Cane River is a familial saga that tells the story of the author's ancestors. The story begins in 1834 with story of Suzette, the author's great-great grandmother. ... She is sent to New Orleans to boarding school to learn to read and write, things her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother never knew how to do. ... The author's writing style is very clear and understandable. ... The author's intended audience is the adult general public. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Where he was given a gift from Great Spirits to save the Indian civilization by driving a way the Wasichus from their native land. ... Although the author was just describing the day-to-day life with all the rituals and traditions it did t portray the feeling they had towards the whites. ... The author gives a good background of the relationship white settlement and Indian cultures had, which supported by the life experience. An author depicts all the emotions of struggle and happiness at the times when it is hard to imagine it. ... The ways in which the author could strengthen the book, in my...

• Word Count: 1265
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Where he was given a gift from Great Spirits to save the Indian civilization by driving a way the Wasichus from their native land. ... Although the author was just describing the day-to-day life with all the rituals and traditions it did t portray the feeling they had towards the whites. ... The author gives a good background of the relationship white settlement and Indian cultures had, which supported by the life experience. An author depicts all the emotions of struggle and happiness at the times when it is hard to imagine it. ... The ways in which the author could strengthen the book, in my...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In "Just Walk on By" by Brent Staples, the author describes the reactions of people walking on streets in response to seeing an approaching black man of the author's appearance. ... Staples cites from two essays in which the authors are both intensely uncomfortable in the presence of black men on certain streets and Staples also notes that he often notices the "hunch posture" (256) that one of the authors describes in his essay. ... By using more technical speech and citing other author's works, Staples creates a more intellectual tone in his story which gets his point across, and ...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both articles discuss the authors' views on environmental issues. ... These authors are trying to show their audience the error of their ways. ... A great example would be Silicon Valley where there are chemical waste ridden waters because of the harsh chemicals go into making circuit boards that go in phones, computers, etc. Although the two authors wrote their pieces over a century apart, they still managed to have similar points. ... The two authors raise a predominate point to say that this issue has been foreseen from a long time ago and they have had many chances to be able to fix ...

• Word Count: 1663
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Black Boy Author: Richard Wright Theme: The autobiographical account of Richard Wright takes place in the south from 1900 to 1945, and his fueled hatred towards white people in the South as he grows up. ... When he moves out on his own, he has enough money to get a library card where he spends so much time reading from great authors. ... They say that people are born writers but I think in this case of Richard Wright, he was not born with the great writing ability, the events that weighed so heavily on him in his life, inspired him to write about it....

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

One significant author named Langston Hughes, had the true talent to reach all races during his lifetime. ... The story of Langston Hughes" life is one of great success. ... There were many people who helped shape him into the great writer he turned out to be. ... At night they would read him stories from such works from popular black authors such as W.E.B. ... During the times that Langston lived with his grandmother, most of the time he suffered from solitude and a great loneliness. ...

• Word Count: 1483
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

She was not an author who wrote to entertain, but rather an author who wanted her voice to be heard. ... Another aspect of life that Nikki had great influence on was politics. ... An author once said, "She has written about most of her family members. ...

• Word Count: 1670
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• Grade Level: High School

Sofia is great to the family. ... Harpo is a great example. ... The author shows how gender and sexuality are not what we believe. ... His real name is Alfred but we never know what his last name is until the end because the author doesn't want to classify the women as property of a man. ...

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

It is true that white racism has had great influence on the identity of blacks through especially through segregation. ... Malcolm X is great example of a person who has helped educate blacks of this identity. ... DuBois (Author of Souls of Black Folk) wanted blacks to see. ... Malcolm X also had some of the same views that Steve Biko (Author of I Write What I Like). ... When the students formed the SASO movement on college campuses for a great deal of reasons, but there was one reason that really stuck out. ...

• Word Count: 2034
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• Grade Level: High School

However, the 1950's were also an era of great conflict, as people realized that the freedom that they so painstakingly fought for has only been attained by a privileged few, that freedom was nothing but a speech made by masters who broke off their chains but not the ridicule and shame that comes with it; that even with them freed from their contracts, they are as bound to it, still, as though they have never been freed from the first place. ... To support this claim, Ralph Ellison, the author, described the protagonist of the novel as a man wrought invisible by the people around him. ......

