When a person is buried, he or she is dressed in white and wrapped in a woven mat made of long leaves or blades of grass. ... If the family can't afford a casket, the corpse is buried in the grass mat. ...

• Word Count: 867
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Maurizia is not happy being married to Ezio and despite him showering her with gifts, she believes that the grass is greener on the other side as he desires a love with much more purporse. ... However, Allende ends the story characterising Maurizia as truly a strong person when she despite desperately wanting to see her son after 28 years, decides that it is in everyones best interest if she doesn't and she leaves her ex husband and her son to be happy, as they are better off without her. ...

• Word Count: 556
• Approx Pages: 2

Now that Janie has turned sixteen, her "glossy leaves and bursting buds" transform her like "a pear tree-any tree in bloom" (11). ... Tea Cake and Janie would talk "from grass roots tuh pine trees" without caring what anybody says (106). ...

• Word Count: 610
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School