... 's death, Michael was raised an only child in a loving household by "two grandmothers, three aunts, and a mother, all of whom were very strong women- (Chavkin 217). Perhaps these women's strength inspired the novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. Though the family was destitute, hard work allowed him to go to college after obtaining a scholarship from Georgetown University. "For me, going to ... work on all literary products that either produced. His many awards in Native American Studies helped him to become strong in his ethnicity and later write the work A Yellow Raft in Blue Water in 198...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... have been a mermaid), but her two legs placed her squarely on the tenuous line between a human being and a creature of myth- (4-5). Rosa's unusual beauty is an element of the magical, and she is a direct symbol of the feminine "Green world,"" for even the color of her hair, green, suggests nature and fertility. When Rosa dies so young, the community is stunned, especial Clara, who foresees her death and witnesses her ... inextolerably. She noticed it before anyone else in the flowers wilting in their vases . . . Then the plants died, because no one remembered to water them or talk to th...

• Word Count: 1940
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate