In the stories "Raymond's Run" and "Gorilla My Love," Toni Cade Bambara, writes about unusual heroines - both called Hazel. ... Their family conditions evidently shows that there is love and support, in both of the girls" cases. ... He was probably trying to show his love to her when she was younger, but she had taken things for real. Nonetheless, families also have to have discipline. ... She loves to win, and is extremely competitive. ...

• Word Count: 2209
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

As a result of this stigma, there are many people who have missed out on the possibilities of finding a soulmate, blended families and, most importantly, finding love. ... As a young adult, she fell in love with her then boyfriend who was Cuban, and they conceived a child together. ... " Since her deceased boyfriend's family isolated themselves from her and her child he doesn't know the other half of his family, and never will. Her child will grow up not knowing the other side of his family. Moreover, at the end of the day, she didn't care whether or not his family objected...

• Word Count: 1895
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye tells the sad story of Pecola Breedlove, a poor prepubescent black girl, who wants to be loved and cared for by her family and society. ... Bobby loves Pecola!' ... Her mother looks at her family and it does not mirror the happy white families at the movies. Save for the wealthy Fisher family she worked for. ... She loved taking care of their daughter. ...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

I feel strongly that keeping your family close will help you have a healthier life. ... This song proves that love can create two people who love each other. In my life a family member that I loved very much caused me this same anger. ... Family is also very important to me so when someone in my family lets me down it hurts more than the average person. ... He promised he wouldn't break apart my family even when he knew he was. ...

• Word Count: 1879
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Robinson states that, "A Mammy was a woman completely dedicated to the white family, especially to the children of that family. ... For most African American women, they had to give up or neglect their own families while taking care of the white family. ... This was the case for most of the Mammy's families. ... Mammies were forced to love and raise the master's child even though their own families struggled to survive. ... Mammy couldn't love the master's children because she was forced to love them. ...

• Word Count: 2170
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Morrison is using one atypical African-American family to demonstrate what the effects could be of this phenomenon. ... Pecola and her family regard being a dark skinned black as synonymous with being ugly. ... She is not appreciated and cared for by her family. ... When Cholly Breedlove, Pecola's father, burns down his family's house, his daughter is placed in the MacTeer house. ... Meanwhile, Pecola goes back to live with her family, and her life is difficult because her parents constantly fight. ...

• Word Count: 2371
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Emile is a man very close to his family. ... Aunt Fe is very important to Anne-Marie and her family. ... She has been touched by her love, and is saddened by the thought that Aunt Fe will no longer be around. ... It is a community built on the importance of family, friendships, and loyalty. ... That idea is: Rich or poor, black or white, young or old - everybody loves Aunt Fe....

• Word Count: 1382
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Carrie Hughes came from a family that had been prominent in the abolitionist movement. ... Though he periodically sent money, he never lived with his family again. ... Though he loved Mexico, he hated his father, a mercenary that had no time to enjoy life. ... He had a love affair. ... In the United States Hughes was both loved and hated for his lifelong stand against racism. ...

• Word Count: 1295
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Scarface shows the Cuban family as extremely poor searching for an American dream. ... The woman of the town are educated only in sewing or making homemade tortillas and everyone of them are in love with one of the white "three amigos." ... Due to her strict religious following and family beliefs she lies and denies her love due to her shame and embarrassment. ... Their family dinners consist of hundreds of people complete with mariachi band. ... One thing that I do believe after seeing this movie is that the portrayal of the family and the character of Isabel added an entertaining ...

• Word Count: 1382
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Lamont never fooled by his father's scheme, but he did love him and, despite what he said about his future, really wouldn't have leave him ("Network and Cable"). ... James, who was always in and out of jobs, made their lives difficult at times, but there was always plenty of love in the family. ... Many black families related to them. ... There was always plenty of love around. ... Family Matters showed focus on a middle-class black family living in Alba 6 Chicago. ...

• Word Count: 1691
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

There were nine boys and three girls in his family. ... He believed that everyone should love one another, begin to love each other, and to survive with one another. ... Catherine was torn between her love for her boyfriend and the love for her father. ... The father hasn't seen or attempted to locate his family for more than twenty years. The son confronts to kill his father that neglected the family. ...

• Word Count: 1754
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Racism is still prevalent in many southern countries, where families aren't as diverse. ... " Having a family from New York, i really have never seen or experienced difficulty with being mixed. ... Some families tell you which race they find appropriate to date, and many teenagers hate that. Dating against your families preferences is a way to rebel against them and feel independent in making your own choices. ... For those who do date interracially for true love, sometimes they are afraid to face the scrutiny from the public or their own family themselves. ...

• Word Count: 1561
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A so-called "normal" family was impossible for most slaves. Slave masters did not hesitate to break up slave families when a profitable sale came along. ... He shows love for his family and is spoken about in Sanders Senior's diary to always have a smile on his face. ... Lydia also expresses love for Chapel that is very much frowned upon and occurs in the north of the country. ... She exhibits love for blacks that clouds her ability to reason about the subject involving them. ...

