Profanity and homosexual jokes and references can be found multiple times in the novel. An example of a homosexual joke is when Junior goes to give Rowdy a cartoon and his father answers the door. ... A boy named Roger asked Junior if he wanted to hear a joke and Roger says, "'Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo?...

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• Grade Level: High School

She went to the only dentist in Stamps but he wouldn't treat her cause he said, "He would rather stick his hand in the mouth of a dog than the mouth of a "nigger." She is then scared when Bailey is locked up with a dead body as a bad joke. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Stream-of-consciousness In Ernest J. Gaines' Short Story, "Just Like A Tree" "Ernest J. Gaines, in his short story, "Just Like a Tree," does an extraordinary job at familiarizing his readers with each character. By using the literary technique known as stream-of-consciousness, readers are able ...

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• Grade Level: High School