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Papers On African-American Literature
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The Characterization of Janie in Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'
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A nine page paper looking at this important twentieth century novel in terms of the way Zora Neale Hurston created the complex characterization of her protagonist, Janie Crawford. The paper argues that Janie is less challenged by her role as an African-American as she is by her gender. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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Zora Neal Hurston / Significance Of White Tokens In Six Of Her Works
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A 6 page analysis of Jonah's Gourd Wine, Guilded Six-Bits, Sweat, Spunk, Drenched in Light, & John Reddding Goes to Sea -- looking at how Hurston uses the white token to bring about the black experience in regards to separatism and belonging--from a societal viewpoint. The paper discusses Hurston's goals of bringing together both societies for an egalitarian purpose rather than promote a separatist viewpoint for either black or white society.
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Zora Neale Hurston / A Woman of Two Worlds
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An 8 page paper discussing the black author's unusual ability to move easily in both black literary circles and white ones simultaneously, and postulates that this helped her bring the joy and vitality of black experience to a primarily white audience. FREE Outline of paper included ! Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Zora Neale Hurston's 'Dust Tracks on a Road'
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A 5 page essay on Zora Neale Hurston's autobiography. It describes Zora's life briefly, then analyzes two major problems with the book, namely Zora's lack of closure regarding her prophetic 'visions' and her inability to perceive herself as a member of an oppressed race. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Zora2.rtf

Zora Neale Hurston's 'Seraph on the Suwanee' / Sexuality
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A 5 page paper based on the argument that author Zora Neale Hurston wrote more with an eye to authenticity than to the conventions of the times in which she wrote. Published in 1948, 'Seraph on the Suwanee' was the last novel written by Hurston, and was also one of her lesser-known. All of her works, however, included a measure of to-the-point sexuality, presented in the context of a matter-of-fact part of life rather than for any anticipated 'shock value.' Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' / Traces Of Modernism
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A 9 page paper on the novel by early twentieth century author Zora Neale Hurston. The paper argues that Hurston's fiction techniques were ultimately derived from the modernism she learned while she was the only Black student at Barnard in the 1920s, and this colored both her fictional techniques and her interaction with white people from then on. Bibliography lists 9 sources including book.
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Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'/ Concept Of African Time
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This 5 page report discusses the concept of Clack time' or 'African time' and how it applies to Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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'My Antonia' by Willa Cather
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This 6 page paper discusses one of Willa Cather's best known and best-loved novels. The report covers the plot, characters, setting, and tone of the narrative voice. No additional sources cited.
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Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' vs. W. Cartha's 'My Antonia' / Characters
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An 8 page paper comparing and contrasting the two heroines in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and Willa Cather's My Antonia. Bibliography lists 6 critical 6 sources.
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My Antonia
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5 pages in length. The duality of Willa Cather's portrayal in My Antonia represents the inherent dichotomy that exists between beauty and fear. Eloquently depicted and especially appealing to the senses, My Antonia is far more than a book that one reads, experiences, sets down and then forgets; rather, it is one that transcends the literary boundaries that separate reality from fantasy. The writer discusses how the haunting interpretation of a pioneer woman's difficult life is filled with aesthetically entrancing visuals, as well as formidable and unpredictable changes of such an existence. No additional sources cited.
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My Antonia: Conventional Vs. Unconventional Roles Of Women
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5 pages in length. The duality of Willa Cather's portrayal of women in My Antonia represents the inherent dichotomy that exists between conventionality and unconventionality. A longstanding debate has raged ever since the author penned her account of a woman torn between traditional gender representation and that which is not considered conventional. The argument within the literary world revolves around the feminist approach, with some critics contending that Antonia represents the archetypal female who awakens to her innate functions as a woman. The writer presents a review of literary opinions in relation to how women's roles are portrayed in My Antonia. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The Creative Outsider in American Society
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An essay discussing the role of the creative outsider in American society using several works of relevant literature. Analyzed in this essay are Henry David Thoreaus' 'On Duty of Civil Disobedience,' John Neihard's 'Black Elk Speaks,' and Willia Cather's 'My Antonia.' It is thematically concluded that The U.S. is a country not only built by 'outsiders,' but whose arts and culture are influenced by them as well. The three texts used are listed in a bibliography.
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The Roots of Nonconformity in the Works of Willa Cather
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A nine page paper looking at Willa Cather's lesbianism as a reason for her nonconformist views. The paper asserts that due to the threat of being blackballed in the publishing industry, Cather was forced to hide her homosexuality, but her nonconformity shines through in her works. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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Willa Cather's 'Paul's Case' / Conflict and Illusion
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A 5 page paper on Willa Cather's psychological portrait of a troubled teen. The paper concludes that Paul's rebellion pits far more than father against son, or the exquisite against the drab, or illusion against reality. It calls the very nature of reality into question, and strongly suggests that reality is relative to each individual.
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Women and Society in Cather’s “O Pioneers!”
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A 5 page paper analyzing Willa Cather’s novel in terms of its treatment of a strong, independent woman and her influence on the outcasts of society. The paper argues that women such as Alexandra Bergson have drawn from their feminine side the sympathy to care about those less fortunate than themselves, and from their masculine side (which many of them didn’t even know they had) the power to change lives for the better. No additional sources.
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'Womanism' in the Writing and Life of Alice Walker
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A 9 page paper analyzing Walker's emphasis on 'womanism', and the social and historical forces underlying it. The paper defines what Walker means by this term, and shows how she applies it in both her novels and her own life. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Alice Walker / Techniques
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This 6 page paper demonstrates how the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple, uses fiction and other forms of writing to address her concerns. Examples of this are shown with the use of three of her major novels, The Temple of My Familiar, The Color Purple and Possessing The Secret of Joy. The short story Roselily is also used to show how Walker consistently uses her characters to demonstrate her interest in humanity and concern with issues such as abuse and female genital mutilation. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Alice Walker's 'Am I Blue?'/ Animal Rights & Human Nature
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A 4 page analysis of Alice Walker's essay on the 'human' qualities of animals, specifically a horse of which she was very fond. The paper argues that Walker's essay sentimentally anthropomorphizes the horse, preventing us from seeing its truly animal nature. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'
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7 pages in length. The importance of language in Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use.' Writer also touches upon the symbolic significance of the quilt.
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Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'/ Dee's Afrocentricism
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A 5 page research paper that examines the way that Walker uses the character of Dee to make some profound statements on what it means to be African-American. The writer argues that this short story contrasts Dee's faddish 'Afrocentricism' against the very real, nurturing values of her mother and sister. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 90dayuse.rtf

