" While Dee attempts to embrace her roots, she does so in a superficial way. ... Right away, Walker presents the image of a yard and a house as a way to emphasize Dee's disconnection from her roots. ... Similar to how Dee's clothing symbolizes a disconnection from her true roots, he sunglasses are also a way she distances herself. ... Another symbol that expresses Dee's interest in displaying her heritage rather than embracing her roots is the much criticized name change. ... We too can be reminded to cherish and connect to our roots and our lineage in an everyday way in o...

• Word Count: 1672
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George criticizes Beneatha for her passion in her African roots. ... Asagai is a man that values his African roots. ... He is Beneatha's inspiration to become closer to her roots. ... This builds tension in the Younger household as Beneatha cuts off her hair to symbolize her discarding of society standards and accepting her African roots. ...

• Word Count: 1369
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• Grade Level: High School

Having grown up with parents who remained with the traditions of their Hispanic culture, Richard's ambition to learn and to be like his teachers separated him from his roots. ... He wants to forget his roots. ... The Bildungsroman as a genre has its roots in Germany. ...

• Word Count: 2210
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Furthermore, Dee's ignorance regarding her roots is clear as she choses to ignore the truth about her family which has been shaped by strong, hard working women like her mother and grandmother and instead chooses to go by some arbitrary African name. ... Although later on Momma holds some resentment towards Dee, it is only after Dee changes and feels shame about her roots. ...

• Word Count: 1588
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Dorris, also having Native American genealogical roots, allows us to peer into, not only a dysfunctional family of three women, but the arduous life of a minority culture, and the need for individuals of mixed-blood origins to search for their identities of how they fit into society. ... Seeing herself as different, she subconsciously begins to perceive it as negative, feeling outcasted due to her Native American and African-American roots. ...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Stephen's introspective and psychoanalytical approach toward his patriarchal roots in religion, patriotism, and familial relations progressively guides him toward the novel's conclusion, which signifies an illumination of Stephen's mind and Joyce's own attempts at introspection through his art. ...

• Word Count: 1289
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The son, understanding that his father exhibited patterns consistent with absenteeism, now has a valid form of justification in his own mind that because he is named after his father, it is alright for him to exhibit the same form of behavior and this notion roots itself in the psyche of an adolescent. ...

• Word Count: 1374
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• Grade Level: Graduate

With its enormous flying buttress roots providing natural benches and the bright, spreading leaves on its tall trunk giving a wide circle of shade...Not only that, but I noticed that trials, dances, and even sacrifices were held under that enormous tree. ...

• Word Count: 1299
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• Grade Level: High School

People who are fond of creating generalizations are those who wish to fit the story into a neat, little box. Those people that make generalizations might tell us that a piece of fiction must have one or more characters with whom the reader can relate to. The reason being the person on the page is li...

• Word Count: 1330
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Silence and voice can be expressed in diverse ways. Joy Kogawa portrays different aspects of Issei and Nisei towards the meaning of silence and voice. Naomi and Stephen are growing up under the influence of their two antithetical aunts, Obasan and Aunt Emily. These aunts have contrasting views of ...

• Word Count: 1283
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• Grade Level: High School

A Crime in the Neighborhood It was the summer of 1972 when Spring Hill, a Washington D.C. suburb, got its first taste of reality. A young boy gets molested and killed in the parking lot of the local shopping mall. Suzanne Berne tells this story through the eyes of nine-year old Marsha in A Crim...

• Word Count: 1475
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

History and Demographics: In the United States today, there are currently 26 million Italian-Americans. According to the US Census Bureau, they are the nation's fifth largest ethnic group. Italian-American's are mainly middle class republicans living in industrial cities primarily in northeaster...

• Word Count: 1690
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• Grade Level: High School

An appraisal of Peter Skrzynecki's poetry and other relevant texts illustrates that Changing Perspective is a dynamic and evolutionary process, culminating in the transformation or modification of one's own outlook. A study of varied texts reveals that the journey to changes in perspective may be gr...

• Word Count: 1749
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the late twentieth century short story, "Everyday Use,"" African-American author Alice Walker depicts the bonds among three women in rural Georgia in the 1970's. Sisters Dee and Maggie, along with Mama, struggle to maintain a healthy relationship with one another. All three characters have differ...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

No matter how well you choose to raise your children you will never be certain of the outcome. Alice Walker writes "Everyday Use " she reveal the new found life of Mama eldest daughter Dee who ends up living more of a lavish lifestyle in a well develop area where as Maggie and Mama continues to live...

• Word Count: 1723
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Without these creation stories the Kiowa's would have no sense of culture or belonging, much like the Bible tells the creation of Christians, much like my grandmothers story told me where my roots were. ...

• Word Count: 1461
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• Grade Level: High School

The impact of norms and stereotypes on our perceptions of family life can be seen if we answer two simple, but basic questions: What is marriage? What is family? The definition of marriage is a legally recognized union between a man and women in which they are united sexually; cooperate economicall...

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Social Control Theories take a sort of opposite approach from other theories in criminology. They start by asking why most people do not commit crimes rather then why they do commit them. They focus on restraining or controlling factors that are broken or missing inside the personalities of criminal...

• Word Count: 2364
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another way of saying this might have been to say that the foliage always looks calm and restful, disguising all the hard, painstaking work that the roots are during below the ground -- as with a bush, or in this case Bush. ...

• Word Count: 1974
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• Grade Level: High School

When I found out that I was going to write a paper on my family and our culture, it never struck me that I would be looking into their past. Never before have I pondered their past, nor even ask about how they got here. All I knew was that they grew up having a difficult time learning the American...

• Word Count: 2440
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School