… Color Purple The women in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Color Purple have been raped and forced to live life harshly as African Americans during the time when civil rights for many people of the United States of America was still very much…

… of the civil war where slaves freed by Emancipation and those who were given or bought their freedom earlier were victims of random acts of violence. There are several power relationships that Morrison links together to show the aftermath of the civil…

… Webster Dictionary, an epic poem is a long poem in elevated style narrating the deeds of a hero. Epic poems have been around for a long time and there is usually at least one for each culture. In an epic poem, the story usually illustrates the…

… by John Wyndham. Anne is the oldest member of “the group”. She represents a victim of a strict society and how it can effect people that are different. Anne’s strongest characteristics are selfishness, stubbornness and vengefulness. Anne…

… is predominantly written based on pagan beliefs. It is evident, as the story traveled by word of mouth, many Christian beliefs were added. Christianity, at the time this epic was written, was on a steady incline. Many missionaries were traveling…

… for it, or is it looking for us. What really is happiness and when we find it will we be satisfied with it? In the book Fahrenheit 451 the live in a place which can be the so called “perfect world” to some, but to many they are not happy with…

… things that often don’t go hand in hand. While the definition of being moral is at times sketchy, attempted murder in this case could by no means by considered moral. Jack represents savagery and the desire for power and his “power” was threatened immed…

… the author of The Scarlet Letter, presents to his readers a novel in which there are obstacles to overcome by the main characters. His array of symbolism throughout the novel makes the story seem related to modren times. In the first…

… round character in the development of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Brutus was thought no threat and an ingenious right-hand man due to his nobility and his loyalty; however, these qualities are precisely why the story is such a catastrophe. What…

… of the title character's brother, a schoolteacher, who lives a much different life than Sonny himself. As the story opens, the unnamed teacher has just learned that his younger brother has been arrested for possession and sale of heroin: "I was…