This passage shows that Brush felt a strong need for the boys to learn the "white chests" ways and to learn to think as a "white chest" would in order to survive in the changing world of the Omaha. Brush could see that the white man was moving into the territory of the Omaha tribe and everyday life was being influenced and structured around the white man's way of thinking. ... Each child is stripped of his native clothing and given white man's clothes to wear. His hair is cut to a style of the white man and he is given a white man name. ... One example was when the children all r...

• Word Count: 1443
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This may be the root today's white supremacy followers. These white supremacist may feel that they have not had the opportunities that they should have because another race has taken these opportunities from them. ... In the novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, there are several examples of reification. ... In the issue concerning white supremacy, there are several examples in which we could look. ... In other cases, the white people may have felt extreme pride at one time and then this pride turned into vanity which is an origin of reification. ...

• Word Count: 1942
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

A storm, though, constitutes of wind, rain, snow, floods, and hurricanes. Arnold and Adolph were fighting in the snow, in the middle of a storm, but this fight was described as, "every little hurricane" (3). ... Sherman Alexie knows that when a white person murders another white person, the murderer would go to jail and be put on trial before a judge and the white man who had died would receive proper burial services. ...

• Word Count: 2237
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The stereotype was created by the white slave owners. ... Many white southern authors use the name Mammy when referring to a black woman who would serve white families as a nanny and would commonly overlook childcare. They were always called Mammy by the white families. ... She was a puppet that the white slave owners control. ... When Amy Duncan, Teddy's mother, discovers that Teddy isn't home when this big snow storm hits, she is extremely worried about Teddy and hopes that she is alright. ...

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