The characters excluded from the movie, are minor characters like some white folks, and some of George's grandchildren. ... The change in the names or personality of a few characters does not change the story, because most of the changes are made to minor characters. The director changes mostly the minor characters because, he does not want to alter a true story, but he still keeps the minor characters interesting, and a part of the story. ... The plot action that is changed a bit by the director, concerns minor situations including the minor details of characters" life, like Kunta's...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7

In defense of the film, and its lesser emphasis on southern slavery, McCarthy wrote, "This is a failing, but a minor one, and perhaps one that cannot be helpedThese are after all points of view – blacks loyal to the South, racist Northerners and liberty-loving Confederates" (Gods and Generals). ... There are two major black characters here and both of them are affiliated with the South. ... One of these characters is Martha (a lovely Donzaleigh Abernathy), a domestic slave who stays behind in Fredericksburg while his master's family flees, in order that she can protect their ho...

• Word Count: 1373
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• 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

Throughout the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave we follow as the main character, Douglass, grows as a human being. ... Despite this minor setback, Douglass" thoughts of knowledge were soon revived, and he also became inspired to learn the skill of writing. ...

• Word Count: 1636
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In the book Stowe provided dramatic examples of the evils of slavery and showed how the institution of slavery bonded human beings to master to work for little or no pay; it allowed for slaves to be beaten severely for minor infractions. ... Further, it is shown that the legal power of the master amounts to an absolute despotism over body and soul, and that there is no protection for the slave's life or limb, his family relations, his conscience, nay, more, his eternal interests, but the character of the master. ...

• Word Count: 2149
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Race is a classification system that divides people into groups based on descent, ethnicity, culture, geography, history, language and/or socioeconomic affiliation. Race can be related to history. In history, there are multiple perspectives on every issue. In race, there are multiple components to ...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School