... disgrace upon her family that they decided to pretend that she had never been born. Kingston's mother tells her the story as a cautionary tale, in the years Kingston begins to menstruate. Her mother warns her to be careful lest the same fate fall upon her. Kingston, looking ... related in some way. Any sexual passion could lead to adultery or incest and therefore threatened the social order. In a particularly vivid section of the chapter, Kingston imagines the time when her aunt's family casts her aunt out. Alone, her aunt is lost in the wilderness, and when the ... the villagers are c...

• Word Count: 6134
• Approx Pages: 25

... Winterson's novel, for it allows the audience to look at the characters in a different manner. In this novel, Jeanette Winterson creates stories within the inherent tale. She sets her characters between two time dimensions, and there is a chapter on dancing princesses. The qualities that set Dog Woman apart from most women is that she is much larger than any women can ever be ... , Jordan says "The future and the present and the past exist only in our minds and from a distance the borders of each shrink and fade like the borders of hostile countries seen from a floating city in the sky. ...

• Word Count: 1556
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... you call it, Emecheta clearly identifies with the plight of the Nigerian Woman in her novel The Joys of Motherhood. The story, set in colonial Nigeria around the time of the Second World War, paints a picture of life in the port-city of Lagos and an Ibo village. Nnu Ego is the character who traverses these two existences and whose life presents the framework in which the ... book unfolds. Emecheta explores the dualities and complexities of the Colonialist shift through the dualities and complexities of Nnu Egos life, which is ... mother she has no value as woman. With the exception of ...

• Word Count: 1252
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School