She is well known for her exceptional novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God." ... " (New York Times; Her Eyes Were Watching Harlem). ... Alice Walker claimed that if Their Eyes are Watching God was never published, her award winning novel, The Color Purple, would have never been created. ... Two years later, she received a Guggenheim fellowship, which allowed her to produce what would become her most famous work: Their Eyes Were Watching God. ... Hurston spent a great deal of time in Jamaica conducting anthropological research after Their Eyes Were Watching God was complete (Biography.com;...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The scope of symbols and their unconscious effect is not yet fully realized or defined, although there are dream dictionaries available today which attempt to help us do this. ... Color is the most important part of Vertigo. ... The color of Vertigo may be analyzed to reveal themes, which are associated with different color. ... The color purple also makes an appearance in the film by seeming to be associated with Judy. ... As an audience, we are drawn into Scottie's narrow view of the world, conceiving our vision of a 1950s San Francisco through Scottie's eyes. ...

• Word Count: 3127
• Approx Pages: 13

Through the dining room window, Jane also liked watching the traffic go by for an hour or two, early in the morning (Laski 75). ... Although arranged marriages without reference to the feelings of the bride or groom, were common in the past, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, they were becoming less common. ... This act is not uncommon for their day. ... Their mother persuaded them into these balls to win the affection of young men. Both Jane and Elizabeth were examples of this opportunity. ...

• Word Count: 4144
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Dubois 1903 publication of The Souls of Black Folk tried to give America the answer to the problem as well as highlight the problem itself, the color line. ... Washington were the most acknowledged leaders of African Americans during this time, and their opposing views is what separated them as scholars. ... Dunbar's poems were mostly about the traditional topics in poetry as well as African American heroes during that time. ... Hurston is mostly known for her book Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937, but her first work was her 1934 publication of Jonah's Gourd Vine, ...

• Word Count: 2200
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Next to it were French doors leading out to a wrought iron balcony. ... Instinctively she looked down, her stomach churned as the color drained from her face. ... "Oh my god, what happened?" ... Toby entered their bedroom leaving Amy waiting in the doorway. ... "Oh my god, that looks like it needs stitches." she was horrified. ...

• Word Count: 6587
• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School

They fell in love with the house from the moment they laid their eyes on it. ... Instinctively she looked down; her stomach churned as all the color drained from her face. ... "Oh my god, what happened?" ... Jake entered their bedroom leaving Vivian waiting in the doorway. ... Ahh, god damn. ...

• Word Count: 7199
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: High School

Their eyes are huge, as if they are in awe, or mesmerized by whatever they are praying to. ... He is looking at beheaded bodies of the enemy with their heads between their legs. ... The color remains on the sculpture. Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt 89 64 A hunt is held in Ti's honor. ... The face is long with heavy-lidded eyes and pouted lips. ...

• Word Count: 10708
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: High School

Each girl on the team had their own way of wearing their socks, and that was mine. ... In the early years, they would just come watch me play on the co-ed team with the kids from my elementary school. ... Then not only would they have to go to the games with us on Saturdays, but they also had to find a place for us to practice, they had to run our practices, coordinate the buying of our uniforms, organize trips to tournaments, and put up with all the other kids and their parents for six to ten hours a week. ... This was a funny time in my life; things like this were hard for me. ... They...

• Word Count: 7566
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School