The Spirit of Place in the African American Experience :
An 8 page paper examining three novels -- Huckleberry Finn,
Love is Medicine, and Beloved -- and treating the issue of
what constitutes a good place, a spiritual home, in all three
works. Huckleberry Finn and Beloved are dealt with most
extensively. No sources except books. Belov.wps

Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” : A 4 page paper that
discusses the literary significance of Truman Capote's
non-fictional novel and demonstrates that his utilization of the
novel format does not detract from the factual or historical
accuracy of the Clutter murder case in Holcomb, Kansas.
Coldbloo.wps

Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” / Issues Of Slavery and
Motherhood : An 8 page paper on Toni Morrison’s novel.
The writer explores Sethe’s sense of herself as a mother, and
what motherhood meant to her, particularly in the context of
her position as a slave. Bibliography lists five sources.
Morr.wps

Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” / Absence Of Expression :
A 7 page paper on Toni Morrison’s 1986 Nobel and Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel. The paper analyzes Morrison’s use of
bland or “vacant” facial expressions in the light of Sylvan
Tomkins’ theories that the movement of the facial muscles
producing expression trigger both physiological reactions and
the conscious feelings associated with emotion. Two sources
cited. Beloved3.wps

Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” / Identity & Culture : A 6 page
essay in which the writer discusses how Toni Morrison
criticizes the manner in which white culture dictates the
identity of black culture in her book entitled “Beloved.”
Beloved.wps

Toni Morrison's "Beloved” / Re-Memory & Repression :
A 5 page paper looking at Toni Morrison’s Beloved from a
feminist perspective. The paper looks at the nature of
Beloved herself: is she a ghost, and if so, invoked by whom?
It determines that she is a figment of the collective
unconscious of the women of 124 Bluestone Road, and
represents the only way they could deal with the trauma of
what happened to them. Bibliography lists two sources.
Belo5.wps

Toni Morrison's "Beloved" & "The Bluest Eye” : A 6 page
essay that compares and contrasts these two novels in both
theme and character. Abandonment, victimization and lack of
self-identity are just three of the topics discussed.
Bibliography lists 6 sources. Belblue.wps

Toni Morisson’s “Beloved” and Sherley Ann Williams’
“Dessa Rose” / Motherhood & Maternalism : A 5 page paper
comparing and contrasting the protagonists’ ability to assume
the responsibilities of motherhood. The paper argues that
Because the slave does not have any autonomy of her own,
she cannot function in a typical maternal relationship to a
dependent child; therefore, she needs to either break out of
her cycle of submission, or have someone else to do her
mothering for her. Bibliography lists 2 sources. Beldessa.wps

Morale And Fortitude In “Beloved” And “All But My Life” :
A 7 page paper looking at these two depictions of a woman
under crisis: Toni Morrison’s novel about the legacy of
slavery, and Gerda Weissmann Klein’s memoirs about her
Holocaust experience. The paper asserts that the reason
Klein was able to survive as a whole person while Morrison’s
Sethe was not is due to the strength of their self-concept
during their formative years. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Akkbutm.wps
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