... , Walker employs rural and urban equality, heritage, and the symbolism and importance of quilts. Throughout the story, utilizing comparisons between people and animals portrays animal imagery. All three women, Mama, Dee and Maggie, are compared to a different kind of animal. According to Gruesser, Mama refers to herself as a "large big boned woman like an ox and is always working hard on the ... farm. Also, she calls herself a cow, referring back to the days of slaves where black women were perceived as "breeders."" The cows were valued because of ... around large amounts of fat allowin...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . The ugliness intensifies "their loose necks pulsed like sails" this simile strengthens the description if the frogs as revolting. The tone deepens in disgust and turns more fearing towards the animal. "The slap and plop" suggests sticky, repulsive noises, using simple language to dictate violence and an aggressive, almost war like atmosphere "sat poised like mud grenades". Ready to attack "farting ... did was follow" again his feelings of inadequacy are airing here, with a slight hint of resentment. His fathers great-ness is emphasised as he casts his "broad shadow round the farm" Howe...

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... plays a role in social control because the Zinacanteco people have a fear of ancestral gods keeping them in line. Therefore they treat their kin well, perform social services, pay taxes, wash, farm, etc. They believe that Shamans recover lost souls, cure illness, and sometimes curse. They also believe in the Pantheon of gods, as a result of which their ancestor-spirits are given ... because they feel they have knowledge of social rules and cultural beliefs. As a result, they can punish them by causing them to lose their inner souls or by letting their animal spirit out of its spiritual ...

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... land and do what she wanted with it as she pleased. She could give it away, sell it, keep it or bequeath it. Land that was named something like Morgay Farm or Morgay Wood meant that they were given as morgengifu. Two families could make a marriage agreement, however, the girl could have her say in who she married. Her kin only ... out of wood. However, when Christianity was accepted, a few churches were built of stone. Houses had very few windows, light would be provided with lamps and candles. Lamps would burn animal fat. Sanitation practices in Anglo-Saxon England were very poor. Clot...

• Word Count: 1294
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School