I also recommend this to adults also because I think that they could learn things from it also. (1) One theme from the novel is racism. ... He starts to realize how bad the blacks have it and starts to fall apart from his usual white personality. ...

• Word Count: 808
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Mattie Lee Jackson's antique diction makes the kids fall to the ground laughing. ... Having been apart of some many stresses dealing with the equality of blacks and whites, you would imagine a broken down old woman stumbling through the fields quietly getting her job done. ... Regardless of the things she experienced as a black woman, she still kept a " stoic face ." ...

• Word Count: 910
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School