Essays Tagged: "Walter Mosley"

Racial Discrimination in "Devil in a Blue Dress" By Walter Mosley

ce of racial stereotyping has molded how a person judges another person by the basis of their race. Walter Mosley, the author of Devil in a Blue Dress, takes advantage of existing racial stereotypes t ... er dialect of English. The effect of the Ebonic stereotype has carried over into English literature.Walter Mosley incorporates the stereotype of African-Americans speaking Ebonics to give his readers ...

(4 pages) 38 0 3.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Discuss how gender and sexuality are represented in urban literature. (Texts used are The International by Glenn Patterson and Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley)

g in regards to the question are The International by Glenn Patterson, and Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. Both texts relate to different urban cities and decades, The International is set in ... itutes.' (Patterson: 70)The second piece of urban literature to discuss is Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley. The themes of gender and sexuality are of fundamental importance throughout the novel ...

(9 pages) 31 1 4.7 May/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Chaing Gang Essay

owing someone elses?In his essay "Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking off the Dead Hand of History," Walter Mosley delves deep into our nation's past and present as he discusses the mental slavery that ... n your terms, I think that's what it's about, and from what I understood from reading this essay by Walter Mosley, we kind of think the same way.Work CitedMosley, Walter "Workin' on the Chain Gang: Sh ...

(2 pages) 0 0 0.0 Mar/2013

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Sociology

new character; answering the call will erase a chapter from the world." The quote from the essay of Walter Mosley help me clarify the some of the tips when we are writing an essay. It is an extremely ... more important. Even the lightest things can blow away our ideas. Base on the quote from the essay, Walter also want to remind other writer what characteristic they should have to benefit the writing. ...

(3 pages) 2 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology