It is through the minor or absent representation that black women learn to read between the lines of what is being presented to them and attempt to substantiate the black female gaze. ... The Mammy is a character trope in the same vein as the coon and the Uncle Tom. ... Still, Annie's character is coded as a Mammy. ... Her character is also completely devoid of a comic relief. ... Unlike Annie, Sarah Jane's character doesn't change much from Stahl's version. ...

• Word Count: 1793
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

The story presents the characters being victimized, be it any from the structure of power paradigm. ... The latter being given minor part though but only her situation completes the circle of reality amongst whites. ... In the character of McLendon's wife, this proves to be true. ... Therefore the dryness and the effects of it are prevalent into the lives of characters. ...

• Word Count: 1257
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Sophie is an excellent narrator in many respects, she is a good observer, a good judge of character, and she has insight into the Vlaanderen family, especially the stressed relationship between Pieter and his father. ... She regularly offers explanations and excuses for his actions, and she focuses on his virtues at the expense of the defects in his character. ... The most important example of resistance in the novel is the "great strike and procession in Johannesburg" that Sophie mentions as being planned by black people (198) and that she dismisses as only a minor distraction for the otherwi...

• Word Count: 1438
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Though there was a change after the war, they were inside and Sutpen was now in a chair while Wash was sitting on any piece of scrap left, the change was only minor. ... This illumination of the character of Sutpen helps illustrate the idea that the Civil War did more to expose the fallacies and flaws in the southern chivalric attitude than actually transform it. ... The "Negro" boy is a difficult character to understand; due to his inability to free himself from slavery when the law says he is a free man. ... Faulkner character Sutpen supplied the illustration of the damages that were to s...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Through characters' conversations and numerous acts of violence, Kaye conveys this premise of hostilities. ... They may take minor facts and blow them way out of proportion. ... As the characters go on their way of life, they hit problems. ... In the films case, Hubert can be related to the character in the old man's story. ... The characters in both films, American History X and Hate, take the position of using violence as an ends to their means. ...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The APA was said to have a limited vision and an unconscious cooperation of the racially prejudiced character of American society. ... The traditional school is classified by its vigilant and reactive position, its lack of solicitude/concern for the advancement of Black psychology and its continual collaboration with the Euro-centric model (with minor changes). ...

• Word Count: 1274
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With more details in Reservation Blues, Smoke Signals surely did not lag behind with the basic message and theme, even though there were other numerous minor themes for the two together and separately. ... The way the characters try to deal with the theme can be used and is used in real life. ...

• Word Count: 1337
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It is not at all uncommon today in 21st century America to see sports teams with members of different races and cultures. In fact, one would think it strange to see a team that was not multiracial. As common as interracial athletics is today, things have not always been this way. Obviously, in th...

• Word Count: 1632
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Characters in this book all struggle to survive through this genocide, but sometimes, they can no longer handle the pain and give up. ... The Native Americans" lives were so worthless and meaningless that if one Indian murdered another one, no one would care because it is considered so minor, like a hurricane to a storm. ...

• Word Count: 2237
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School