• Word Count: 1254
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although some may finish this novel with great anger regarding the degradation so of the slaves, Jacobs's true desire was to express the love, specifically within the her community, that prevailed despite the persecution. ... Flint and his family appear to have it all, from wealth to high social standing, their family is far from perfect. ... Flint and Aunt Martha in her family life. ... This actuality, however, should not overshadow the incredibly harrowing journey Jacob's took to finally gain her family's freedom once and for all. The unstoppable drive within her to do w...

• Word Count: 1272
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• Grade Level: High School

Aunt Martha, as was known, was very loved by many including whites and blacks especially by Linda. As soon as she realized her fate in slavery her grandmother became her only female figure of who she really loved and trusted. ... His long hours worked would never provide money for the benefit of his family. His family was supported by the masters and therefore their primary duty was to obey the masters. ... This caused many young black mothers to suffer knowing that their babies were conceived through rape and not love. ...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The family in the story is a white middle-class family, and they are constantly worried about the "people of another color"" who live beyond their "palace"" walls. ... The family does not seem to realize the prison they have created, but the little boy does. ... A fairy tale would have a perfect family, "living happily ever after."" In this story, the family seems perfect in the beginning, "there were a man and a wife who loved each other very much and were living happily ever after. They had a little boy, and they loved him very much."" ...

• Word Count: 1346
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

A woman with small children who lost her husband would face extreme hardships without the support of close family members. ... Maternal love and all the grief from losing loved ones were to be an attribute to the writing proficiency of this literary artist. ... The story some proclaim contributed to Chopin's early success was "Desiree's Baby- in this story she mixed many feminist emotions from maternal love, to a wife's love and devotion to her estranged husband. During this period, some found it tolerable to leave a baby on the doorsteps of a family to provide a chance at a bet...

• Word Count: 1926
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For instance, the chapter that introduces the Breedlove family "to the reader is prefaced by the primer's reference to Jane's very happy family life:- HEREISTHEFAMILYMOTHERFATHERDICKANDJANETHEYLIVEINTHEGREENANDWHITEHOUSETHEYAREVERYH (Morrison 38) The family described in the "subsequent- pages of the novel is the complete opposite of the "ideal- (white) American family described in the primer. The family portrayed in this chapter is the Breedlove family, a family that is overwhelmed with scorn and hatred. ... The family name, "Breedlove,"" is ironic too because the "Breedlove...

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(white) American family described in the primer. The family portrayed in this chapter is the Breedlove family, a family that is overwhelmed with scorn and hatred. ... The family name,Breedlove,? ... do notbreed love.? ... Pecola realizes that the family in the primer is white and joined together by bonds of love, but more important, she also realizes that her family is neither white nor loving. ...

• Word Count: 1667
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Thurman explains Emma Lou's segregation from society as a result of the prejudices caused by her own family. ... This thought is chiseled into her brain by the people she loves (and the only people she believes have ever loved her). ... Thurman proves this by allowing the reader exposure to Emma Lou's thoughts: "there could only be one reason for his not having loved her as she had loved him. ... This idea is clearly represented at the end of the novel when Emma Lou returns to the man she thinks she loves and believes will love her in return. ... s black mammy" (206) and finds no...

• Word Count: 1573
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

._____ to show readers the cruelty of the back man to his wife and family. ... She is then forced to marry a man named Albert but falls in love with Shug Avery, a former lover of her husband (Lewis 1). ... Nettie is extremely smart, pretty, and has endless love for her sister Celie (Lewis 1). ... After many years without contact from her sister she returns home with her new family to reunite the family (Lewis 2). ... Shug travels a lot and loves new experiences, when she leaves Celie misses her deeply. ...

• Word Count: 2261
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

"I found God in myself and I loved her." Finally, the strongest theme among them all is the importance of family. ... Family is held at the highest regard in most of the plays and movies. ... She was mind-set on keeping the piano in their family. ... Her great grandmother, Mama Ola was especially fond of the piano and loved when Berniece would play for her."...

• Word Count: 1924
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

She does not eat at the same table with the Finch family although she has been a part of it since Jem was two. She is clearly loved by the family but by no means is she their equal. ... He pretended to be a drunk so he didn't have to explain the fact that he was simply in love with a black woman. ... The Finch family owned Finch's Landing and could trace their heritage back to almost the beginning of their bloodline. Aunt Alexandra thought, because of her heritage, that she and her family were better than everyone else. ...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Pieter, an Afrikaner and the son of a fiercely conservative Afrikaner father, brings disgrace and destruction on both himself and on his family. ... Sophie is an excellent narrator in many respects, she is a good observer, a good judge of character, and she has insight into the Vlaanderen family, especially the stressed relationship between Pieter and his father. ... It is difficult to be unbiased, especially when it is a loved one. She herself acknowledges that she loves Pieter "perhaps beyond all wisdom" (12). ... Sophie grieves in her heart for the man Smith "that did such evil because he w...

• Word Count: 1438
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was a man that symbolized the power of the word, and the power of love and challenged Americans, both black and white, to live up to the best that was within them. ... His father, born in Stockbridge, Georgia, had worked very hard to get an education so that he would not have to partake in the family business of sharecropping. ... The King family viewed education, like many black people, as the key to getting ahead. ... Although love and a relative financial ease allowed Martin Jr. a certain shelter and comfort, his family could not fully protect him from the cruelty of racism. ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School