Alice Walker's 'Possessing The Secret Of Joy' / Disturbing Conflict
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the major points and characters in Walker's work. Bibliography lists no additional sources.
Filename: Walkerp.rtf

Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple' / An Epistolary Novel
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A 5 page paper which looks at the format of The Color Purple as a series of letters, and demonstrate how the main character grows through her own writing and reading the letters of others. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple' / Injustice
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A 6 page paper showing how injustice is depicted in Alice Walker's novel. The paper concludes that the triple forces of alienation, internalization, and liberation are symbolized by the central figures in Celie's life: God, Nettie, and Shug. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple' / Theme Of Oppression
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In 5 pages, the writer analyzes 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker. It is argue that the theme of 'The Color Purple' is oppression and the ability to rise from that oppression as a phoenix from the ashes to soar once again. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple' as Cinema
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A 5 page paper analyzing whether -- and how -- the Steven Spielberg adaptation of Alice Walker's novel changed the story structurally. The paper concludes that Spielberg actually adds meat and depth to a novel that is, by itself, powerful but uncompromisingly spare. No additional sources cited.
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Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple' vs. 'In Love And Trouble' / Men & Women
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A 5 page paper discussing the relationship some of characters experience. In 'The Color Purple' the relationships defined are those of Celie and Mr._____, Andrew and Shug. In the book of short stories, 'In Love and Trouble' the relationships are those of Myrna and Ruel, Myrna and Mordecai. The differences between the males and the females expectations and outlooks in regards to their relationships is detailed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple'/ Character Of Celie
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A 4 page essay discussing the concept of values as they're illustrated by the character of Celie in Walker's book. No bibliography.
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Relationships in Walker's 'The Color Purple'
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A 5 page paper looking at the way the protagonist's relationships with others have shaped her own identity in Alice Walker's modern classic. The paper concludes that although Celie begins by writing to God, by the book's end she has turned almost entirely to the community of other women for inspiration and support. No additional sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Jazz' vs. Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand' / Two Places One Heart
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A 5 page essay that examines the struggle African Americans have as they move from an rural culture to an urban one in Toni Morrison's 'Jazz' and Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand' and 'Passing.' No additional sources cited.
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Alice Walker's 'Meridian' vs. T. Morrison's 'Sula' / Life in White World
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A 6 page paper discussing black/white relationships in these two novels of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, respectively. The paper argues that sharply pitting the two worlds together may make good newspaper copy, but it does not neecessarily make good fiction. No sources other than books.
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Character of Shadrack in Toni Morrison's 'Sula'
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A 5 page paper which examines how racial and patriarchal issues affect the character of Shadrack in Toni Morrison's 1973 novel, Sula. No additional sources cited.
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Degrees of Separation in Morrison’s “Beloved”
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An eight page paper looking at the issue of separation in Toni Morrison’s modern classic. The paper points out that there are really two separation issues in this story: the unreasonable separation of mothers and children under slavery, and the inability of Sethe, the protagonist, to separate her oldest daughter from herself. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Feminism in Walker and Morrison
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A 10 page paper contrasting the two very different views on feminism contained in Toni Morrison's 'Sula' and Alice Walker's 'The Color Purple.' The paper shows how Walker's celebration of one's female aspect through a community of women contrasts with Morrison's celebration of the independent female mind. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Milk and Motherhood in Morrison’s “Beloved”
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An eight page paper analyzing the thematic importance of the theme of breastfeeding and motherhood in Toni Morrison’s 1987 novel. The paper argues that the freedom to nurse one’s children up to the normal age of weaning, and then use the maternal bond thus created to nurture one’s children to adulthood, is denied to women under slavery, and this causes tremendous stress on mothers and children alike. Bibliography lists 6 sources, which follow paper.
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Morale And Fortitude In 'Beloved' And 'All But My Life'
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A 7 page paper looking at these two depictions of a woman under crisis: Toni Morrison's novel about the legacy of slavery, and Gerda Weissmann Klein's memoirs about her Holocaust experience. The paper asserts that the reason Klein was able to survive as a whole person while Morrison's Sethe was not is due to the strength of their self-concept during their formative years. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Social Issues in “Othello” and “The Bluest Eye”
