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    In reading bell hooks’ opinion about sexism and misogyny I had to admit to myself that I had no idea what she meant by sexism and misogyny. So‚ to accurately know what she was referring to‚ I looked them up on the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. For the word sexism‚ I found there were two meanings that support hooks’ ideas: 1: prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially: discrimination against women and 2: behavior‚ conditions‚ or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based

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    The overall theme in this story revolves around the idea of someone’s natural heritage. Dee chooses to be called by Wangeroo. Upon being asked what happened to her old name by Momma‚ Wangaroo says‚ "She’s dead...I couldn’t bear it any longer‚ being named after the people who oppress me". Dee (or Wangaroo) believes that because she is black she must change her name to something more orthodox in order to save her heritage. She chooses

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    throughout the play in three different symbols Light‚ Plant‚ and Window. But in this essay it will only be talking about the light and how it changes over time. In this play it focuses on one family and that is the Younger family. In the family there is Momma‚ Ruth‚ Walter‚ Travis‚ and Beneatha. They are a struggling family because they live on the Southside of Chicago in a small apartment and they have little to no money. The light is a symbol of dreams and the future. Throughout this play it changes from

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    Marguerite mentions her passion for literature‚ especially for Shakespeare‚ a white writer. She says how Bailey and she can’t mention Shakespeare to Momma: “she’d question us about the author and we’d have to tell her that Shakespeare was white‚ and it wouldn’t matter to her whether he was dead or not.” (Angelou 14). Shakespeare is a great writer‚ but Momma doesn’t know this since she is prejudice against white writers and doesn’t give herself the chance to find out about this writers

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    the 1940’s. Maya’s parents divorced when she was three years old. Her older brother‚ Bailey and Maya were sent to Stamps‚ Arkansas to live with their grandmother‚ Anne Henderson. Anne‚ whom they called Momma‚ ran the only general store in the black section of Stamps‚ Arkansas. Momma became a strong moral female figure in Maya’s childhood. Maya struggled with being rejected by her parents. Maya found herself troubled by her opinion that she would never measure up to the white girls in Stamps

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    subsequently in California during the 1940s. when Maya is only three her parents divorce and ship Maya and her older brother‚ Bailey‚ to live with their paternal grandmother‚ Annie Henderson‚ in rural Stamps‚ Arkansas. Annie‚ who Maya and Bailey call Momma‚ runs the only store in the black section of Stamps and becomes the central moral figure in Maya’s childhood. It is actually interesting how much clout she has in the town for a black woman. In this novel you really get to see how bad racism once

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    we continued to shuffle our feet along the cold hard ground. Never stopping‚ for fear of our lives. We would hear gunshots around us as people fell‚ unable to carry on. But we continued. For the baby’s sake. When we first arrived in Buchenwald‚ momma was already 4 months pregnant. She managed to

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    Bailey are sent to live with their paternal grandmother (Momma) and crippled uncle (Uncle Willie) in Stamps‚ Arkansas. Maya and Bailey are haunted by their parents’ abandonment throughout the book – they travel alone and are labeled like baggage.[20] The community of Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ is the setting for most of the book. Many of the problems Maya encounters in her childhood stem from the overt racism of her white neighbors. Although Momma is relatively wealthy because

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    One room‚ a kitchen and toilet were the only things standing inside the small trailer. The bedroom only had one bed in it‚ the kitchen stove didn’t work and a toilet that would never flush. I know‚ it’s not much but it was indeed my home. My momma wasn’t home often‚ she said she had to work to maintain us both alive. So I stayed home alone to care for my small home. Yes‚ a 7-year-old boy‚ alone‚ in a half rotten house‚ but I was proud to be called

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