The novel the Mis-Education of the Negro was a challenging read, but it taught me valuable life lessons about being a young black man in America. ... For example, in chapter seven my football coach and then teacher had us write chapter summaries about thoughts on the book. He often gave us feedback on our summaries which we discussed in class. ... "Have black churches become the dumping ground for uneducated people carrying the bible, you be the judge," as stated in chapter seven of the novel entitled Dissension and Weakness. ... The novel the Mis-education of the Negro was a challen...

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INDRODUCTION Whether there is an American novel literature or not, is no longer in doubt. ... No sovereign , no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manners.., no great literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class- no Epsom or Ascot!... ... America then was a classless society or rather a society of one class- the middle- so America's literature is different' the difference lies in the fact that they consider the novel as a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate