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Alice Walker American Women
761 wordsDespite oppression, African-American women of the past were able to overcome obstacles by taking on the role of artists. They relied on their creative spirits to carry them through their wretched existence. In Alice Walker's essay "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, " she explains how the mothers and grandmothers of her generation held on to their dignity and strength through their expression of creativity. The boldness represented by this creativity shows the dynamic depth of their souls and th...
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State Of Consciousness Telephone Calls
2,308 wordsIt was a typical August afternoon for Florida. Temperatures simmered in the eighties and the humidity was so thick you could cut it with a knife. My mother was outside gardening and I stuck my head out the front door to ask her how she could endure the heat. She replied, I wont be long, I just want to get these ferns planted. My mother has never demonstrated a talent for gardening, nor a desire. She was covered from head to feet with potting soil and surrounded by her miniature gardening tools. ...
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Elian Gonzalez Janet Reno
5,512 wordsIt began on Thanksgiving day, in November, 1999, when two fisherman pulled the body of a five year old cuban boy out of the waters off the coast of Florida. The boy was Elian Gonzalez. He was one of three survivors of a group of Cuban refugees seeking political asylum and freedom from communist Cuba under Fidel Castro's rule. Elian's mother, Elisabeth Brotons, along with her common-law husband and nine others, drowned when the boat carrying them to the United States capsized and sank. Elisabeth ...
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Five Or Six Good Man Is Hard
860 wordsThe story A Good Man is Hard to Find, is story that tells us how the society is worsening. After I read the story and from the lecture I heard, I kind of had a feeling that the author OConnor was trying to describe the outcome of the false christian when they encounters the bad situation. When the grandmother encounters with the Misfit, we begin to see just whether the grandmother had faithful christian or not. In the story, there are many symbols and foreshadowing used by OConnor to show the ch...
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Connor Family
1,311 wordsThe story of? A Good Man Is Hard to Find? by Flannery O? Connor has been debated and analyzed so much because it can be interpreted one thousand different ways. O? Connor? s characters are usually searching for an elusive salvation, and her stories illustrate her views on the human condition. Many spiritual themes weave their way through her work, but never seem to achieve their intended ends. In this story, groups of criminals massacre an entire family while their ringleader discusses theology ...
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Kill A Mockingbird Maya Angelou
767 wordsGrandmothers Victory by Maya Angelou and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee have many significant similarities. Both authors deal with issues such as racism and discrimination towards blacks. The authors show the ignorance and bigotry displayed between the races in the late 1930 s. The main characters in Grandmothers Victory are: Grandmother Henderson, Maya Angelou, Miz Helen, Miz Ruth, and Miz Eloise who are known as powhitetrash. The main characters in To Kill A Mockingbird are: Atticus Finch...
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Fairy Tale Sleeping Beauty
415 wordsIn a nutshell: Briar Rose is the story of the Holocaust intertwined with the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. The story begins with the death of the Gemma, the grandmother of Becca. Through out Becca? s life Gemma told the story of Sleeping Beauty many times to her. Now, however, after making a promise to her grandmother, to find her past, the once insignificant fairy tale might be a clue to her actual past. Before her grandmothers death Becca had vowed to fulfill her grandmothers promise, which w...
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Katherine Anne Porter Leaning Tower
1,041 wordsRejection in Life Katherine Anne Porter is regarded as one of the leading modern writers of short stories. Born on May 5, 1890 in Indian Creek, Texas as the great-great-great- granddaughter of the famous American frontiersman Daniel Boone, Porter was educated at various schools. In the 1920 s and 1930 s, she contributed articles to several newspapers while living in New York City, Louisiana, California, and Washington D. C. , as well as Mexico and Western Europe. Miss Porters first collection of...
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