... controlling another human being are shown working hand in hand to control Janie's grandmother. Nanny also speaks directly about the lack of control that black people; especially black women have over their world. These warnings by Nanny don't seem to be fully appreciated by Janie at first. In a way for Janie ... marriage against Janie's will. Despite the fact that this was done by Nanny to try and protect Janie from the horrible fate of so many other black women, that kind of protection is very controlling, even if it isn't meant to be. Janie's first marriage shows more aspects of contro...

• Word Count: 1902
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... a baby bird limping on the sidewalk, it must have fell out of the tree, I thought to myself. My instincts told me to go outside and bring the bird inside before a cat gets to it and eats it up. I turn to my brother, who is just sitting in the dining room next to me, and yelled out to him, "There's a bird outside ... what the noise really is. It turned out to be a sound of a gunfire that was coming from the bottom of the street from a brown, dirty, graffiti apartment. I see a man in black jeans and a gray T-shirt running up the hill with a gun in his hand. He is pointing the gun up towar...

• Word Count: 1359
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... down the stairs at the end of the school day, I was as happy as can be, because I had brought my rollerblades to school so I could skate at SACC on the black top. I was so surprised to see my mom and aunt waiting by the door with my brother Tim. They called me over and said that I don't have to go to ... white retro looking mini van. The long drive down the long winding country roads took a lot longer than usual. We drove up the long gravel driveway, daisy the fat orange cat scampered across to get out of the way of the big red van. I grabbed my sac and ran to the front door. I rang the...

• Word Count: 1710
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... commits "a queer sin- with a boy named Barney MacKean in a garage. For this sin, she develops a great hatred for the Barney and wishes to kill him. Also, her almost pure Persian cat named Charles runs away. -Frankie begins listening to radio reports about the war (WWII) and develops curiosity in the subject. She dreams of helping by donating blood to the Red ... that she understands F. Jasmine's thoughts about the difference between people. They agree that they feel trapped always being themselves but Berenice feels that she is more so because she is black and subject to prejudice. They...

• Word Count: 2155
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School