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… Bayonne, Louisiana, for several years when a slow-witted man named Jefferson is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Jefferson claims he is innocent of the crime. He says he was on his way to a bar, but changed his mind and decided to tag…

… Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She spent her childhood in California, Arkansas, and St. Louis, and lived with her paternal grandmother, Annie Henderson, for most of her childhood years. At age 8, she was raped by her mother¹s boyfriend in St.Louis;…

… of Hughes, Hill and Harrison, which all speak of situations in the past that have affected society to the present day. As for other works of these poets such as Examination at the Womb Dorr, In Memory of Jane Fraiser, and Book Ends, each deals with…

… of this book, I enjoyed this chapter the most since it really gives you a look at what Rushdie is saying, and what his meaning is. The ground beneath her feet symbolizes so many things; an image of Vina's last day, what Rai and Ormus worship about…

… Yates had everything she could want, a loving husband and five children. Yates had been her high school's valedictorian, a nurse for eight years before getting married. She was a stay at home mom that home schooled her children. Yates had a history…

… is set in the Deep South of the thirties. Lee was herself born and raised in Alabama, so she would have had direct experience of the situation she writes of in the novel. Although it does not deal with civil rights as such - for example, the right…

… themes in his novels. In his style of writing, Hemingway is able to express the themes of the novel through strong character traits and actions. The common themes in Hemingway's novel The Sun Also and A Farewell to Arms are death and loss. The…

… how Margaret brings together the worlds of both masters and men and comment on how the passage illustrates the issues she faces in doing so. Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South" is one of the most intricate industrial novels of the Victorian…

… I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, is based on an African-American female who experiences many hard times in her childhood. Most people can't even imagine what Maya has gone through. It would be very difficult for any child to overcome…

… when women were amidst a social struggle in order to stop the oppression society placed on them concerning their roles. The main character in Ibsen's play is Nora Helmer, the beautiful wife of Torvald Helmer. She struggles with her need to escape…