... historians told me that two hundred million died. The smallest number I got from anybody was sixty million." One might think from this staggering dedication that this book is going to focus purely on slavery. Beloved is a story about slavery, certainly. It does not deal with slavery as an institution, though- " ... Not only was she a warm woman who opened up her home, but she was also an "unchurched preacher" Baby Suggs preached in The Clearing. Separate from any established churches, The Clearing provided a place where the community could gather and reclaim themselves- a place where they...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... historians told me that two hundred million died. The smallest number I got from anybody was sixty million." One might think from this staggering dedication that this book is going to focus purely on slavery. Beloved is a story about slavery, certainly. It does not deal with slavery as an institution, though- " ... Not only was she a warm woman who opened up her home, but she was also an "unchurched preacher" Baby Suggs preached in The Clearing. Separate from any established churches, The Clearing provided a place where the community could gather and reclaim themselves- a place where they...

• Word Count: 3715
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... Sammy, left town; that Cholly died in a workhouse; and that Mrs. Breedlove still does housework" (Magill 244). After reading the novel, one comments on the book as "a novel of growing up, of growing up young and black and female in America" (Metzger 413). The person finishes their review with the comment that the ... them. Macon had killed a white man whom they find in a cave along with bags of gold. When they leave the cave they go their separate ways. Milkman finds the gold is missing in the cave a couple of days later upon his return. Milkman accuses Pilate of taking the gold from him...

• Word Count: 2522
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... like her. That's the difference" (57). "Indirectly, Hannah has taught Sula that there was no other than self that one could count on" (Library book 36). Hannah's remark will have the strongest impact and cause Sula to seek the independence she strives for with her "experimental life". Nel, the local goody ... Jude" (Morrison 119). Whereas before "they had always shared the affection of other people" (Morrison 119), things have changed since they parted their separate ways. Nel had just gotten married, while Sula left for the city. During this period their views grew farther apart and cons...

• Word Count: 2894
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Sula "Sula" by Tony Morrison is the story of a friendship between Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who are opposites in the way of relating to other people, to the world around them, and to themselves. Nel is ... might have. However, Nel and Sula are able to function well only when they are together because they complete each other as opposites. However, as separate entities, Sula and Nel are vulnerable and isolated from the rest of world; Sula because she is impulsive and disregards the feelings of other people, and ... keeping her children alive through the roughest times, Eva does not realize th...

• Word Count: 1238
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School