... kept and how flexible history was of manipulating the law to directly discriminate against African-Americans. The theme of the chapter revolves around the unfair social norms of the time that plagued the lives of African-American slaves. The texts of the records were very negligent (they used lax phrases such as "friendless boys and girls"), and very few of the crimes (rape, sexual exploits, ... B. Wells" success received. The president of the Missouri Press Association accused her and all Afro-American women of "having no sense of virtue and of being altogether without character." (W&W, ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... what is most important his own dignity. He was driven by the desire to please the whites, and therefore advance his own standing among them. He measured his accomplishments by what the white men thought of him. It took him a long time and "much painful boomeranging of his expectations" to realize he is nobody but himself. Though he first had ... disillusion. This POV allows the reader to relate to the experience and the hardships that protagonist endures by seeing the story unfold through his eyes. This point of view allows the reader to focus on the details of the story instead of the n...

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... to her mystery and it also showed that women were not so eager to please everyone and match up to society's expectations. Women were rarely involved in matters not concerning the home and Zora Neale Hurston was a woman who spent the least amount of her time doing stereotypical feminine things. Instead, she helped write and publish a newspaper, was involved politically (civil rights), and traveled ... because it represents how women had to fight for what they believed in. In some cases they were literally fighting for their lives (Boyd, 139). Furthermore, it shows the obvious theme that ...

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• Grade Level: High School