• Word Count: 1723
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Ernest James Gaines is one of the most important African American authors of this century. ... The novel is deeply rooted in the black culture and storytelling traditions of rural Louisiana where the author was born and raised. ... Gaines has won many awards for his great achievements. ...

• Word Count: 1754
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The author goes into depth when discussing the racism that the main character had to go through. His work as an author and his life experiences can be considered a prequel to the Civil Rights Movement. ... With Baldwin's father being a part of the first non-slave generation, it put an enormous burden on him to do great things with his life. ...

• Word Count: 1654
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• Grade Level: High School

Although the author, O'Connor, possesses strong anti-racist sentiments, he also simultaneously evokes pity for the "innocent" mother of Julian and criticizes her actions. ... Although Julian's mother may be overtly racist, Julian is not free from prejudices and places a great emphasis on class status, which is an ideal instilled by his past, his mother's pedigree and former wealth. ... This story creates a great impact in my life by making me strong enough so that I can stand beside what's right and wrong despite being partial to anyone; let it be my parents, friends, ...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both of these authors creatively use disagreements about abortion to reveal some saddening truths about our society. ... When reading a story it is important to decide what issues the author is discussing, in his story Hemingway makes it clear that the only issue he wants the reader to focus on is the conflict between "the American" and Jig. ... In "Hills like White Elephants" Hemingway takes great care in his portrayal of the characters because this is essential to his argument. ... In fact his writing is similar to Hemingway in the sense that he goes to great strides to make the reader fo...

• Word Count: 2067
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The two authors share similarities and differences in their use of techniques to call attention to such segregation. ... In this paper, apocalyptic language refers to the extent the authors call direct attention to apocalyptic occurrences. ... For example, Jim and Julia see that "in the great stone doorway a hundred men and women and children lay crushed and twisted and jammed " (Du Bois 3), and feel that "the stillness of death lay everywhere and everywhere bowed, bent, and stretched the silent forms of men " (Du Bois 2). ...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This served as a great inspiration to white women (MacLean, 2009, p. 70). ... The authors of Rebirth of Feminism speak of SNCC women's participating by stating, "You are allowed to participate and to speak, only the men stop listening when they do" (Hole & Levine, p. 111). ...

• Word Count: 2185
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Celie is the main character of the novel and endures a great deal of pain. ... The novel brought fame and financial success to its author. ... This central theme of the triumph of good over evil is no doubt the source of the book' s great success. ...

• Word Count: 1523
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" The really great ones like Hughes confront their bleak realities without letting those realities dictate their lives with regards to things that they can control. ... It usually has to take something really great for the Anglo-Saxons to show any form of interest in the lives of these people who share the same land. ... The author of Scarlet Sister Mary said her neighbor didn't take well to the book because she portrayed her characters falsely as "everyone knows niggas don't think....

• Word Count: 1560
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He is described as the adored author of poems steeped in the richness of African American culture; poems that display Hughes affection for black Americans across all divisions of region, class, and gender (Rampersad 3). ... The line about Louis Armstrong refers to the great jazz trumpet player, the first black man to be recognized as a successful jazz artist by a white audience. ...

• Word Count: 1313
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• Grade Level: High School

Who said that a book can not become a great movie? If that is true, then that point was definitely shattered by Sherman Alexie. Alexie is the author of Reservation Blues, and with his aid, his book was turned into a movie which was called Smoke Signals. Reservation Blues and Smoke Signals can be...

• Word Count: 1337
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• Grade Level: High School

The rate of the industrial revolution taking place was so great in the New South that it increased the number of labor fivefold and consumption of cotton eightfold. ... So, even though blacks could take part in sharecropping, it was to a great disadvantage. ... He was also noted for being a distinguished author and scholar. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Though their "opposing" platforms were not on great distances, Lowry came in second in the primary, which only depicted the nature of the environment in 1956 Miami. ... After a short summary, the author types his last sentence: "It is the first time a congressman has come to this area to talk on race relations." ...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There, he first met Richard Wright (an African-American author whose strong protests against racial prejudice made him one of his generation's most important spokespersons) and began his first novel, In My Father's House. ... Parnell is a sort of "Great White Hope" for the black man. ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

America has built it's present day house on a weak foundation of sand so that when the rains come and the winds blow, the ground gives way and great is the fall."... Http://www.hammerskins.com/readingmaterial/realholocaust.htm No Author ...

• Word Count: 1468
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School