... 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 to be friends with the other black students as she approaches them first before being relegated to the 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 ... well. Sara's father is not happy about the relationship after Sara gets into a fist fight with Nikki at school. It is not clear if he is upset about the interracial as...

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

... the facts are there to back up the theory. At first it s hard to see why Claude is the way he is however, upon further review Cather makes the reader very aware that most of the issues in Claude's life can be traced back to his childhood. The only insight of Claude's childhood that Cather gives the reader is the story with the ... his own life. The part of the last quote that is the most peculiar is the part where Claude says that the soldier was "lucky" to find such a blessing. This solider is not in a very good situation, but despite everything that is wrong with the soldier Claude stil...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... it's closing in on eighty. Suddenly, the conference table has four generations sitting around it instead of just one or two. The Traditionalist, the Boomer, the Gen X"er, and the Millennial all bring forth differences in language, history, work experience, education and even communication styles. It is becoming increasingly difficult for the generations to find common ground. The traditionalist generation tends to have a very ... Army sergeants, a Navy commander, and even an Air Force pilot!" The diversity equation was as simple as black and white actually it was even simpler they were m...

• Word Count: 3493
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography