She was adopted and raised by a poor black family, the Landry's family. Her adopted-mother really loved her, as she "love Sylvia like mother.... Contrary to the tragedy of her family, Sylvia had a happy ending with her love. ... She lived her own life, love her family, and tried to help other. She failed in her first love, almost was raped by her white father, and her family was killed, but she never gave up. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the stories "Raymond's Run" and "Gorilla My Love," Toni Cade Bambara, writes about unusual heroines - both called Hazel. ... Their family conditions evidently shows that there is love and support, in both of the girls" cases. ... He was probably trying to show his love to her when she was younger, but she had taken things for real. Nonetheless, families also have to have discipline. ... She loves to win, and is extremely competitive. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nevertheless, this story is also one of love: from maternal love, to a wife's love and devotion to her estranged husband. ... Things rapidly changed when her husband realized that the baby wasn't white, and he then began to alienate his family. He ignored his Desiree and the baby for months, and during this time Desiree still proclaimed her love for Armand, even if he didn't love her anymore. Armand knew that his family would be put to shame as soon as others discovered that he had had a black child. His family was one of the most prominent of Louisiana and he could not let...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye tells the sad story of Pecola Breedlove, a poor prepubescent black girl, who wants to be loved and cared for by her family and society. ... Bobby loves Pecola!' ... Her mother looks at her family and it does not mirror the happy white families at the movies. Save for the wealthy Fisher family she worked for. ... She loved taking care of their daughter. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Pecola feels unloved and the only way she feels she could be loved is by being beautiful. ... She wishes she could be like Shirley Temple who she feels everyone loves. ... Slaves would look after the white children, feed them, take care of them and work hard for the white families while their families struggled. ... She loved to watch all kinds of love movies, they all seemed so perfect. ... She would rather be there then taking care of her family. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I feel strongly that keeping your family close will help you have a healthier life. ... This song proves that love can create two people who love each other. In my life a family member that I loved very much caused me this same anger. ... Family is also very important to me so when someone in my family lets me down it hurts more than the average person. ... He promised he wouldn't break apart my family even when he knew he was. ...

• Word Count: 1879
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

When she takes a breath in the midst of her attack, Lena interrupts her and says, "I thought I taught you to love him... "(198) Beneatha answers, " There is nothing left to love... I don't mean for yourself and the family cause we lost the money. ... Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most; when they done good and made things easy for everybody? ... Right at this point in his life, Walter needed Lena's love. ...

• Word Count: 1162
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

We see in this production racism, alcoholism, interracial marriage, gambling addiction, and family abandonment. ... As the play continues, Magnolia, Captain Andy's sheltered daughter, falls in love with a man named Gaylord Ravenal. The couples love is expressed by the two of them singing "You Are Love." ... Broke and unable to support his wife and their new daughter, Kim, Gaylord thinks it will be the best for his family if he just leaves. ... The showboat family, in general, treats each other with as much decency as the Mississippi law will allow. ...

• Word Count: 779
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• Grade Level: High School

Robinson states that, "A Mammy was a woman completely dedicated to the white family, especially to the children of that family. ... For most African American women, they had to give up or neglect their own families while taking care of the white family. ... This was the case for most of the Mammy's families. ... Mammies were forced to love and raise the master's child even though their own families struggled to survive. ... Mammy couldn't love the master's children because she was forced to love them. ...

• Word Count: 2170
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He never loved his wife. ... Love had nothing to do with it. ... She had no love for her father and was afraid of him. ... She left her family for a black man started a life and a family, then he died. ... She raised a great family. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

What if you lost your mother, your father didn't show any affection or love, and you had no one to trust but your housekeeper? ... Lily gets more racial messages from the policeman and the receptionist who says she should call her family and leave as soon as possible. ... She realized that it is a community she loves and that it does not matter that her "family" members are black and she is white. ... Lily felt angry and abandoned by her mother because her mother didn't want to take her or didn't want her or love her. ... Zach and Lily know they love each other but can't b...

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• Grade Level: High School

Morrison is using one atypical African-American family to demonstrate what the effects could be of this phenomenon. ... Pecola and her family regard being a dark skinned black as synonymous with being ugly. ... She is not appreciated and cared for by her family. ... When Cholly Breedlove, Pecola's father, burns down his family's house, his daughter is placed in the MacTeer house. ... Meanwhile, Pecola goes back to live with her family, and her life is difficult because her parents constantly fight. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Emile is a man very close to his family. ... Aunt Fe is very important to Anne-Marie and her family. ... She has been touched by her love, and is saddened by the thought that Aunt Fe will no longer be around. ... It is a community built on the importance of family, friendships, and loyalty. ... That idea is: Rich or poor, black or white, young or old - everybody loves Aunt Fe....

