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

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

- 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

Kabnis, the final section of Cane replicates all of the themes found in parts one and two, however, it manages to achieve a sense of symbolic unity despite the fragmentation of the main character Ralph Kabnis. ...

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