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15 Pages
Seminar Paper

Literature

Toni Morrison What Meanings Can Be Attributed

Words: 4985
Length: 15 Pages
Type: Seminar Paper

Toni Morrison hat meanings can be attributed to the literary accomplishments of American author Toni Morrison? How does Morrison use history to portray her stories and her characters? How…

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5 Pages
Essay

Literature

Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel Beloved

Words: 1765
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Essay

Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Beloved (Morrison), based loosely on a real life experience of a Cincinnati area former slave, mirrors her own journey from her early life…

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6 Pages
Essay

Music

Toni Morrison's Jazz Toni Morrison's

Words: 1982
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Essay

For example, Dorcas' father was killed in East St. Louis during the riots of 1917. He was pulled from a streetcar and beaten to death. Her mother died that…

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3 Pages
Essay

Literature

Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon

Words: 1044
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

He has not previously shown any great desire or motivation to seek out on his own the reasons for who he is, why he is here, and what came…

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4 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

Toni Morrison Sula Toni Morrison's

Words: 1399
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

It gave her otherwise plain face a broken excitement and blue- blade threat like the keloid scar of the razored man who sometimes played checkers with her grandmother." (52-53)…

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1 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

Morrison-Summary 'Cinderella's Stepsisters' Toni Morrison's 'Cinderella's Stepsisters'

Words: 310
Length: 1 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Morrison-Summary 'Cinderella's stepsisters' Toni Morrison's 'Cinderella's stepsisters', was actually a speech given by her at Bernard College. The occasion was chosen carefully as the speech could be most effective…

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23 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

Toni Morrison's Sula & Feminism

Words: 7861
Length: 23 Pages
Type: Term Paper

From girlhood," Sula shows a natural gift for daring, Lorie atkins Fulton writes in African-American Review (Fulton, 2006). Sula in fact persuades Nel to join up with her in…

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6 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Toni Morrison and Her Book

Words: 1752
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Term Paper

There many instances in the book to remind the reader of the non-human ways those slaves were treated. There is a passage in which a slave does not have…

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2 Pages
Essay

Literature

Toni Morrison's Beloved Through the Exquisitely Penned

Words: 647
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

Toni Morrison's Beloved Through the exquisitely penned prose and evocative storytelling weaved within her novel Beloved, author Toni Morrison manages to depict the spiritual damage inflicted on African-Americans throughout…

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4 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Toni Morrison Andre Dubus Anton

Words: 1180
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

He is identified as follows in the story: "...he had not so much moved through his life as wandered through it, his spirit like a dazed body bumping into…

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10 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

Toni Morrison Major Themes in

Words: 3375
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

This shows how violence against women and rape are trivialized. It does not seem that rape and violence are accepted, but it does seem like they are tolerated. Further…

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6 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Bluest Eye Toni Morrison's Novel

Words: 2467
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Term Paper

On the evening of her first menstruation, for example, she asks, 'How do you do that? I mean, how do you get somebody to love you.' And, after a…

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6 Pages
Term Paper

Family and Marriage

Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Words: 2319
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Term Paper

That shows the same thing, that Morrison is showing racism even exists in the black community. This book shows that white society controls everything, from how people feel about…

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2 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Omniscient Narrator in Toni Morrison's

Words: 961
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Term Paper

I missed the people altogether."(Morrison, 167) the narrator perceives his or her flaws in many other aspects, and realizes that the characters and the story have escaped the control…

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3 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Recitatif by Toni Morrison Toni

Words: 1205
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Kids always promise to write, and rarely do in "real life," so why would they be any different in fiction? it's one of those polite customs to say you'll…

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6 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Bluest Eye Toni Morrison the

Words: 1812
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness, the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school, by teachers and…

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7 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Toni Morrison Song of Solomon

Words: 2543
Length: 7 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Character and the Definition of Justice in Song of Solomon In Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, there are great many characters each struggling to find a balance in life.…

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3 Pages
Thesis

Race

Women in Literature Toni Morrison

Words: 1015
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Thesis

A black woman walking up to the counter at Macy's will be a customer, not an American-American customer; a Latino buying a car at a used car lot in…

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10 Pages
Book Report

Family and Marriage

Sula by Toni Morrison

Words: 3078
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Book Report

Life: he main character of the novel, Sula, has always been in search of true love. She tried to seek compassion and love from many different sources, but every…

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5 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Morrison & Fitzgerald Comparing and

Words: 1833
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Therefore we see through Nick's eyes the ways and lifestyle not only of Tom, Daisy, Jordan and others, but also the mysterious, nouveau riche Gatsby, wealthy from bootlegging and…

