... was experiencing an African American heritage uprising. During this time, black and proud was the general thinking of those in that particular cultural group. The author uses this to her writing advantage to create a character that has recently taken a strong interest in her African-American heritage. Her character, originally Dee, now wishes to be known as Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo, because she ... the story. Alice Walker used Dee's fad-like interest in her family's heritage to build up the readers positive emotions towards the shy, less educated Maggie. Dee only proves through dialog ...

• Word Count: 795
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... . We immediately have to read the language of the south and become familiar with their vocabulary. It is interesting how the reader becomes used to the writing and the dialect within just a few chapters. Dialog begins to make sense and becomes much simpler to read. Hurston uses language not only by literally using spelling that represents their dialect but also by representing ... ...

• Word Count: 324
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School