Finch argues that the message of gangster rappers is negative and if people want a positive view of hip hop and the world they should listen to rappers that don't condone messages of violence. ... However, critics have ignored the positive messages that he sent to millions of people that listened to his music. ... By addressing the text and tying the two songs together we will show how the text has bared an imprint onto society. ... After we have analyzed both of these texts I will bring these songs together in order to show Tupac's full message. ... Concentrating on the text cou...

• Word Count: 3526
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The writer's purpose in this text is to motivate as a result but his main purpose is to inform about his experience and about the prison that changed his entire life through his narration and discription for the details he lived and showing that dedication and hardwork will lead to a gleaming point.He used simple vocabs"bunk,corridor,tablet,inmates"and phrases "I was so fascinated that I went on-I copied the dictionary's next page."(paragraph 8 p.73) that are familiar to his audiences.The style of his text in addition to the tone of his language is greatly optimi...

• Word Count: 681
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The short story "Desiree's Baby-, by Kate Chopin, incorporates very interesting twists and turns capturing the reader's attention, while provoking thoughts on issues deeper than the text itself. ... Additionally she sends the message that men are just as responsible for the characteristics of a baby as women. ... Although the narrator does not take sides towards issues that arise during the course of the text, her general view does shape the overall characterization of the white Southern society. The text exhibits interesting clues such as word choice, tone and mood, reappearing sy...

• Word Count: 1926
• Approx Pages: 8

By displaying the text on the internet in the forms of a website, flash movie or even the actual traveling exhibit it gets the message out about the atrocities that took place at the turn of the century. ...

• Word Count: 802
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

He incorporates the use of footage, text, crops, images, dialogue, musical montages and movement to properly display the hardships of black individuals throughout history in two acts. ... The dancing is very romantic and fluid, but the movement contradicts with the message that is being represented on the projections. ...

• Word Count: 744
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Internet Resources for Students of Afro-American History. http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/hist/afrores.html: This site is indexed and linked to a wide variety of sources, including primary documents, text collections, and archival sources on African American history. ... The book succeeded in bringing the message of abolitionism to an enormous new audience. ...

• Word Count: 748
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Often the message is one that is directly reflective upon the life of the writer. ... (p.254) Though the text itself is an intricate combination of gender conflicts and racial tension, digging below the surface opens the reader's eyes to a completely new realm of literary analysis. ... The style of the work, which is incredibly similar to Zora's native tongue in Eatonville, as well as its historically significant message is directly reflective upon the life and times of the writer. ...

• Word Count: 963
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Whites, being leery not to encourage freedom-based teachings of Christianity, provided a watered-down version that stayed true to the salvation message and passages encouraging the slave's docility, but avoided passages promoting freedom primarily found in the Old Testament. ... In the public eye, slaves demonstrated a docile acceptance of this enforced religion and acted eager to learn the biblical texts concentrating on obeying their masters. ... During these "sermons", the congregation was encouraged to shout and respond to what was being said in a give-and-take fashion that was uniq...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although it is difficult, with time, though, and effort, an aware viewer can read past the texts and images presented in a film. ... Although the producer is trying to convey a certain meaning, he or she many times can include messages that offend or cause others to disagree. ...

• Word Count: 986
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

This message is resonated in the ending lines of the final stanza. ... The texts of the records were very negligent (they used lax phrases such as "friendless boys and girls"), and very few of the crimes (rape, sexual exploits, beatings) in where African-Americans were victims were ever reported or recorded (2-33, W&W). ... (This next paragraph strays away from your instructions, but it deals with the theme of this paragraph and it elaborates on Angelou's message in the first stanza.) ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

In his incisive book, Islam in the African American Experience, Richard Brent Turner takes the reader through the evolution of Islam in black America. First, he discusses the "old Islam" brought over with the slaves. Then turner describes how "new Islam" was formed out of Pan-Africanist and Black Nationalistic doctrines of the late nineteenth century. Finally, Turner goes on to talk about different sects of new Islam in the black community. Part one of the book is called "Root Sources". ...

• Word Count: 3585
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography

Through the analysis of various text, it can be discerned that the actions of the United States heavily influenced not only the decisions of the South African government but also the actions of disenfranchised peoples, blacks and coloured alike, living in South Africa who could now emulate the social movement of civil rights in America. ... This assertion within the Moodley and Heribert text gives insight into the delusions of the National Party during this era. ...

• Word Count: 3701
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

We"re not even conscious of the messages any more because they have become so ingrained that they are "natural" to us. ... In the Budd text, a Cascade commercial is analyzed to see how unobtrusive techniques like voice-overs, music, lighting, direct address, and the narrative style come together to create a particular meaning that influences the viewer. ...

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8

Being from Canada and coming down to the South, I honestly didn't know what to expect. You hear stories about how bad racism is and the rich history the South has. As soon as I got down here I could already tell that it was going to be a lot different. Racism is everywhere I go down here and I can't...

• Word Count: 2519
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When the Africans won their freedom after years of fighting to go back to their homeland, their trial sent a message out to everyone. ... In his text he states that wealth and poverty continued to be racialized as a result of chattel slavery, which ended over 150 years ago. ...

• Word Count: 2862
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After visiting Emerson he finds out about the true content of the letters, given to him by Bledsoe in order to help him getting a job, as they basically contain the following message: "Keep this nigger boy running" (208). ...

• Word Count: 2972
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography