This distance is furthered by Gus accusing Bigger of being afraid to complete a job that results in a brawl between the two friends which seems harmless enough is in fact a perfect example of what Bigger does around his friends when proven wrong and intimated (29). ... Bigger wants to make it clear to his friends that he is the one in charge and that he is better than they are. ... He feels uncomfortable in this new and benumbing world he has just stepped into, where "each person lives in one room and has a little world of his own" (100). ... Bigger Thomas grew up in an environment that neg...

• Word Count: 1638
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

There were many other social problems African Americans faced, such as whites and blacks becoming friends. Many older whites and blacks were against there children becoming friends. ... But Anne and Wayne, however, were very fond of each other and wanted to be able to hang out as friends. ... They could not do little to stop discrimination in public accommodations, education, economic opportunities, or housing. ... In the story, Anne explains one of the tactics that she and her friends used to show their courage for blacks" rights. ...

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

As a little boy, Black Elk witnessed his village being invaded by Wasichus, a term that was used by Indians to designate the white man, but having no reference to the color of his skin. ... Growing up Black Elk and his friends were already playing the games of killing the whites and they waited impatiently to kill and scalp the first Wasichu, and bring the scalp to the village showing how strong and brave they were. ... Black Elk, being a little afraid, always influenced his friends into fighting believing and thinking always about his vision, which seemed reality to him. ... The ways in which...

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

Growing up Black Elk and his friends were already playing the games of killing the whites and they waited impatiently to kill and scalp the first Wasichu, and bring the scalp to the village showing how strong and brave they were. ... Black Elk, being a little afraid, always influenced his friends into fighting believing and thinking always about his vision, which seemed reality to him. ... The ways in which the author could strengthen the book, in my opinion, is instead all the descriptive, to me meaningless points as how they were coloring themselves, the author should have put a little bit m...

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

I'm Puerto Rican so I must have friends in a gang. ... Plus he likes to joke around with my friends and he has nicknames for them. ... Well my father did know a little English, but he still had a hard time having a full conversation with someone in English. ... While being in middle school, I had friends who were white. ... I wanted to be more an American girl who wasn't stereotype by being a trouble maker and getting pregnant at a young age as most of my Mexican friends did. ...

• Word Count: 1963
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Brush gave Francis a little wooden dog to play with until he returned, as a source of comfort. Upon his return he took Francis to the large room where meals were served and made sure he received a little extra to eat. ... The two boys became the best of friends and a bond of brotherly love developed between them. ... Brush was not only able to teach the boys at the school, he was able also to explain the children's actions to the adults and therefore teach a little of Omaha culture to the white people. ...

• Word Count: 1443
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

As I sit down at my seat, all of my so-called friends start to call me names and tease me. ... By the child knowing these different characteristics, it is found that a bi-racial child finds it easier to have close friends, a boyfriend or girlfriend, who is white or black, than a monoracial child. ... One situation given by a bi-racial adolescent was: "Me and my friends were walking past someone and they said "Oh you black this," and you think, well, I can't ignore that, and you say "Shut up you, blah", but in some situations you might just go, well, I"m by myself, I"ll ignore that (Tizard...

• Word Count: 1843
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Sam, along with his friend Willie, has worked for Hally's family ever since Hally was a little boy. ... Willie, Sam's friend and co-worker, is the least clearly-realized character in the story; he seems to function as a little brother whom Sam tries to guide and advise as he does Hally. ... While the unrealistic nature of Sam's vision is jarringly shown at the end of the play when Hally betrays his black friends, it is nonetheless true that Willie needs to learn to look past the dismal bleakness of his surroundings and circumstances -- maybe not as much as Sam has, but a little ...

• Word Count: 2048
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"She'll never have kids again, there was to much danger and damage done the nightmares are getting worse, In this quote it is evident to the readers of how effective and terrible the actions of the two men had on the little girl. ... His one and only innocent little girl was beaten and kicked around like pieces of trash. ... At some points he wished he never got involved in this case but through all the ups and downs he made it, he's positive attitude, his courage and the help of many loving friends around him, made him succeed. ...

• Word Count: 1604
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

She believes it was once a nursery; "the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls (77).... As the story continues, we see that the wife is isolated from family and friends and confined to the room most of the time. ... Sonny's brother will go back to his little world; it's all he knows. ...

