back to India l...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate