She leans over to her table that sat on her side to pull out a disposable camera that she had placed there the week before. ... She stands in front of the bed and takes off her shirt exposing elongated purple black and blue welts that aligned her body from her neck to below her back. ... I remember sitting there for a good while but unsustain as to how long. ... I remember I sat there and stared at the ground not crying or thinking just feeling. ... She is a strong woman and still is to this day. ...

• Word Count: 1379
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Realist Now, there are several ways to look at realism. ... They are essentially black sticks in the ground, equally spaced and odd looking. ... They are still growing, learning. ... If we were to find the film tied together with the mothers sitting around a table in China during the late 1940's imagining this whole scenario it wouldn't shock us a bit. ... There was a reason that character wore a ring. ...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Rosa Lee`s parents were black rural share croppers from the South who moved to Washington D.C. in order to escape racial oppression, economic exploitation and segregation and to find a better life and work there. ... There were times when there were as many as seventeen adults and children living together in one apartment. ... That is an example for racism and colour consciousness within the black community. ... She worked at a table dance bar and would sell drugs to some of her costumers in order to earn extra money. ... He even started an opium business over there. ...

• Word Count: 2335
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel Moody shows discontent with her family and fellow black citizens for simply accepting the circumstances and the position in which they lived. ... Her emotions was still intact. ... I stood there looking at all of this and I thought of how many times I had drunk that milk. ... She was able to learn "what a balanced meal was and how to set a table and how to cook foods we never ate at home" ( Moody, page 38) Getting paid well around three dollars and was able to learn her way to woman hood. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School