Research paper topic: Gwendolyn Brooks Research paper title: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Outline I. Introduction A. B. Thesis statement: Gwendolyn Brooks deserves her place in the literary canon because she won many awards and honorary degrees‚ she fought for African-Americans through the themes of her poems and for her writing style. II. Background A. She was born in Topeka‚ Kansa to David and Keziah Brooks. They moved to Chicago‚ Illinois‚ not long after her birth (Jackson 1163). B. She wrote
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The short story “Under the Rice Moon” written by Rhiannon Puck‚ tells the story of a captive swallow and his journey. This tale is driven by moral values that every person can relate to. The key message seem’s to be honesty‚ empathy‚ and love. The beginning of this little birds adventure begins with broken promises. Honesty is where you give some one your word. The people promised the little bird that they would take care of the bird. Instead of doing that‚ they lied to the bird. The bird
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For any change to transpire‚ it is pivotal that there is a charismatic leader spearheading it; Carrie Best very much fits this criteria as her contributions were pivotal to social change in 20th Century Canada. Carrie best can be deemed a charismatic leader because not only did she embody everything in which Blacks fought for during the 20th century‚ she also captivated those around her. A testament to her character can bee seen in an interview conducted by Jasmine Rokeland‚ in which she said “Her
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inger Mariah Carey was born March 27‚ 1970‚ in Huntington‚ Long Island‚ New York‚ to Alfred Roy Carey‚ a Venezuelan aeronautical engineer; and Patricia Carey‚ a voice coach and opera singer. Has two older siblings: a brother‚ Morgan‚ and a sister‚ Alison. Carey is known as one of the top "pop divas" of the 1990s‚ having sold more than 80 million albums worldwide. Her voice spans more than five octaves and she writes most of her own music. Carey’s parents divorced when she was 3 years old. She stunned
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Selena Quintanilla-Pérez‚ better known as simply Selena. Selena was a very well known Mexican-American songwriter and singer‚ topping the charts and earning the title of top latin artist in the 90’s. Selena was the youngest member of her family‚ having one older sister and an older brother. She debuted her way in the music world in 1980 in a band consisting of her siblings‚ managed by her father. In two years her music career broaded into the professional world where she was confronted with many
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First off‚ I was born in Gallup‚ New Mexico in the McKinley County Indian Hospital‚ in 1976‚ to a half Zuni/Spanish native‚ and a Hispanic Apache mother‚ and growing up I saw and suffered a lot of abuse‚ and a very unstable youth. My father and mother divorced when I was a baby‚ and my stepfather was very abusive‚ to me and my mother for many years‚ until he was arrested for killing my mother’s best friend. After that‚ I saw the effect that abuse had on my mother‚ and she became a victim of drug
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My first poem I choose was by Gwendolyn Bennet‚ “To A Dark Girl”. I choose this poem because I came across this poem before this class and found it touching. My first poetic element I see in this poem would be Allegory‚ my reason for this is because‚ Bennett gives a message in this poem without really saying it‚ you kind of have to read it over again and think. “Something of old forgotten queens (line 5). What I got from this is that Bennett is saying that back in time‚ black people were fine
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS the cage of butterflies is a novel by australian writer brian caswell which is aimed at young adults. it was first printed in 1992. there are 2 thematic concerns inside the story that i would like to discuss. the first concern is discrimination of the different and the second concern presented is the abuse of the young and powerless. I believe that the 2 concerns have been intentionally discussed and that they are a relevant problem to society that needs to be addressed. the first
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The “Caged Bird” and “World’s Reward both express a theme. “Caged Bird” and “World’s Reward” express the the theme of freedom. The passages use the theme in different ways to show freedom. In the passages‚ they treat the theme by wanting physical and spiritual freedom. They have spiritual freedom‚ but they want physical freedom. The “World’s Reward” states‚” the master wanted to dispose of him.” Since the owner wanted to dispose the dog‚ the dog left his owner. The dog found company and “the
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Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen or desire to trust. In addition‚ hope refers to African-American slaves wanting to be free or stay alive. Today’s question is hope good or bad‚ it could easily be both based off the kind of hardship the individual slave endured and how long they have left of slavery based off knowing slavery ended two years after the emancipation proclamation the individual might lose hope but they only had a little while left. For the sake
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