Although written in 1847, Jane was born in about 1815 (if we analyse when she says she was married and assume the book finishes in Bronte's present) therefore slavery would be ongoing in this period. ... Therefore we can assume that, unlike Wide Sargasso Sea, the book is set a vaguely-defined recent past which is interesting in considering the different histories represented: is it a stable society where ten years here or there doesn't make a difference? ... Before the reader meets Bertha in the flesh, we are given description of the sounds she makes. ... Here is a woman who does not...

• Word Count: 2218
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The book states, "He watched her walk down the hall toward the kitchen, watched the rhythmic motion of her legs, her arms, and thought, yes if I'd married Mrs. ... This color scheme is even used to describe the town whereas the monochromatic descriptions in the book are used solely in Abbie and Bill's presence (both characters who prefer one race over the other and oppose their co-existence.). ... This line refers to the male's reaction when the female protagonist in the story turns off the light to the couple's bedroom after they had an intense argument: "The sounds of som...

• Word Count: 1612
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The passage begins with aural sounds from noises heard outside of Mary's house, causing IM to suddenly feel upset. ... Although black is said to have good and positive attributes, rust represents the negative perception of their character and is reinforced numerous times throughout the book. ... Later in the book IM says, "If only I knew who it was.... " Since the beginning of the book, IM wishes not to relive the past because he is ashamed, yet Wheatstraw indirectly lets him know that his black roots will always be apart of him. ...

• Word Count: 1967
• Approx Pages: 8

As exhilarating as this may sound the mountain they had to climb to receive acceptance the way they were was a very steep one. ... The author of Scarlet Sister Mary said her neighbor didn't take well to the book because she portrayed her characters falsely as "everyone knows niggas don't think....

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is outlined in the Code of Virginia, and it states that they are "To promote the development of an educationally and economically sound, vigorous, progressive, and coordinated system of higher education in Virginia"(SCHEV, p4-5). ... Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, editors of the 1998 book, The Black- White Test Score Gap, argued that African Americans will always score lower than European Americans on vocabulary, reading and math tests, as well as on tests such as the SAT I. ...

• Word Count: 1715
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the book, Coming of Age in Mississippi, Anne Moody discusses the hardships that blacks endured and the salvation that blacks achieved in order to become not "separate, but equal." ... It may sound extremely wrong, but it occurred very often. ...

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School