Douglass did not go into detail about his experiences, making the reader imagine the details, but the reader knows that what he or she imagined was probably not as bad as the reality because the story was not fiction, it was all real. ... "Beloved" contains instances within the novel that make the reader cringe and put the book down for a few minutes in order to recover from what he or she just read. ... "The Woman Warrior," by Maxine Hong Kingston would be a superior reading selection for young students to read than "Beloved" because although it contains some of the same ideas and instances, ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate