... persist in their attempts to construct a Catholic cathedral in the wilderness, these characters exhibit a relationship with the land and the people that is both powerful and moving, due in most part to Cather's detailed descriptions and explicit imagery. An example of her beautifully expressed descriptiveness is seen here: "After early Mass the next morning Father Lour and his guide rode off ... has the unique ability to illustrate complex scenery, demonstrate depths of emotion, and almost set words to music as she describes the failures and triumphs of her main characters. Individual c...

• Word Count: 7335
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... may have been set upon her for Jonathon's illness. This information is merged into the narrative, effectively informing the reader as they don't expect it, and take it in as part of the novel. Eyewitness statements and personal opinions play a large role in the text. This presents other individual's attitudes on events that have happened around Jonathon's life and their own ... the book for an educational purpose, she additionally wrote it to expose Jonathon's story. The text contains writing conventions that are required in a novel, such as characters, setting, narrative structure, cha...

• Word Count: 1167
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... . Jemison's disapproval of alcohol resonates beyond the Seneca's abuse of it and is ultimately a general critique of white society. She posits, "[alcohol] will soon exterminate the Indian tribes in this part of the country" (Jemison, p. 184). Jemison does not focus merely on the consumption of alcohol, but more significantly on its introduction into Indian society. The first nine ... chapters of her narration illustrate a society that has strong roots in family, justice, and peace. The second half, however, shows "honorable" men partaking in brutal massacres because of "intemperance." In...

• Word Count: 956
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and composition of the novel itself help to illustrate how much and for how long white ideas of family and home have been forced into black culture. Instead of conventional chapters and sections, The Bluest Eye is broken up into seasons, fall, winter, spring, and summer. This type of organization suggests that the events described in The Bluest Eye have occurred ... just how prevalent and important the images of white perfection are in Pecola's life; Morrison's strange typography illustrates how irrelevant and inappropriate these images actually are. Names play an important part in The ...

• Word Count: 609
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate