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    Toni Morrison: Rags to Riches In the mid twentieth century‚ the Civil Rights Movement influenced African-American writers to express their opinions. Most African-American writers of the time discussed racism in America and social injustice. Some authors sought to teach how the institution of slavery affected those who lived through it and African-Americans who were living at the time. One of these writers was the Toni Morrison‚ the novelist‚ who intended to teach people about all aspects

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    go somewhere where you can get those things. In the book‚ The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ Johnny Cade didn’t get those things at home. He found a gang of boys that gave him what he thought he needed. He needed to fit in‚ to be cared about‚ and in this gang he did. He protected his gang‚ even though at home he was never protected. I will tell you how brave he is in his actions and his words. Johnny Cade is a brave greaser. He had long black greasy hair and

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    Recitiaf By Toni Morrison

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    Toni Morrison is the first African American author to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Her books are known for their epic subjects‚ wonderful dialects and lavishly defiant African-American characters. One of Morrison’s novels titled Recitiaf‚ talks about the balance of integration between two races. It starts out with two female characters’ name Twyla and Roberta both were eight years old‚ became friends at an orphanage called St Bonney’s. Twyla and Roberta’s mothers were not able to take care

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    sometimes tells the family history or shows how that person grew up and what they went thru In Beloved by Toni Morrison use flashbacks throughout the novel. There can be shocking‚ high-quality‚ or tolerable flashbacks. They are scenes that are put in that takes in the character life back in time from the current point. In Beloved by Toni Morrison flashbacks are used thought out the novel but why did Toni Morrison use the technique to make certain points in this book? "Anything dead coming back to life

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    back to as long as the humans lived. Selfa states‚ “As long as human beings have been around‚ the argument goes‚ they have always hated or feared people”. The most well known racial issue is between African American black men and women vs White men. Toni Morrison on the other hand is an black American born women that is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winner and writer. Her writing style is very deep and rich that full of details. Not only is her work filled with rich detail‚ a lot of Morrison works

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    community. The black arts‚ characterized by acute awareness‚ produced writers like Toni Morrison‚ Ishmael Reed‚ and Alice Walker. Toni Morrison undeniably is an author who internalizes the main concerns of the black aesthetic. She writes about black oppression‚ consciousness and tradition. Her major

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    While Toni Morrison was growing up she has also experienced prejudices similar to Twyla. Toni Morrison’s family moved to Ohio to get away from the dangers and economic struggles of the south (Kubitschek 5). As Toni Morrison grew up‚ she wondered what it meant to be black. She has said that when someone was born black they had to “decide to be black” (3). What Morrison said goes beyond skin color and refers to what the world views (3). This gives insight on why Morrison decided to write this short

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    Beloved, By Toni Morrison

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    The central characters in Beloved by Toni Morrison have been enslaved or born into families of former slaves. They have had nothing of their own‚ and have been denied all forms of freedom. As slaves they had no right to choose their own day to day activities; they were not able to speak their minds; and they were not able to have a say in their own destiny. Sethe‚ her mother‚ the Sweet Home men‚ and the community around 124 in Beloved all faced a version of slavery in which they were deprived of

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    In the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison‚ the past has a crucial effect on individual’s futures. Throughout the novel‚ each individual’s history brings an impact to the four main characters: Sethe‚ Paul D.‚ Denver and Beloved. Morrison presented each character with different traits to present his theme‚ don’t let the past affect the future. Sethe is one of the four main characters that lets her past play a harsh effect in her individual future. In 1855‚ Sethe escaped from the cruel occupation of

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    Mr Cade Toe Case Study

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    The following‚ is a case study of a male patient‚ Mr Claude Toe‚ a 48 year old decorator. Mr Toe acquired a foot infection as the result of a penetrating injury caused by a nail that he stepped on while he was working. Furthermore‚ this provoked an infected ulcer of 0.8 cm in diameter on his right foot which has become slow to heal and according to case notes‚ is painful when standing. This case study will outline how Mr Toe acquired this problem‚ how he can be treated‚ the precautions a practitioner

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