The Quiet American

to society. It is epic because nothing like that had ever happened before in history and it was even more shocking that Elizabeth dealt with it like she did. Though she knew that going to Central High school that day, being one of the nine African American students, she would face some troubles, but she, nor anyone else, could imagine that she would have to become so strong and relentless to get away from the group of people harassing her down the blocks of her school. Elizabeth’s first day was…

ineffable—such as Christianity, alcoholism, racism, prejudice, and the nature of humanity—but she does in such an informal, and often innocent, manner that her words have the ability to be thought-provoking to readers of all ages. Nelle Harper Lee was an American writer whose novels influenced America’s culture, helped the civil rights movement, and inspired millions of…

Toni Morrison is considered as one of the prominent writers in African-American history. In 1993, Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature and she became the eighth woman and the first African-American to win the prize. Her novels furnish themselves to feminist interpretation because they challenge the cultural norms of class, gender and race. In her novels, Beloved bagged Pulitzer Prize award for Fiction in 1988 and remains one of the most well-known and critically-acclaimed works. Toni…

Not only will the outcome of this revolution be known as the American Revolution but it will be the revolution of the World as all countries will look up to us as the nation that stood tall against Great Britain, a tyrannical super power. For me, I would love to be a part of such a movement and it is just around the…

known to be a great sports player. According to Jackson, he is described as a young quarterback who many, outside of the circles of football fans had never heard of before and became an overnight sensation. When Colin performed the horrific act, "Americans were arguing for and against Kaepernick's protest” (Jackson). In comparison, Sarah moved her family into a structure created to be a barn when her husband was away, to the shock of her neighbors. As soon as her husband went away, "she moves…

Chinese - American Immigrants There are two topics I would like to talk about: education and immigration. Education played a crucial role in my life. Education is important to improve the level of national knowledge, update the living standards, get a decent work, gain a comfortable life, and help others. When I came to the United States, as a new immigrant I encountered many problems. For example, nobody could tell me how to do paper work, how to look for a good college and how to find a good…

With this in mind, on March 3, 1991 an African American male named Rodney King was pulled over by Los Angeles Police for speeding. They said he was going 120 miles per hour in a Hyundai, when they car cannot even reach that limit. The cops chased King all over the city of Los Angeles. Full of anger, once…

“How It Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston was published in the journal World Tomorrow and was read mostly by the white people “who were already sympathetic to civil rights for African American” (Hurston, 138). Hurston describes her own experience of racial segregation by using figurative language to give more realistic images in order to show readers how proud she is for being herself despite how other people look at her. Throughout the story, Hurston has never mentioned other black…

have been able to move any more on his own. Then his father gave him one really strong liberating push from behind, and he scurried, bleeding severely, far into the interior of his room. The door was slammed shut with the cane, and finally it was quiet.” (page 151) Gregor’s father tries his very best throughout the story to keep Gregor away from his mother and sister. He believes that Gregor is a nuisance and no longer the hard-working son that he was once proud of. Finally, his family attempts…

The kicker puts the football in the holder and the game begins. You feel such emotion when it all gets quiet before the kick and then the stadium erupts as the ball goes flying down the field to the receiver just waiting for his moment to shine. I was very enthusiastic at the game for example if I thought the referees made a bad call I would jump up and yell…