What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?... "1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. ... "2 Whether the American family resembles other families in the wide world or not is a matter of the American‟s concept of the family. ... He simultaneously functioned as a social critic and moral guide as he believes that: The playwright must dig at the roots of sickness today as he feels it the death of the old God, the failure of science, and mate...

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The Nedeeds chose only those who were hungry for materialism and status and would not offer any opposition. ... In his review of Linden Hills, "African American Whiteness in Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills", Tim Engles describes Roxanne as "an avid social climber interested in marrying rich " who "actively whitens her natural appetites and those aspects of herself that are commonly associated with blackness ". ...

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