• Word Count: 1543
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She believes it was once a nursery; "the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls (77).... As the story continues, we see that the wife is isolated from family and friends and confined to the room most of the time. ... Sonny's brother will go back to his little world; it's all he knows. ...

• Word Count: 1543
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The film starts out with two white upper class school girls in the middle of the woods engaging in sexual activity with a black recording artist with the words "Daddy's little girl" being said over and over again in the background. ... The one black student in the class is asked her view and basically describes being from the hood and how her friends are trying so hard to make it out of the hood and it seems the white students are trying to go down there. ...

• Word Count: 1433
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

People who are fond of creating generalizations are those who wish to fit the story into a neat, little box. ... 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, or family members. ...

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

(These two are children her age, who she is not particulary friends with - infact, they are more like enemies, "I don't think you"re going to win this time.") ... She has practically no friends, and spends all her time with her brother Raymond. ... This may be due to the fact that Hazel seems older than her age, but when she reacts to her uncle's marriage, it determines that she isn't - and is really just a little girl. ...

• Word Count: 2209
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Racism People see racism everyday across America. A group of whites burn down a black church, someone gets hurt or murdered from a racial slur, or fights break out at school or in public. These are the extremes of racism. Racism is definitely not a good thing. What will the future br...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The colonial rulers were often cruel and had little regard for the Africans. ... France attempted to annex Algeria in the 1830s, but made little effort to understand the Muslim Berbers who lived there. ... When he died in 1873, most of his body was returned to England, but Livingstone's many friends buried his heart in Africa. ...

• Word Count: 2251
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Little did he know that he would run into the same problem that his father ran into when he was Baldwin's age, racism. ... While Baldwin believed that he was having a rough time, the people in Harlem were beginning to receive letters and phone calls from their family and friends in the military. ...

• Word Count: 1654
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

As Miss Maudie tells a distraught Jem after he demands to know who in the town did anything to save Tom, " 'His colored friends for one thing, and people like us. ... The moral of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" is that one should stand up for what they believe in, even if it is through smaller gestures because little things can make a significant difference. ...

• Word Count: 1682
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

According to Jones, the other boys reported that Till had a photograph of an integrated class at the school he attended in Chicago, and Till bragged to the boys that the white children in the picture were his friends(Douglas), and that one white girl was his girlfriend (Metress 6). ... The absolute brutality and ferocity with which Emmett Till was murdered shows how little the men who killed him thought of him. ...

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Little did she know that playing with the white kid sin theatre would turn her views of white people would completely go down in a complete downward spiral. ... With her friends in the neighborhood All in all, Anne grew up to be the mother figure of her family more then her own mother, in my eyes. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Midwives, many of whom were slaves, were usually competent, but they could do little for women who had severe complications or for women who suffered from illness resulting from the brutality and callousness of masters, mistresses, and overseers. ...

• Word Count: 2427
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Willie is actually called "Son" by Sydney, who thinks little of the man the moment he sees him, and is actually ready to shoot him with a gun when he is discovered on the property. ... The central character of the book, Jadine, is judged by everyone around her; her black family members, friends, and lovers because she has adopted so completely the culture of the white man, and then every white person that she does encounter, based upon her skin tone. ...

• Word Count: 1878
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The taunting chorus is the most revealing of the songs purpose when he raps, " White America/ I could be one of your kids/ White America/ Little Eric looks just like this/ white America/ Erica loves my shit/ I go to TRL/ Look how many hugs I get!... He knows that as a white kid growing up with black heroes, black friends, and in a predominantly black city, that he embodies the worst fears of racists, a traitor to his own race. ...

• Word Count: 1858
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The system was generally inefficient, for the tenant lacked incentive to care for the land, and the owner had little chance to supervise the work" (America 845). ... In Washington's "Atlanta Exposition Address", he stresses, "Cast down your bucket where you are- cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded." ...

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

King's dream was every Negro's dream, to be free of the beatings, discriminating words, and to be able to call white men friends. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character," this is a very powerful statement because not only were adults rude to African Americans, so were children (King 3). ...

• Word Count: 1861
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School