This book is important to read. ... I read An American Slave. ... This book helps with reading other books. ... It wouldn't be fair to recommend this over others, because some books have things that can't be brought to life in other books. ... This is one of the more serious books that are read, in a spur reading type situation. ...
She began to find herself wanting to stay in the house to read instead of going out to play. ... She would read books about black history, religion and love. When she becomes old enough to date boys she begins to read books about pornography, not knowing that these books were not fit for a girl her age. ... I would recommend this book to people, because it is very well written. ... I would also recommend this book to people born around this time so that they can reminisce about the times that they had as children. ...
Morrison's writing was very easy for me to read and understand what she was trying to say or illustrate to the reader. ... I don't think I have read enough books or am old enough to appreciate the language she has used and how she used it, but I did notice that I have never read a book wrote quite the way she has done and I found it very intriguing. I would recommend this book to whoever wanted to learn about the stresses of society to be beautiful and the unthinkable reality of the poor black "ugly" girl during the 1940s. This novel you need someone else who has read it to help yo...
The presence of a white woman is associated with a more pleasant memory, a woman who teaches him how to write and read. ... "At the age of 12, I was already reading books and was already thinking of what was going to happen to me, being a slave for life" – says Douglass. ... Firstly, his books were written for the white audience. ... Armstrong recommended him to be the principle for a new black school. ...
Richard learned to read and write when one of his jobs was selling news papers for a dime. ... The books theme which I stated at the beginning is an autobiographical book, but when reading it, it didn't seem like that. ... The way Richard Wright writes is something I find very easy to read. Not only easy to read, but it also gave me information about how hard some people really did have it back in the 1900's. The autobiographical book Black Boy; I would seriously recommend anyone who is interested in how a black child, later a black man can overcome such fear and hatred towards th...
