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    A feminist approach to Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” When hearing about Toni Morrison’s novel‚ “Beloved”‚ one may imagine it as being another story about a slave’s life. And this is not wrong. “Beloved” does tell the tales of many slaves. It tells of whippings‚ rape‚ hard work and escape. But‚ while drawing this image of the historical aspect of enslavement and black culture‚ Morrison also tells the personal story of a very strong female slave. Morrison’s novel focuses mainly on the female characters

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    Toni Morrison doesn’t include a strong sexual theme in Sula just for shock value. Rather‚ the author uses sex to reveal clues towards the personalities of different characters‚ and how traits get passed down from one generation to the next. Some of the important clues provided in each characters personality traits come from differing sexual attitudes they hold. Disagreements between sexual appropriateness develop the relationship between Nel and Sula‚ as well as Sula’s broader relationship with the

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    for African- Americans. Its environment is poor‚ disgusting‚ uncomfortable and it’s hard to make ends meet due to its lack of jobs. This is important because Toni Morrison includes the Bottom near middle-class whites‚ and it is significant. Readers find out through this description of the community that the setting of the story is going

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    the Sun and Chinese Cinderella Background [pic] Caption: The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China Caption:The cruel treatment from Japanese. [pic] Though set in different places and social background‚ Empire of the Sun and Chinese Cinderella also take place in political and social perspective. The setting of Chinese Cinderella and Empire of the Sun are both Shanghai in the Second World War‚ which was invaded by Japanese. In Chinese Cinderella‚ the writer suggested

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    “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara was published in 1972. The setting takes place in New York. Starting off with Sylvia‚ the main character along with her friends Sugar‚ Junior‚ Flyboy‚ Fatbutt‚ Junebug‚ Q.T‚ Rosie Giraffe‚ and Mercedes are enjoying their summer vacation. Miss Moore‚ an educated black woman who takes the children to learn and expand their mind. Since Sylvia is telling the story we get Sylvia’s internal conflict about Miss Moore taking the children away from their summer vacation

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    The book‚ Toni the Superhero‚ by R.D. Base is an incredible children’s book aimed to teach young children how to read. I babysit three children almost every weekend‚ and consistently throughout the week‚ and one of them is too young to read‚ and another is just learning. Books like this one are exactly the type of thing that I read to them or with them before bedtime. The simple sentence structure is perfect for children‚ the pictures make the book even more exciting‚ and it is perfect for it’s intended

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    Every little girl‚ at some point in their childhood‚ dreams of being whisked away from their mundane lives by a charming prince and have their happily ever after.[i] Fairy tales like Snow White‚ Rapunzel‚ Sleaping Beauty‚ and Cinderella are told in some form or another to practically everyone in the world‚ and with good reason. These stories combine the universal desire for a better life with the hope of finding true love. But the fairy tales always end with the prince and newfound princess getting

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    commenced a war took on Helen? While in contemporary times Trojans and Greeks have been conflated‚ during the time of Homer’s Iliad the two made up ends of a binary. Helen of Troy found herself caught in the middle. Yet her struggle is never examined. Toni Morrison harkens back to this irony with her character Helene in Sula. Helene‚ like Helen of Troy‚ fights to find a middle ground between ontological extremes in her life‚ a struggle that history has yet to examine. Helene’s only relevance in Sula

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    In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ it is evident that the idea conveyed through inner dialogue is how exposure to certain circumstances can inspire motivation for a goal. Midway through the story we experience a shift in the focus as Sylvia and the others go around the store‚ observing the gap between those of higher and lower financial status. She notes that the worth of some of the merchandise is enough to support a family and realizes‚ “What kinda work they do and how they live and how come

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    one of many cinderella stories told all over the world ‚ both stories are told different but in reality they are really alike and come from the same roots and just happened to be passed down to one another throughout the years‚ creating a magical vision for children but also in the depth of it leaving behind a life lesson everyone can learn from. In both stories each girl finds refuge with their new friends‚ although they are certainly not human the mice were there for Cinderella when she needed

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