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The extract in autobiography. One Writer’s Beginnings by Eudora Welty focuses on the experience the writer had in traveling to the library. Welty uses many descriptive and metaphorical linguistic communications to convey the strength of the experience in the library and the value of the incident. Welty first utilizes her nonliteral linguistic communication to depict…

In 1964, his controversial drama “Blues for Mister Charlie” about the most horrible crimes of the Civil rights movement, ran for 150 performances on Broadway. Baldwin brought to American the discussion about race, especially in his earlier novels and essays an understanding of the turmoil’s psychological nuances and its consequences. His complicated sense of himself…

Most people would usually work in a job that pays well while living in a good environment with a healthy family. However, there are some people who tried to work at a job that pays less money to help take care of their family in menial labor jobs. An author that recognizes the problem is…

Everyday Use is a short story by Alice Walker, an African American activist. Everyday Use is bluntly about family and the value and importance of heritage. A mother and her two daughters, set in their home depict this lesson. I will be analyzing the title in relation with the story. The story begins with “Mama”,…

“The Ice Palace,” portrays life in the age of depression, and discusses primary themes of societal prejudice and marriage. It does so in a format bright with imagery. Sunlight, warmth of the south, contrasts with the north’s cold winter, giving the reader a clue as to the name of the novel, the Ice Palace. Sally…

One of the most effective ways of communication is through texts. Authors utilize textbooks to convey messages that affect the day-to-day activities across the social, economic, environmental, and political domain. While some writers creatively develop fiction stories to communicate, others use nonfiction accounts that influence readers and ultimately contribute to changes in the mainstream. Death…

In the story “Everyday Use”, Alice Walker explores the importance of culture and heritage, emphasizing that they should not be seen as mere history but as a living presence from the past. The narrative centers around the conflict between two African American cultures, personified by the two sisters, Dee and Maggie. Mama, their mother, is…

The movie “Freedom Writers” was about Erin Gruwell, a young teacher who accepted a position teaching freshman and sophomore English at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. Mrs. Gruwell dramatically transformed a chaotic class of hardened inner city youths. This class was consisted of African Americans, Latinos, Asians, Juvenile Delinquents, gang members, one…

In Shakespeare’s Othello we are introduced into a web of a world entangled with lies, jealousy, and ultimately tragedy. We observe as lago single handedly destroys the matrimony shared between Othello and the beautiful Desdemona. He does so with a flurry of deceit and trickery, playing upon one of the strongest human emotions, that of…

Glenn Lord passed away on December 31, 2011. He was born on November 17, 1931 to the union of LeRoy and Lurline Lord in Pelican, LA.  Glenn served his country dutifully during the Korean War.  He retired from Champion Paper. He was also famous in own right as literary agent for Robert E. Howard.  He is preceded…