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several times of resistance movements for the rights of the black, Americans even have gone through the Civil War which almost ruined the U.S., they still could not be totally free and earn most people's respect yet. After reading Claudia Rankine's “Citizen”, it becomes much clearer about the racial discrimination in our real daily life. Claudia Rankine is a poet who is good at writing lyric poetry, her book “Citizen: A American Lyric” reveals a tragic fact that even as a powerful developed

had several award nominations including a Golden Globe. In 2010 she received her first Academy Award for Best Actress. Jennifer Shrader Lawrence was born on August 12, 1990. She has two older brothers, Blaine and Ben. Growing up Jennifer lived on a farm outside Louisville, Kentucky. She lived with her mom Karen, her dad, Gary, and her two older brothers. Jennifer was an athletic child. She was involved in cheerleading, field hockey, softball. She also acted in

Title of Book • Entire novel about a teacher trying to teach a man named Jefferson that he is a man, not a hog, before he is executed. • It was important for Jefferson’s caretaker, Miss Emma, and the entire black community that he dies as a man- proud and brave. Author- Ernest J. Gaines • Born in 1933 in Oscar, Louisiana • Author and educator • Wrote several books- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman discusses period from the Civil War to the civil rights movement • 1994- National Book Critics Circle

In 1976 Maxine Hong Kingston won the National Book Critics Circle Award for the best work of non-fiction for her book The Woman Warrior: Memories of a Girlhood among Ghosts, a novel built up from a collection of stories that draw on from Chinese folklore and myth intertwined with her own life’s experiences and episodes from her and other female family members’ life. While labelled as an autobiography, American readers enthusiastically welcomed it as work of fiction that deals with the exotic, mysterious

Being an author of several praised works, Maxine Hong Kingston has been deemed a noteworthy American writer since her first book debuted. Her unique style and interesting blend of myth and truth in memoir form garnered her international attention and won her several awards. Kingston’s works have put heavy emphasis on her family history and her experiences as a Chinese-American, so it is no surprise that she has been received well by many and misunderstood by others at the same time. A discussion

The famous novel ‘Sula’ is written by Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen professor of Humanities, Emeritus at Princeton University. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She lives in Rockland County, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey. Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist, but a major figure in our national literature. “Sula novel examines the dynamics of friendship

The Accidental Tourist Recognized with a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985, Anne Tyler 's The Accidental Tourist explores the complex relationships within families and their long-term effects on the quality of our lives. The Accidental Tourist introduces us to Macon Leary, a “kernel of a man that nothing real penetrates” until he meets Muriel Pritchett, with whom he opens up and shares his pain over the death of his son (Tyler 180). Their relationship transforms Leary’s emotions and

Portrayal of Women in Comics A recent post on Vanity Fair with title “Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn; the Most Divisive Character in Comic book History” and the presence of wonder woman in the movie batman versus superman in 2016, have indirectly shown that there is a surge in the demand for more female superheroes. These female superheroes are so distinguished by some characteristics which are peculiar to them. These projected characteristics include but not restricted to; Freedom, dominance and

While reading The Best American Comics: 2013 I came across Terry Moore’s written and illustrated “Rachel Rising” which is an invigorating horror comic excerpt where a beautiful woman named Rachel Beck awakes from a shallow grave crawling her way free, mostly dead with no clue how she ended up there or who strangled her to death. The excerpt is a short representation of the full comic series and a must say this is an exhilarating piece of artwork that leaves you off on a cliff hanger, which had me

way. They have gone from underdeveloped supporting characters, such as the love interest or sidekick to someone who owns the spotlight with their combat skills and superpowers. This shift in portrayal is being acknowledged and praised by many comic book readers who have been hoping for a very long time that females will one day become more realistically portrayed. However, despite this, there are still a select few who choose to shift the focus away from the impact superheroines are having and instead