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1 Pages
Term Paper

Sociology

Pecola's View of Herself Toni

Words: 333
Length: 1 Pages
Type: Term Paper

The author uses this stereotyping to show how harmful it can be - black or white, or any other color for that matter. She shows that any stereotype is…

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3 Pages
Essay

Sports - Women

Shape of Experience in Morrison's

Words: 916
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

ith real sense of self, she will have a skewed look at the world around her. In her eyes, she is empty, as is the world. Nel is grounded…

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5 Pages
Essay

Sports - Women

Inversion Explored in Morrison's Sula

Words: 1456
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Essay

As a result, Hannah has "no experiential knowledge or maternal role model for this aspect of the mother-daughter bond" (233). Hannah is more concerned with being who she wants…

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6 Pages
Term Paper

Biology

Nietzsche Freud Morrison

Words: 2201
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Life: Purpose The meaning for life has illusively evaded humans for centuries. Theories abound, yet the hunger remains as mankind seeks to identify a purpose for their existence. The…

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2 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Magic Realism

Words: 727
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Toni Morrison's Beloved This story works to capture the essence of slavery's aftermath for its characters. It tells a truth created in flashback and ghost story. It aims to…

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5 Pages
Research Paper

Black Studies

Death or Slavery

Words: 1417
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Research Paper

Toni Morrsion Beloved Is murder a better alternative than slavery for your children Toni Morrison's novel "Beloved" presents readers with a terrifying account involving a mother having to choose…

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3 Pages
Essay

Literature

Playing in the Dark & Art on

Words: 1087
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

Playing in the Dark & Art on my Mind Toni Morrison's Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination and ell Hooks' Art on My Mind: Visual Politics…

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4 Pages
Essay

Sports - Women

Female Relationships Formed Amongst the Vaark Household

Words: 1272
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

female relationships formed amongst the Vaark household and analyze how these relationships change through the movement of the plotline. In the book A Mercy, Toni Morrison is discussing the…

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13 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

Female Elements in Song of

Words: 3618
Length: 13 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Her society tells her she needs one, and when Milkman enters her life, she invests her entire personality in him. When he leaves her, Hagar lacks the self she…

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4 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Sula Marie Nigro States of

Words: 1182
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Whereas the pristine manicured lawns of the course might seem to be a boon for Bottom, the encroachment of white culture onto African-American culture will prove devastating. The golf…

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10 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

African-American Women's Literature Unlike Any

Words: 3455
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

The fact that this figure remains a guess says something important about what orrison was up against in trying to find out the full story of the slave trade.…

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6 Pages
Essay

Sports - Women

Sula it Is Well-Known That Evil People

Words: 2003
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Essay

Sula It is well-known that evil people exist in the world. These sociopaths have no values. They do not care who they harm or how. Fortunately, there are few…

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10 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Ghosts of the Past the

Words: 2705
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Although the events and characters' reactions to them have their differences in the interest of plot variety, similarities between the cases far outweigh the differences. Not only are the…

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3 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Mythical Analysis Myths of Freedom

Words: 1052
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Term Paper

"In eloved, Morrison allows the reader to share the legacy of slavery as the characters Sethe, Paul D, and Denver attempt to make a new life in freedom. However,…

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3 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Amy Denver Effect Affect

Words: 1328
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Term Paper

She is the Good Samaritan whose attention to the victim robbed and abandoned by the roadside earned him a place in biblical history. Amy does not falter when called…

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4 Pages
Essay

Race

Race Are Delicate -- Not

Words: 1151
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

Morrison is simply showing how race matters even when we think that it might not. e might think that Maggie's race, whether she was partially white or not, would…

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5 Pages
Essay

Drama - World

Ghosts in Both Beloved by

Words: 1403
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Essay

Cho traces the experiences and troubles of the yanggongju across the history of Korea. She does this to document the stories of women who were forced into slavery as…

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2 Pages
Essay

Literature

Women in Novellas Gender as Opposed to

Words: 745
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Essay

omen in Novellas Gender, as opposed to the physical classification of sex, has always been based upon societal construct. The current psychology of the masses dictates what proper or…

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4 Pages
Essay

Race

Power of Preconceived Notions in

Words: 1137
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

From children to adults, we see how their world is colored by preconceived notions. hen Roberta declares that she is "Mrs. Kenneth Norton," we realize she has "arrived." Twyla…

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7 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

English Literature Feminism Humanities

Words: 1768
Length: 7 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Doom in the luest Eye and the Voyage Out Doomed From the eginning: The Inevitability of Death in the luest Eye and the Voyage Out Commonality is a funny…

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3 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

Sula Advertisement

Words: 1300
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Sula] The audience (MARKET) for Sula includes women of all ethnic/racial backgrounds, young adult classrooms discussing black history and racism, and any other individuals who are interested in the…

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6 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Madness in Women in Most of the

Words: 1501
Length: 6 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Madness in Women In most of the novels and the works in consideration we see the struggle for expression and the quest to overcome masculine oppression (on the part…

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9 Pages
Term Paper

Family and Marriage

Gertrude Stein the Gentle Lena the Most

Words: 3503
Length: 9 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Gertrude Stein, The Gentle Lena The most obvious thing about this story was that nothing really happened. At the start, continually reading about the "patient, gentle, sweet and german"…

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5 Pages
Term Paper

Family and Marriage

EVA Peace and Addie Bunden

Words: 1769
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

When pushed too far, when too greatly damaged, when the soul has been taken away, when the resilience is gone, all that is left is the act of birth,…

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4 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Life of Worth as Seen

Words: 1130
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

hile it is true that Lester's life is not worthless per se, it is important to realize that because he thinks it is and behaves as though it is,…

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13 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

Female Elements in Their Eyes

Words: 4960
Length: 13 Pages
Type: Term Paper

This renunciation, depending on one's perspective, represents either a willful act of sacrifice or a selfish act of disobedience. Sandra Pouchet Paquet, however, frames this problematic deed in neutral…

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4 Pages
Term Paper

Sports - Women

African-American Authors Have Been Essential to Elucidation

Words: 1311
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

African-American authors have been essential to elucidation of the race and gender issues that face Blacks living in America. In particular, Black female authors have confronted the woes of…

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8 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Self Using Race as a

Words: 2730
Length: 8 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Smith may dislike the stereotype, but she cannot help internalizing it. She feels unfinished because she is regarded as unfinished, and even members of her community urge her to…

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10 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

June Jordan

Words: 3822
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Jordan has not been honored by naming any street or postal holidays. She was respected and recognized by her own milestones; as she designed modern Harlem with . Buckminster…

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13 Pages
Term Paper

American History

Slave Rebellion Comparison The Nat

Words: 4025
Length: 13 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Still it is not completely unheard of for a name to be derived from a longer epitaph of Nat, property of man, Mr. Turner. This is how many people's…

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3 Pages
Essay

Gender and Sexuality

Race Class Gender and Power

Words: 995
Length: 3 Pages
Type: Essay

Pecola Breedlove's experiences in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye symbolize the internalization of sexism and racism. On the contrary, Anita Hill's willingness to stand up and speak out against…

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4 Pages
Essay

Race

African Nationalism or Nationalist Movement

Words: 1093
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

By nationalism they meant not only the cultivation of love for their land and nation but also the development of an identity -- A sense of who Africans were…

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4 Pages
Essay

Psychology

African-American Women Literature Didion and

Words: 1418
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Essay

That being said, it is quite difficult to be honest with oneself, even thought as we stand in front of the mirror, naked and bare, Didion says we remain…

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10 Pages
Thesis

Literature

Tie Us Together Ethnic Literature

Words: 3110
Length: 10 Pages
Type: Thesis

Both Tayo and Crowe begin their journeys wandering between two worlds. Both are aware of their wandering and are constantly searching for an identity that will allow them to…

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5 Pages
Term Paper

Literature

Medea and Jason Medea by

Words: 1832
Length: 5 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Although appearing to act in cold blood, Medea is obviously driven by the irrational forces of her subconscious when he murders her children. On the one hand her act…

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7 Pages
Essay

Mythology - Religion

Print Stories as Background in Order to

Words: 2276
Length: 7 Pages
Type: Essay

print stories as background in order to climb into the cultural and ethnical perspectives of the subject of the article and to investigate that perspective in light of today's…

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2 Pages
Term Paper

Black Studies

Revisiting Dr King's Dream

Words: 690
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Dr. Martin Luther King: In memoriam An America facing the increasing threat of an entangling war abroad. An America where the right to vote was unsure, despite constitutional guarantees.…

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4 Pages
Term Paper

Teaching

Historically Black Colleges Tuskegee University

Words: 1731
Length: 4 Pages
Type: Term Paper

black colleges/Tuskegee University The psychological, economic, political importance of historically black colleges In a workplace, the significance of scholarly and nourished atmosphere cannot be underrated in forming a stronger…

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2 Pages
Term Paper

Black Studies

U S Since the Civil War Has Reinvented Itself

Words: 527
Length: 2 Pages
Type: Term Paper

Civil ar From Slavery to African-American By the beginning of the Civil ar, there were some four million African-Americans living in the United States, 3.5 million slaves lived in…

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9 Pages
Essay

Literature

Smith & Walker Both Smith and Walker

Words: 2888
Length: 9 Pages
Type: Essay

Smith & Walke Both Smith and Walke who wite about the plight of black people and the feelings of inevitability and acism can invoke in Black people and in…

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