Sir Walter Scott's 'Old Mortality' / Analyzed
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This 5 page research paper examines the 1816 novel of historical fiction, Old Mortality, which chronicles the Covenanters, their struggle for religious freedom, as well as considers the role played by female characters. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Oldmort.wps

Sir Walter Scott's 'Waverley' / Analyzed
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This 5 page paper examines the 1814 novel, Waverley, by Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott. Specifically discussed is how the novel qualifies as romantic, in terms of definition and the author's medieval concept of the term. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Function of Myth
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This 7 page paper discusses the role of myth within a good story: Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Aurel. The importance of archetypal image is discussed, as well as the perception that writing is the key to human consciousness as shown in Walter Ong's Orality and Literacy: The Technologicalizing of the Word. Bibliographylists 4 sources.
Filename: BBmyth.doc

Film - 'Devil in a Blue Dress' Analyzed
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A 5 page paper which analyzes the 1995 murder mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress, which was based on a 1990 novel by Walter Mosley. Three stages of textual analysis are offered -- an interpretation of the mystery, how race affects the outcome of the mystery, and how the outcome affects our understanding of race, citing specific references to larger social issues. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Bludress.wps

Good Guys & Rotten Apples in Twentieth Century Detective Fiction
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A 9 page paper analyzing the detectives used in six detective novels of the twentieth century: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, The Emperor's Snuffbox by John Dickson Carr, The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Guardian Angel by Sara Paretsky, and Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. The paper separates the novels into those in which the detectives themselves are moral and trustworthy, and those in which they are not, and explains how the author's social and moral views are reflected in his detectives. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Goodet.wps

Setting in 'Devil in a Blue Dress' and Skinwalkers
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A 3 page paper discussing these novels by Walter Mosley and Tony Hillerman, respectively. The paper points out that the culture of the locale in which these novels are set determines the ground rules for the entire novel. In this way, setting functions almost like the ruling spirit of the novel itself, setting the motivations of the characters in motion, and then stepping back while the characters move the plot. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Skinwalk.wps

The Contrasting Worldviews of Walter Mosley and Arthur Conan Doyle
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A six page paper comparing these two writers of detective fiction in terms of the way they reflect their respective societies, and how this affects the moral statements made by their fiction in general. Particular works compared are Conan Doyle's 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' and Mosley's 'White Butterfly.' Bibliography lists four sources.
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The Detective Genre in 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
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A 6 page paper on the novel by Walter Mosley. The paper suggests that the novel has a hard time characterizing itself as either mystery or social commentary, and while it has elements of both, it has the strengths of neither. Much of this is caused by its somewhat predictable plot and slight characterizations. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Devilin.wps

Walter Mosley's 'Devil In A Blue Dress' / A View Of Easy Rawlins
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This 5 page paper considers the character of Easy Rawlins presented in Walter Mosley's novel Devil in a Blue Dress and relates the issue of race, especially Easy's blackness, as it impacts his role as a private eye. This paper considers the sometimes conflicting view of Easy Rawlins and the impact for the novel as a whole. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Erawlin.wps

'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.
Filename: Awalker.wps

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.
Filename: Amiblue.wps

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.
Filename: Injuspur.wps