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Papers On African-American Literature
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' / Christ Symbolism
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A 6 page essay analyzing the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's work. It points out that Uncle Tom was never intended to be realistic, because he is a symbol for Christ and therefore for the holiness of the black man. Numerous correspondences between the life of Christ and the Uncle Tom narrative are provided. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: Tomcabin.wps
Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' / Described As Racist
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A 7 page paper that describes the fact that Stowe's novel is influential and derived from an abolitionist perspective, but at the same time is clearly racist. The author attempts to support this belief by demonstrating the racist off shoots of the abolitionist movement, including colonization, that Stowe supports in her work. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Uncleto3.wps
Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' / Stowe's Incendiary Tract
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An 8 page paper arguing that Southern whites were not being overly sensitive in viewing Uncle Tom's Cabin as a personal attack upon not only their way of life but their moral natures, because that was how Stowe intended it. As such, it represented a real spark in the conflagration of the Civil War. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Stowetom.wps
Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' / The Stereotyping of Topsy
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A 10 page essay analyzing the characterization of this little girl in Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic work. The paper concludes that Harriet Beecher Stowe intended to show through her portrayal of Topsy that blacks are not inherently morally bankrupt, but simply unsaved souls who have never been shown the true path to salvation. Thus it was intended to be a symbol, not a realistic characterization. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
Filename: Topsy.wps
Reinterpreting the Past in Morrison, DeLillo, and Mason
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A seven page paper looking at Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” Don DeLillo’s “Libra,” and Bobbie Ann Mason’s “In Country” in terms of the authors’ reinterpretations of history. The paper shows how unresolved conflicts and traumas of the past do not go away; they simply re-surface in some other form, forcing us to either creatively integrate them into our developing selves or suffer the consequences. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KBbelov2.wps
Zora Neale Hurston's 'Mules and Men' and Bobbie Ann Mason's 'In Country'
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A 5 page comparative between the two stories in terms of the protagonists' journey of self discovery and how that journey is based on a sense of place. The writer contrasts the authors' description of the south, and compares and contrasts the stories of self discovery as it relates to community. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Cnzormas.wps
Atwood & Brunner / The Suppression of Individualism
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A 5 page paper examining the societies depicted in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and John Brunner's The Sheep Look Up. The paper notes that the interests of the individual must always be balanced against the well-being of the group, and arguably weighed more heavily on the side of the individual. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Atwbrun.wps
Margaret Atwood's 'Alias Grace' / Dreams
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A 5 page essay examining the importance of dreams in the solving of the mystery of murder in this Margaret Atwood novel.
Filename: Grace2.wps
The Concept of Freedom in Literature
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4 page paper comparing aspects of freedom in 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood, and 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison. Paper talks about degrees of freedom, it's effect on personality, and a true definition of freedom that includes responsibility. Written in present tense except for 'flashback' sections. No outside sources.
Filename: Handmade.wps
The Handmaid's Tale and The Crucible as Dystopias
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An 11 page paper on these two works by Margaret Atwood and Arthur Miller. In both works, a façade of strict moral and religious ideals covers a corrupt and divided society. This paper examines these works and the issues they raise, and discusses how these issues are reflected in both the world created by the fictional work as well as the era in which the authors wrote. Several sources cited.
Filename: Atwood.wps
Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie' (1944) and Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' (1949) / Compared & Contrasted
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A 4 page paper which compares and contrasts the human dreams in Tennessee Williams' 1944 play, The Glass Menagerie and Arthur Miller's 1949 play, Death of a Salesman, to evaluate what comprises ‘good' and ‘bad' dreams. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Glassme2.wps
Racism in Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”
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A seven page paper looking at Maya Angelou’s autobiography in terms of its exploration of racism. The paper contends that what made Angelou’s pursuit of her exceptionally high potential so unconventional -- as well as so inspiring -- was the racism that seemed determined to keep her down. Bibliography lists eight sources.
Filename: KBangelu.wps
African-American Literature: Singing The People's Song
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A five-page critical analysis on the state of African-American literature, with an emphasis on poetry. Includes an overview of black poetry from Phillis Wheatley through James Weldon Jonson, Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou to the cutting-edge poets like the Last Poets and rap artists, detailing how they present the condition of African-Americans and how they deal with discrimination. Cites five sources.
Filename: 99blpoe.rtf
Baker's 'Growing Up' & Angelou's 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings / Foundations of Life
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A 5 page paper making four distinct points of comparison between Maya Angelou's autobiography I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and Russell Baker's Growing Up. Contrasting Baker's poor but conventional youth with the horrific experiences suffered by Angelou, the paper concludes that it is possible to begin at very different places in the continuum of life, and grow into wise, healthy, and stable people through very different paths. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Russange.wps
Maya Angelou / Angelou's Own Life As Depicted in Her Books
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This 5 page research paper examines the life and work of African-American author and poet Maya Angelou. Specifically discussed are how the hardships of her life are reflected in her books, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Singin' and Swingin' , Makin' Merry Like Christmas, and Heart of a Woman. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Mayang.wps
Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' / Social Stratification
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The concept is demonstrated as it applies to Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' in this 6 page analysis. Social class is looked at as it existed in 1930's America, which is the focus of the book,-- and compared with the vanishing social class differentiations of today. Book is the only source used.
Filename: Cagestra.wps
Maya Angelou/ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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A 3 page analysis of Angelou's autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which is a complex work that not only details the events of Angelou's girlhood, but also illustrates the sociological structures that were in place in the South at that time to keep African-Americans 'in their place,' which is to say subservient to white interests. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99caged.rtf
Maya Angelou/All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
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A 5 page analysis of All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou, which is the fifth volume in her serial autobiography. This volume is an account of Angelou's experiences in Ghana in the early 1960s. This narrative relates how Angelou found a job teaching at the University of Ghana and began working as an editor. While the narrative naturally includes the details of where Angelou worked, and the major details of her life, the motivating force behind the book is how Angelou worked to relate emotionally to Ghana and her African heritage. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 99agcnts.rtf
Searching for Identity Through Ralph Waldo Emerson:
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This five-page-paper discusses the search for identity by the narrator in the classic tale 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: CWinvisa.wps
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