Some meanings are far more technical, when for example a "biologist talks about different races of a particular species of plant or animal" (MacEachern 34). ... "We study the biological characteristics of different human populations, our relations with our relatives-the apes and monkeys, and the evolutionary history of our species" (MacEachern 34). ... " The characteristics of people from different parts of the world that we have come to know, we have mostly gained through the media, such as what we see on television, magazines, and newspapers. ... It is discrimination...

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• Grade Level: High School

The falseness of the pipe's exterior also alludes to the Optic White paint in the Liberty Paints plant in chapter 10. A black base is the essential ingredient, the foundation required for a glowing white luster, a color that so many white members of the plant are proud of, such as Mr. ... The description of the "cast iron bank" that IM finally notices in the corner is rich in providing evidence of the physical characteristics of the bank: "black, red-lipped Negro, whose white eyes stared at me, with an enormous grin.... He develops an extreme hatred for it and becomes offen...

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While reading this poem, it's easy to see that this family is and has been in the farming business for generations, which is stressed in the line, "we planted corn one Spring at Acu/we planted several times/ but this time was different." This line stresses the idea that the family, and more the father and son, plant corn every Spring together as a business and tradition. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For example, the section marked autumn, which is characteristic of harvesting and reaping the results of spring planting, is the section of the novel where we are introduced to the Breedlove Family reaping a harvest from the seeds of racism, poverty, anger, etc described in the spring section (James 10). ... Meaning there where no happy ending in 1941, the seeds of hope they themselves planted had shriveled and died, just like Pecola and Cholly's b...

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