... to happen. "Hansel and Gretel has different issues than many fairytales as to gender and power due to its two main characters. Had there been only one child overcoming the conflict the situation may have been written differently. A singular male hero would have been more likely to overcome the situation on his own, while a single female would most likely have been ... beast is intimidated by Beauty's beauty and therefore has to look through it, whereas the Beast is repulsive and ugly and Beauty has to search for his inner self. This tells us that the inner beauty of a person is more att...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... way to give Sara emotional support during a Julliard audition, and Sara has to leave her comfortable middle-class, Mid-Western upbringing to live with her estranged father in the Chicago inner city. Sara must now attend a predominantly black high school in Chicago "in fact there are only a handful of white teenagers there. Sara is idealistic and sees no reason not ... white table in the school cafeteria. Sara is befriended by a young black woman named Chenille, whose brother Derek is a straight "A- student, headed for Georgetown and headed for a life outside their inner-city existence. ...

• Word Count: 2813
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... who mistreats her is her stepfather, whom she calls Pa because she believes that he is her real father. Celie writes several letters, which she addresses to God, expressing her inner feelings in the form of a dairy. The novel begins with Celie's reminiscence upon her stepfather's order that she does not say anything about the abuse he is imposing on her ... stepfather. The confidence leads Shug and Celie to enjoy the security in each other's bodies: " Lesbianism in the novel is for Celie and Shug, the expression of self directly in conflict with a man-made, man-dominated society" (Blake...

• Word Count: 2865
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School