Among the themes presented, racism, education, and bravery stand out as the fundamental themes in To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism is the most prominently significant theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Education is also a key theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Bravery, too, is an essential theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... The themes of racism, education, and bravery all play an important role in shaping To Kill a Mockingbird into the literary success it has become. ...

• Word Count: 591
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Contemporary Literary Criticism. 1 (1973): 377-378. ... Contemporary Literary Criticism. 3 (1975): 546. ... Contemporary Literary Criticism. 9 (1978): 585. ... The book then fallows this theme, in the third book; Fate. ... This article is important because it focuses more on the theme of isolation, than the traditional and more obvious theme of racism. ...

• Word Count: 2755
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

" This quote speaks to the theme that if one is not seen as important in society's eyes then justice is unlikely to be rightfully served to them. Along with many other literary works, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee prove this statement true. The authors of these two novels convey this common theme through the use of literary elements such as setting, diction, and point of view. ...

• Word Count: 690
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Renaissance was mostly a literary movement where African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their heritage,a heritage marked by struggle and perseverance, and to reveal the truth about the everyday black person.For many the Harlem Renaissance was considered to be the high point in African American writing. ... There was no common literary style defined in the writings of the Harlem Renaissance. ... Some common themes did exist however, such as an interest in the roots of the African American experience in Africa and in the South, and a strong sense of racial pride and a desire for soci...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Cullen encouraged Baldwin to participate in the school's literary club, which he was the advisor of Baldwin was enchanted by Cullen's warmth (Smith 236). ... When his stepfather dies in 1943, Baldwin moved to Greenwich Village to pursue his literary dreams. ... In addition, the article "Balwin's Sissy Heroics," Marlon B Ross explores the themes of sexual orientation and black queer identity in the nonfiction of author James Baldwin. ... In the short story, the author uses the images of light and darkness to illustrate the theme of man's painful quest for an identi...

• Word Count: 1511
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• Has Bibliography

As important as these literary outlets were, however, the Renaissance relied heavily on white publishing houses and white-owned magazines. ... The two literary works are alike in the sense that they both give advice to young people. ... The literary elements in "Thank You M' am- are characterization, direct characterization and indirect characterization. ... "Thank You M' am- is clear about its meaning and uses dialog to explain the theme and meaning of the work. ... Rampersad, Arnold, The Life of Langston Hughes, Oxford University Press, Volume 1, 1902-1941 In conclusion, I fou...

• Word Count: 1518
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With such a large impact on so many people, the following essay will only be able to begin to touch on her work as a whole, but will include literary information on the author as a whole, an in depth look at The Moment Before the Gun Went Off, the theme behind it, and the literary methods used in it. ... Along with several literary awards throughout her career, three years after Gordimer released the titled short story, she would go on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1991), forever showing the importance and impact on the world of literature through her work. ... At a young age, a...

• Word Count: 1018
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Tiffany Barrs English 102/076 April 22, 2002 Blood, "Sweat,"" and Tears: A Historical/Biographical Analysis of Hurston's "Sweat- The purpose of any literary work is to convey an idea or concept to its audience. ... The context of the piece, the period of time during which it was written, and the events that are reflected within it may have an enormous effect on the work, both in its style and in the ways through which the audience can interpret the author's literary aims. ... (p.254) Though the text itself is an intricate combination of gender conflicts and racial...

• Word Count: 963
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The literature they wrote ranged in subject, but race and racial identity was one of the common themes that many Harlem Renaissance authors wrote about. ... His poem "if we must die" was published in 1919 and was one of the very first poems initiating the tone, subject, and matter of the literary movement. ...

• Word Count: 407
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Even though he was the same exact person, people treated him differently.Literary Analysis: To covey his message against racism, John Howard Griffin uses theme as one literary concept. ... Another way the author conveys his message against racism is that he uses mood as another literary concept. ...

• Word Count: 888
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

During his years at Frederick Douglas Junior High School, Baldwin edited the school paper and belonged to a literary club. ... At 14, his literary career was challenged by a new vocation when he became a junior minister at a Harlem storefront church, drawing crowds bigger than his stepfather's. ... Notes of a Native Son marked the formal entry of Baldwin into the literary tradition of the personal essay. ... "All thought flows, all is grace, because Baldwin is writing solely from himself, from an inner necessity, which generates a variety of approaches and an affluence of themes and va...

• Word Count: 2618
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A uniquely American art form, jazz traced its birth to a combination of ragtime, marching band music, and the blues. " The spontaneity and excitement of the music produced by black artists 'riffing' on old blues and classical themes found a ready outlet in the New York of the post-war era."... During the 1920s, an explosion of literary and artistic innovation, remembered forever after as the Harlem Renaissance, made a neighborhood in Manhattan one of the most important cultural centers in America. ... The diverse literary expression of the Harlem Renaissance ranged from Langston Hugh...

