An outspoken enemy of Smuts and all things English, he stands "like a chained lion" when God Save the King is played in the cinema (101). ... Sophie preaches mercy and forgiveness but distributes them unequally as many things are in South Africa. ... Sophie gives a description of a small incident that occurs in connection with Jakob van Vlaanderen's birthday party in which she shows the class structure of South Africa. ... Sophie's description of that labor force is condescending, and the point of her story is to take credit herself for having prevented a small catastrophe. ...

• Word Count: 1438
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many of the people who play smaller roles in Atticus and Tom's life each do their part to help. ... Again, I thought her strange: she was talking like the rest of them 'It's the same God, ain't it?' ... Even though many of the acts performed by supporting characters are small and seemingly irrelevant, they make a huge impact on Atticus, Jem, Scout, and Tom's life. The moral of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" is that one should stand up for what they believe in, even if it is through smaller gestures because little things can make a significant differe...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He started off small; just having legitimate jobs and playing numbers, but then he got a job on a train which allowed him to live in Harlem a few nights a week. ... When he was in Boston things finally caught up with him and he was arrested with Shorty for robbery. ... He made many black and white people unite, in his later days, to try to make things better for all oppressed people in our society. ... As he grew older he didn't believe in a God or Allah. ... Malcolm and most of his friends, in their early days, were very deviant characters, doing all kinds of bad things. ...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

A woman with small children who lost her husband would face extreme hardships without the support of close family members. ... Armand's evil was deep as he forsakes his loving wife, infant son, and God. ... This demented individuals main goal was to crush the soul of Desiree and to punish God for what he feels was his unjust treatment. ...

• Word Count: 1926
• Approx Pages: 8

This ordeal is what broke Langston Hughes's initial faith in God. ... Through constantly writing about his country he almost felt morally obligated to help with the war effort even if in a small way as he did. ... A person can find many different things significant about Hughes's writing, because he relates facts of black hardships and political struggles in his work. ...

• Word Count: 1296
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Then at Chicken Little's funeral, the town mourns "all that life and death" locked in his small coffin (Morrison 65-6). ... Sula challenges traditional notions of good versus evil, asking Nel at one point how she can know who is good or bad, bringing into question how anyone can know such things. Even the townspeople acknowledge the necessary interconnectedness of good and evil, believing God's fourth face to be the explanation for Sula. ...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate