Papers On African-American Literature
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Flannery O'Connor: Theme
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4 pages in length. The writer discusses theme as it applies to Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People," "Judgement Day" and "Everything that Rises Must Converge." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCflann.wps
Four Short Stories By Richard Wright
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A 7 page paper which considers three critics' assessments of four short stories written by Richard Wright ('The Man Who Was Almost a Man,' 'Big Boy
Leaves Home,' 'Long Black Song,' and 'The Man Who Lived Underground'),
and provides a detailed overview of each story. Bibliography
lists 12 sources.
Filename: TGricwri.wps
Freedom: Hawthorne and Douglass
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For Americans the concept of freedom
is associated with the rights and responsibilities of community. This
12 page paper argues that The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and
Frederick Douglass' Narrative of The Life Of Frederick Douglass have
components of societal restrictions that infer the need for freedom.
Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KTslvfre.wps
Gatsby and the Invisible Man: America's Dream/Nightmare
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A 5-page paper examining the similarities and contrasts between two novels dealing with the meaning of identity in America and the problems in attaining the American Dream. Lists 2 sources.
Filename: khgatin.wps
Gender and Modernist Implications of Selected Portions of Virginia Woolf’s “The Waves”
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A 6 page analysis of Virginia Woolf’s thematic presentation of women and their role society. Rather than resorting to the stereotypical images of women which so much predominated literature at this point in history, Woolf exposes us to a view of women which suggests independence and fortitude. Through this work we are presented with a significant reconsideration of culture and gender and pertinent observation on the way people act within a specific cultural context to deliberately alter those very contexts. Suggest that in many ways this book appears to be written in direct opposition to the concepts of Straussian theory, a theory of binary opposition between nature and culture which revolves around the economic value of the wife in a patriarchal society with the contention the woman was not a subject but an object to be bartered in the interest of promoting the all-important male status. Bibliography lists 3
sources.
Filename: PPWoolf.wps
Ghosts Of Slavery In Morrison & Hurston
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A 7 page paper discussing Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Toni Morrison's Beloved. The paper shows how in these books the traumatic experiences of slavery left an indelible mark upon people who live through them, and the psychological effects of these experiences can reach far into succeeding generations. It then compares and contrasts both authors' responses to this phenomenon. No sources except books.
Filename: Eyes.wps
Giovanni's Room
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5 pages. An introspective look at the author
James Baldwin's work, Giovanni's Room. This paper will focus
primarily on the self deception which is evident within the
characters of this book. Because the book is written by an
African American writer who is also gay, this book is a striking
and, at the time, shocking, look at the world as James Baldwin
sees it. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JGAgiovn.wps
Gloria Naylor/Treatment of Male Characters
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A 10 page research paper that analyzes how Naylor handles the characterization of male characters in The Men of Brewster Place. The writer argues that this book increases the reader's understanding of how a black man can be an ex-con, a drunk, or half a dozen other things that are all negative, and still also be a genuine human being, with a heart. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khnaymen.rtf
Greed as Exemplified in Literature
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This 5 page paper looks at Willy Loman of Miller's Death of a Salesman and Milkman in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon to explain how these characters are driven by greed. The characters are compared and contrasted. The subject of greed and the American Dream are explored as thematic elements of these works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Growth In Character In The Color Purple
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People change. That's the
nature of human behavior. This 5 page paper asserts that in The Color
Purple by Alice Walker, the characters of Celie and Albert grow through
the experiences of the story, providing examples from the book. No
additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTcelalb.wps
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