• Word Count: 1092
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Amaris Baxter Langston Hughes; "Mother to Son" 1) 1930's; Realism 2) Biographical Theory of Criticism 3) Post-structural Theory of Criticism Through the literary works of Langston Hughes, it is clear to see that he uses his own style and language to portray realistic traits. ... The theme of "Mother to Son" is that life is not easy. ...

• Word Count: 532
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• Grade Level: High School

The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art. ... Alain Locke still remains among the finest examples of literary and cultural criticism. ... Section III: Selective Criticism Literary criticism on The New Negro there is limited, while the novel is experiencing resurgence due in part to the several republishing. Most literary scholars know Locke as the "midwife" of the Harlem Renaissance who led a host of authors and artists in creating a new image for the Negro. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art. ... Alain Locke still remains among the finest examples of literary and cultural criticism. ... Section III: Selective Criticism Literary criticism on The New Negro there is limited, while the novel is experiencing resurgence due in part to the several republishing. Most literary scholars know Locke as the "midwife" of the Harlem Renaissance who led a host of authors and artists in creating a new image for the Negro. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The Harlem issue featured work by black writers and artists, which was edited by black philosopher and literary scholar Alain Locke (Collier, 1985). ... Finally, in the autumn of 1926, a group of young Black writers produced their own literary magazine, Fire!! ... A new generation of young writers and artists, including Wallace Thurman, Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes took ownership of the literary Renaissance (Collier, 1985). ... The major theme of the Harlem Renaissance was the roots of the African American experience in Africa and the American South mixed with a strong sense of racia...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(redhotjazz.com) This book made him known among literary people. ... While very remorseful about his place in society as a black man, Hughes still managed to convey a theme of hope that is still expressed every time his works are read to this day....

• Word Count: 758
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

It is essential to first analyze Walker's and Marshall's essays through each of the themes of identity, independence, and inspiration, respectively. Then these themes will be drawn out of Hurston's work to show the similarity between each of these writers' works. ... They both admire many literary greats such as Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, and Jane Austen, but they appreciate these authors' works more than they can identify with them. ... Through identifying with her mother, Marshall finds that they have things in common because they both express their...

• Word Count: 3271
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Another theme that is introduced in this novel is the response to discrimination, or in Bigger's case, rage. ... From reading this work I learned how author's use their literary works to express themselves. Every story told, every novel ever written, every plot created, always had an idea behind it, a theme, an opinion. ... Wright worked within the literary tradition known as naturalism. ...

• Word Count: 2344
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

She was one of the first African American women to run for public office in the United States, one of the first founders of the NAACP, and a respected journalist. 2) One of the themes that Giddings mentioned was the relationship between sexism and racism. ... The theme of the chapter revolves around the unfair social norms of the time that plagued the lives of African-American slaves. ... This ties along with the main theme of chapter 1 and the first stanza of STILL I RISE. ... (This next paragraph strays away from your instructions, but it deals with the theme of this paragraph and it...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a book about a young girl named Celie whose character undergoes a huge transformation in attitude from a passive and quite girl to a strong and courageously confident woman (Color 1). Alice Walker is an incredible woman who uses her writings to portray the ha...

• Word Count: 2261
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

That is the American reality, and it is only through reading the experience of authors without privilege, whether they be women, of color, women of color, et cetera, during the early 20th century, as realism and naturalism began as a literary movement, that this reality, that their experience, began, that they slowly began being heard. ... In "Theme for English B," there is almost an echo of Du Bois as he recollects that since he isn't white, he isn't like his other classmates, "So will my page be colored that I write? ...

• Word Count: 1421
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Joe Christmas: Victim of Women and Absolutism Joe Christmas is a very complex character, perhaps one of the most complex literary figures of this century. ... Because of his race, and because of this woman - he is led out of security and familiarity, recurring theme throughout his life. ...

• Word Count: 1750
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

One of the great factors in the quick rise of the Harlem Renaissance was the literary movement with the contribution of writers such as Langston Hughes. ... (Hughes 588) These are lines from Langston Hughes' popular poem, Theme for English B, published in 1951. ...

• Word Count: 1971
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

- Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, 1970 Pudd'nhead Wilson & Those Extraordinary Sins Interpreting Mark Twain's work within our distinctly American cultural heritage has absorbed the careers of countless literary scholars. ... Oftentimes the best way to approach seemingly unmentionable themes was through the side door of comedy and satire - areas where Mark Twain had few, if any, equals. ...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate