The McTeer parents, who show us how, black parents govern. ... Instead of conventional chapters, The Bluest Eye is broken up into the four seasons. ... Frieda and Pecola had a loving conversation about how cu-ute Shirley Temple was."" (Morrison 19) That was an excerpt from the book The Bluest Eye and in that scene we see how Pecola adores the cup with the pretty little while girl on it. ... Meaning there where no happy ending in 1941, the seeds of hope they themselves planted had shriveled and died, just like Pecola and Cholly's b...

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Life reverts back to almost how it was before slavery, with segregation and violence against blacks who step out of line. ... After Ned's death, Jane tells Cluveau that the chariot of hell will come for him and Cluveau later dies a fearful, painful death. ... In the final chapter of the book, Jane describes a boy named Jimmy Aaron, whom the whole plantation hopes will become the "one" who will save them all. ... In all cases, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman reminds us that we all hurt the in same ways "free and slaved, black or white, rich or poor. We all share this life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this case, in Chapter 6, the author tells about his past experiences going to Church with his family, and recalling his mother's true embrace of Christianity, her singing voice, the fact that she was the only white person there, and how odd and exaggerated Reverend Owen's sermons were whenever going to Whosoever Baptist Church. One afternoon at Church, Ruth McBride was weeping after hearing her favorite songs, like, "We've Come This Far by Faith," or, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus.... However, she didn't know how to drive, and was generally afraid to get...

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In the first chapter, the protagonist feels somewhat like a criminal in his secret. 3 This however was because of the codes set by society in 1912. ... The white children jeered at him and said, "Oh you"re a nigger, too"(p7), the black children admitted, "we knew he was colored". ... As a young child he was unable to comprehend how he could be black when he looked white. ... We also see the narrator's struggle with his identity as he meets a white woman he hopes to take for his wife. ... Shortly, after his wife died. ...

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Today we know this sand as the Sahara Desert. ... When Henry died in 1460, his sailors had only reached as far as the Canary Islands in West Africa. ... The educated Africans saw how the colonial rulers exploited their nations. ... When he died in 1873, most of his body was returned to England, but Livingstone's many friends buried his heart in Africa. ... Liberia's recent history is a sad chapter for a nation whose founding was steeped in freedom. ...

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• Grade Level: High School