Toni Morrison‚ one of the most important and talented African Americans contemporary writer‚ she wrote a book call “The Bluest Eye” to express her feeling about the social treatment of the American Americans. The Bluest Eye is telling a story about a little girl‚ Pecola‚ who dreams every day to become beautiful. Her family and the surroundings‚ however‚ do not believe in her or makes fun of her. It seems like the whole society wont give her a chance to become beautiful. One of the most touching
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Viewing life through a lense that focuses on race and physical features‚ rather than one that looks deeper than the skin distracts you from seeing all someone or something has to offer. In the story “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison‚ the author purposely tests the reader as to what lense they are viewing the story through by never revealing the race of any individual character. In the beginning of the story‚ when Big Bozo first introduced Twyla and Roberta‚ Twyla says‚ “My mother won’t like you putting
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Infancy is the most important and sensitive time of a person’s life. For the duration of this time we form connections with our parents/caregiver; this bond that we create affects who we grow into later in life. In The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison presented a Character named Pecola. Pecola was raised by neglectful parents. They paid little to no attention to her nor did they show her any love/affection. They fought all the time in front of Pecola and never stopped to think of how such violence affected
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scientific facts the color of a person skin forms according to genes and their environment. Therefore‚ a skin color can not symbolize danger of safety‚ because it is not something that can be controlled. However in the story " Sweetness" by Toni Morrison being the speaker says that being black is something terrible. The speaker mother of Lula Ann’s treated Lula as a treat. She hid her‚ punish her‚ and addressed her only daughter by her color. She blamed their hardships on the fact that her daughter
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all parts of the country. While it is questionable whether total equality has been reached in this country‚ many ideas have changed for the better. This book is significant because it shows a different side to American literature as well as life. Morrison points out what has changed and what has stayed the same. While people are generally equal‚ there are still prejudices in the idea of what is beautiful and who is worthy. The case of
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in society. This is especially true for women in society as they are taught what is considered beautiful and if they are different then they are ugly. There is some type of expectation for women to look a certain way. In “The Bluest Eyes” by Toni Morrison depicts beauty for women as being those with white light skin and blue eyes‚ better known as “white beauty” and those with dark skin to be ugly. So race is also playing a part in this because it’s saying that those who are black or of different color
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In The Answer Is No‚ the narrative describes the story of a school teacher who went through a difficult time dealing with her personal and psychological conflict. In her painful memory of childhood‚ she was violated by her tutor (schoolmaster) who came over her house to give her private lessons. It happened when her parents were not home and she was not aware of his shameful action. Furthermore‚ he was trying to cover his serious sin by convincing her that everything was normal and that he loved
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1. Sustainable income is defined as the most likely level of income to be obtained in the future. It is the amount of regular income that a company can expect to earn from its normal operations. In order to distinguish a company’s net income from its sustainable income‚ irregular items‚ such as a once-in-a lifetime gain or discontinued operations‚ are reported separately on the income statement. 2. Items (a)‚ (d)‚ and (g) are extraordinary items; item (h) is debatable
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accidently meet every couple of years. From the onset of the story‚ Morrison introduces the story with a racist thought from Twyla‚ stablishing the story’s main topic is race. The story in general is to get the reader to contemplate on the significance of the story. She does this by never unveiling the race of either character. Instead she uses various social codes to help the reader identify the race of each character. Also‚ “Morrison has explored the experience and roles of black women in a racist
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"The Answer is No" Historical content is not necessary for the reader to understand the short story "the Answer is No" by Naguib Mahfouz. It is possible to understand the theme of the story without knowing the author’s background or the story’s historical context. "The Answer is No" is about a fourteen year old girl who gets sexually assaulted by her new tutor who is of the same age as her father. The tutor tries to convince her to marry him in exchange for her education at a prestigious College
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