Setting: Another Country takes place in Harlem, France, Greenwich Village and other locales throughout numerous incidents in this literary work. It is a time during the early 1970's when racism against women and ethnic dissents take place. The most prevailing and leading events take place in Harlem, New York and ... within the human race. The inference of the novel leaves the reader with a sense of inquisitiveness and personal prediction of what the finale or outcome of the novel will be. Literary Style: According to Langston Hughes, "Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves, to flow and bea...

• Word Count: 1203
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry The setting of this book takes place in Chicago's Southside, sometime between World War II and the present. The main characters are Ruth Younger, Walter Lee Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Lena Younger. Lena Younger is the mother of Beneatha and Walter. Ruth Younger is Walter's wife. Walter wants to have a liquor shop and wants the money that Lena Younger is suppose to get that belonged to her husband. Beneatha needs money to become a doctor. Beneatha and Walter have external conflicts throughout the novel over the money. Lena Younger wishes to stop th...

• Word Count: 443
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School