• Word Count: 1382
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• Grade Level: High School

She gets drawn into romantic movies and she adores a white family who she cleans for. She loves this family even more than her own family. ... The main conflict in the is story is that Pecola needs to receive love from somebody, but her parents and the other members of her community are unable to love her because they have been damaged and hurt in their own lives. ... Polly continues to work for the white family, Cholly dies in a workhouse, and Sammy runs away. 10. ... I would recommend this book to someone because it tells you to love yourself how God made you. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She thought that they had a pretty normal family. ... She loved going to her house when she was making wine, soap or butter. ... She grew to love the black church that she grew up mocking. ... She would read books about black history, religion and love. ... She wants to form her own identity that is not like her other family members. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Carrie Hughes came from a family that had been prominent in the abolitionist movement. ... Though he periodically sent money, he never lived with his family again. ... Though he loved Mexico, he hated his father, a mercenary that had no time to enjoy life. ... He had a love affair. ... In the United States Hughes was both loved and hated for his lifelong stand against racism. ...

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Scarface shows the Cuban family as extremely poor searching for an American dream. ... The woman of the town are educated only in sewing or making homemade tortillas and everyone of them are in love with one of the white "three amigos." ... Due to her strict religious following and family beliefs she lies and denies her love due to her shame and embarrassment. ... Their family dinners consist of hundreds of people complete with mariachi band. ... One thing that I do believe after seeing this movie is that the portrayal of the family and the character of Isabel added an entertaining ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lamont never fooled by his father's scheme, but he did love him and, despite what he said about his future, really wouldn't have leave him ("Network and Cable"). ... James, who was always in and out of jobs, made their lives difficult at times, but there was always plenty of love in the family. ... Many black families related to them. ... There was always plenty of love around. ... Family Matters showed focus on a middle-class black family living in Alba 6 Chicago. ...

• Word Count: 1691
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• Grade Level: High School

Deidra's family had recently moved to the neighborhood where I lived and was the only colored family in our neighborhood. ... God loves everyone equally "sinner or saved, black, white, or any other color. God even tells us to love everyone, even the people we don't like or look different from us. ... My parents even began to see that her family was just as significant as ours. ...

• Word Count: 470
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• Grade Level: High School

There were nine boys and three girls in his family. ... He believed that everyone should love one another, begin to love each other, and to survive with one another. ... Catherine was torn between her love for her boyfriend and the love for her father. ... The father hasn't seen or attempted to locate his family for more than twenty years. The son confronts to kill his father that neglected the family. ...

• Word Count: 1754
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• Grade Level: High School

Racism is still prevalent in many southern countries, where families aren't as diverse. ... " Having a family from New York, i really have never seen or experienced difficulty with being mixed. ... Some families tell you which race they find appropriate to date, and many teenagers hate that. Dating against your families preferences is a way to rebel against them and feel independent in making your own choices. ... For those who do date interracially for true love, sometimes they are afraid to face the scrutiny from the public or their own family themselves. ...

• Word Count: 1561
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A white man from an upscale family managed to comfort and calm this large gathering of mainly African-American people. ... Immediately after the crowd responded with near pandemonium, he said, "Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort." ... I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man. ... A powerful white man from an upscale family has associated with this huge mass of African-Americans. ... Notice his word choice: "I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white ma...

• Word Count: 858
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• Grade Level: High School

A so-called "normal" family was impossible for most slaves. Slave masters did not hesitate to break up slave families when a profitable sale came along. ... He shows love for his family and is spoken about in Sanders Senior's diary to always have a smile on his face. ... Lydia also expresses love for Chapel that is very much frowned upon and occurs in the north of the country. ... She exhibits love for blacks that clouds her ability to reason about the subject involving them. ...

• Word Count: 1254
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• Grade Level: High School

Although some may finish this novel with great anger regarding the degradation so of the slaves, Jacobs's true desire was to express the love, specifically within the her community, that prevailed despite the persecution. ... Flint and his family appear to have it all, from wealth to high social standing, their family is far from perfect. ... Flint and Aunt Martha in her family life. ... This actuality, however, should not overshadow the incredibly harrowing journey Jacob's took to finally gain her family's freedom once and for all. The unstoppable drive within her to do w...

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Aunt Martha, as was known, was very loved by many including whites and blacks especially by Linda. As soon as she realized her fate in slavery her grandmother became her only female figure of who she really loved and trusted. ... His long hours worked would never provide money for the benefit of his family. His family was supported by the masters and therefore their primary duty was to obey the masters. ... This caused many young black mothers to suffer knowing that their babies were conceived through rape and not love. ...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School