The negative depiction of certain characters and racist language is needed simply to make the story realistic and true to its time period. ... Most would find Jim to be a loyal, selfless friend and concerned father. ... Huck considered Jim to be a friend. ... When on the river, it is obvious that Huck and Jim enjoy each other's friendship and their ultimate freedom allows them to share things that makes the readers see their true colors. ... Whether friend or father, Huck realizes that Jim has feelings and value as a person and decides to risk "going to hell" to save Jim from being ...

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Baldwin's best friend was a man of color; he was black, Baldwin describes him as an "Incandescent Negro." ... As the story proceeds we learn that Baldwin's friend committed suicide. ... Many felt lonely and lost, for example, Baldwin's friend. ... Even though Baldwin's friend was a kind and loving man, he was not accepted because of his color. ... We can learn about these things from the true story written by Baldwin, The New Lost Generation. ...

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On the other hand, Huck's heart is telling him to go pursue and find Jim and save his friend. ... Huck then just decides to "go to hell" (pg271) and rescue his one true friend. ... At the end, Huck's heart prevails over his conscience as he decides to free his best friend. By helping Jim, he defies society and makes him value his friend even more as he trusted his heart at the end....

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Iago acts as Othello's best friend throughout the play as to not to make Othello suspicious that Iago is plotting behind his back. ... He is Iago's accomplice and best friend who will do anything that Iago wants him to. ... Although this is the only time she says what she thinks of him, she hid her racism towards Othello all through the play and disapproved of his marriage with Desdemona, but could not show her true feelings because she would get in trouble with her "lord". Because Shakespeare wrote a play about a black and white union, in an era, which was unheard of, it shows tha...

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Yet he defies them all when he helps a black man escape from slavery and become his friend and confidante. ... Huck's experience with society in the form of the feud is traumatizing because his friend Buck Grangerford and a relative are chased and brutally shot by some members of the Shepherdson family while Huck sits in a tree and watches helplessly. The feud portion of the story is originally included as a satire on "family honor" and shows the absurdity of such feuds, but it quickly becomes very serious for Huck and the true meaning is understood in the final scene. ... Jim is his f...

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As he speaks with his male friend at his kitchen table, they are framed in a medium tight shot as it cuts to a shot reverse shot of the two (barely) speaking. ... Later in the film a scene with his wife at the same kitchen table matches the distance created between his friend shot earlier. ... Yet I want to caution against falling into the trap of assuming a false or oversimplified indexicality from Burnett's observations since he never claims that his characters or settings are true or real. ...

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At the center of that strong black male identity search is Milkman Dead and his best friend Guitar. ... His identity was their identity and in realizing their history and their lives, he could form a true black male identity of his own. ... Identifying his true self and allowing himself the responsibility of his actions all led to his deep longing to go off on his own and, for once in his life, not owe anyone for anything. ... This is the beginning of Milkman's search and acknowledgment of his need for a true human legacy oneself. ... Another main character that experiences a signific...

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Title: Jackie Robinson Author: David A. Alder Copyright date: 1989 The setting begins in 1919, when Jackie Robinson was born near Cairo, Georgia. At the time it was bad to be black in Georgia. It was bad because Georgia was a slave state and Abraham Lincoln did not sign the emanci...

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Everybody has the right to dream and the right to make their dreams come true. ... Even he was a little down when his friend steals all of his money, he regains his pride not to sell the house to Mr. ... In the difficult times, they stick together to make their dreams" come true, and to prove that, family ties are more important than money. ...

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He cried for the loss of his friend. ... Jefferson had it rough, any situation that resulted in an uneducated black man in prison has never been known to end with true justice. ... Grant had managed to convince him of the true scale of his death, the amount it will ultimately mean to everyone. ... It teaches people to stand up for what they believe in, but true bravery is knowing when to back down and doing so. ...

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The story is very much interwoven with the "cult of true womanhood"(where is this quoted from?). Brent hardly embodied the ideal picture of true womanhood painted by white, upper class and later middle class women: pious, pure, submissive, and delicate. ... Bruce, a staunch abolitionist who is Jacobs" employer and friend. ... Brent rejects the notion of true womanhood and takes control over her future and her children's future. ... Jacobs statement is a powerful narrative which gives one a clear picture of the impossibility if achieving "true" womanhood. ...

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Walter received a visit from BoBo a friend who like him invested his life savings into a liquor store. He came about to talk about the money they had given to Willy Harris, their friend who was one of the two who were going down to Springfield to make the Deposit on the liquor store . ... This scene clearly shows Walter dream being wiped out because of his money being stolen by his "friend". ... Please don't do it Man, not with that money oh God Don't let it be true Man I trusted you Man I put my life in your hand (his dream)" (Hansberry 101). ...

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He was embarrassed to bring his white friend from school to his house. ... As a result, hiding his true identity impacted him because he became self-conscious of who he was. ... He personally experiences crime when his best friend Jerome is shot by a stray bullet and paralyzes him. ... Many experiences like the death of his karate teacher and the attempted murder on his friend Jerome sheds light on what it really is like to grow up in the city. ...

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A perfect example of the question of what is true and what is not is religion. ... Huck did not base all his actions on what he heard and saw because he heard from his society and his friend, Tom Sawyer, that it is bad to help a run away slave, and yet he still helped Jim. ... Jim is shown as a loyal person when he and Huck were caught in the fog, and Jim was awfully worried about Huck, even though Jim was not related to Huck in any way Huck was Jim's true friend. Jim could not risk his only true friend who helped him get lost and possibly drown somewhere in the river. ...

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Sam, along with his friend Willie, has worked for Hally's family ever since Hally was a little boy. ... Willie, Sam's friend and co-worker, is the least clearly-realized character in the story; he seems to function as a little brother whom Sam tries to guide and advise as he does Hally. ... While the unrealistic nature of Sam's vision is jarringly shown at the end of the play when Hally betrays his black friends, it is nonetheless true that Willie needs to learn to look past the dismal bleakness of his surroundings and circumstances -- maybe not as much as Sam has, but a little ...

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The men keep numerous wives, but do not share a friendship with any because "a woman cannot really have a man for a friend without the worst kind of ostracism and gossip" (172). ... She finds strength in Shug, which keeps her from going back to Mr. ___ as his wife, but instead returns as his equal friend. ... Only in the company of women do their true personalities show. ...

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(Steinbeck, 72) Crooks feels lonely because he does not have a friend to laugh with, talk with, or to share his emotions with. ... He allows the stronger personalities of Carlson and Slim to dominate him and so he agrees to the killing of his one true friend, his dog. ...

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He goes to Jersey with a white friend of his, and starts experiencing similar prejudice situations. ... The contradiction is that most of the occurrences and the generation of hatred for white people all happen with his white friend present. ... He actually questions whether the beautiful words the preacher pronounced were really true; if his father was really this wonderful man being described. ...

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Remember the Titans "Remember the Titans" is a movie (based on a true story) about a football team overcoming obstacles to become a winning football team. ... He asked for his friend Julius and a scene showed that when the nurse stated that only family could be in the room, Gerry immediately stated that Julius was his brother and couldn't she see the family resemblance. Julius was very sad for his friend and said that one-day there would not be any white or black between them and they would be neighbors. ...

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That is a very true concept in even today's society, but I see exactly where they are coming from. ... He thought he saw a friend and threw up a gang sign and then realized it wasn't his friend. ...

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The white people had arrived on foreign soil under the pretense of "civilizing- the blacks when their true intention is to plunder as much ivory as possible. ... In other words, Marlow would never be able to reveal the true nature of imperialism or about the cruel inhumane way the black people were being treated while the Europeans used them in their search for ivory as well as for their own personal slaves. ... "Who was not his friend who had heard him speak once?' ... Marlow is aware of the truth behind imperialism and what the Europeans true motives are but...

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Even though Emily didn't go out much, she did have a gentleman friend, Homer Barron. ... The towns people said Emily wanted to be loved, and she was determined that Homer would be her true love to rescue her from fear, fear of being alone. ...

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The story starts of with Claudia, a friend of Pecola, saying "Quiet as it's kept there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941. ... All of the critics have said how beautiful and poetic the language is through out the book, which would have to be true because Morrison has won a noble prize in literature. ...

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He affirms his father is a white man, while not having any true confirmation in writing. ... People change their names for different reasons; however, it is significant that his mother's name was removed, and that he asked his white friend to choose a different last name. ...

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"A friend of the principal paid his tuition, and he worked as a janitor to earn his room and board" (Washington, Booker Taliaferro). ... Washington is a true example of someone who fought for the cause of human freedom. He went from being slave to a true African American leader. ...

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