… identity, and her well-known infatuation with death, which is the cause of her rather notorious fame. Quite simply, Sexton's poetry is a poetry of life. Sometimes her works seem confessional, but to me it does not mean that her confessions necessarily…

… philosophy in recent decades have been: (1) That philosophy somehow consists of (some sort of) logic, and (2) that logic is a study of and theory about (some sort of) language. There, of course, follows from these a third assumption: (3) That philosophy…

… by Ernest Gaines was a 1970's small Louisiana plantation were there is a lot of sugar cane all over the countryside. Many of the Blacks in this area are very old in their 70's and 80's and they had helped to cultivate the sugar as their parents and…

… that has taken place with the growth of Cajun farming and this mechanization's effect. The arrival of the tractor with the Cajuns shifted the traditional means of local black life. Mechanization reduced the need for labor. "We still had cane,…

… of black masculinity. Initially titled "The Revenge of Old Men," the novel is a tale about action and self-realization. The old men who gather at the plantation have spent their days running from trouble. After years of social and economic…

… of the first in-car 8-track player. It was the birth of the mobile electronics industry. Car audio and mobile electronics have since become a full-blown phenomenon. Powerhouse companies are currently creating some of the most expensive and advanced…

… them are our personal difficulties and others are the tragedy of the whole society. The problem with racism is one of the most widely spread in our country. Its main problem is that many people don't think it is. Many live their lives not even realizin…

… schools of philosophy and theology for thousands of years. Most of the time, these debates have revolved around all kinds of assumptions and definitions. Philosophers will spend a lifetime arguing about the meaning of a word and never really get there.…

… of men engaged in a candid discussion on racism. The group consisted of eight men, and they were African, Asian, Latino, and White Americans. It was to show that all Africans, Asians, Latinos, or Whites do not think alike and are diverse. I believe…

… any individual can ever have in his/her life. It's practically the main element to make a person whole, because having no family can be very destructive. In a young mind, a family is mainly considered to be having a mother, a father, and siblings…