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A five page paper looking at these two works by William Shakespeare and Toni Morrison respectively, dealing with their treatment of social issues such as racism, both in the Elizabethan era and today. The paper shows that what the two protagonists have in common is the degree to which they have internalized their society’s racist impressions of them, and allowed it to corrode their own self-image.
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The Significance of Breasts in Morrison’s “Beloved”
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An eight page paper looking at Toni Morrison’s modern classic in terms of its motif of breasts. The paper argues that for Sethe, breasts -- both in their nursing and erogenous capacities -- reflect both enslavement and liberation. No additional sources.
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The Southern Ties of Northern Characters in (3) Toni Morrison Novels
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A 6 page paper which discusses the relationship between the characters in the Toni Morrison novels, Jazz, Beloved and The Bluest Eye with their southern backgrounds. Specifically considered are whether the nature of these ties differ with each novel or if there are recurring themes, whether or not the south represents 'heaven' or 'hell,' Morrison's insistence that her characters maintain contact with their southern roots, the difference in offerings and the differences between dangers and disappointments of the north and south. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Theme of the Quest in Morrison’s “Song of Solomon”
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A six page paper looking at the way Toni Morrison’s novel fulfills the requirements of a “quest” novel. The paper shows that through the protagonist’s rediscovery of his past, he is able to start on the path of becoming a black man in a white world. No additional sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' & 'The Bluest Eye'
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A 6 page essay that compares and contrasts these two novels in both theme and character. Abandonment, victimization and lack of self-identity are just three of the topics discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / Absence Of Expression
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A 7 page paper on Toni Morrison's 1986 Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The paper analyzes Morrison's use of bland or 'vacant' facial expressions in the light of Sylvan Tomkins' theories that the movement of the facial muscles producing expression trigger both physiological reactions and the conscious feelings associated with emotion. Two sources cited.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / Identity & Culture
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A 6 page essay in which the writer discusses how Toni Morrison criticizes the manner in which white culture dictates the identity of black culture in her book entitled 'Beloved.'
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / Importance Of Memory
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A 3 page essay discussing the essentiality of memory, re-call memory, and disremembering. The writer compares and discusses the painful memories of several key characters including : Sethe, Baby Suggs, and Paul D. Elements of the comparison include the effects of memory on each character and how they deal with it.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / Re-Memory & Repression
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A 5 page paper looking at Toni Morrison's Beloved from a feminist perspective. The paper looks at the nature of Beloved herself: is she a ghost, and if so, invoked by whom? It determines that she is a figment of the collective unconscious of the women of 124 Bluestone Road, and represents the only way they could deal with the trauma of what happened to them. Bibliography lists two sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' / What Is Memory ?
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A 5 page essay on how memory is defined and dealt with in the character of Sethe. No additional sources cited.
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Toni Morrison's 'Jazz' vs. Dorothy West's 'The Wedding'
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A 6 page paper discussing two novels - 'The Wedding' by Dorothy West and 'Jazz' by Toni Morrison. Bibliography lists only the two novels as the sources.
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Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / African-American Standards of Beauty
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A 6 page paper discussing the way author Toni Morrison deals with women's self-image and self-esteem. The focus is on two characters, Pilate, an independent old woman, and her granddaughter Hagar, a vain young girl. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: Solomon.wps

Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / Characters Compared & Contrasted
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A 4 page paper discussing the contrasting characters of Milkman Dead and his father, Macon. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Solomon3.wps

Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / Development Of Milkman's Character
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An 8 page paper on Toni Morrison's novel. The paper argues that Milkman's disassociation from his black heritage produces a disassociation from himself. No additional sources cited.
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Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' / Milkman As A Classic Hero
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In 6 pages, the writer describes Milkman as a classic hero in 'Song of Solomon' by Toni Morrison. Bibliography lists 5 secondary sources.
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