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Through Her Eyes: Learning And Teaching About Racism Through "To Kill A Mockingbird" And "The Bluest Eye", Sloane Larsen May 2023

Through Her Eyes: Learning And Teaching About Racism Through "To Kill A Mockingbird" And "The Bluest Eye", Sloane Larsen

English Honors Theses

This thesis argues that Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird both merit a place in te United States’ secondary education systems by using use them in the classroom to encourage students to recognize and challenge their biases, perspectives, and choices. One of the many complex questions this thesis addresses is the efficacy of teaching students about racism using such novels. Teaching these novels through Critical Race Theory could help create a new generation of students who are more likely to address and challenge their biases and privilege. At the same time, this approach requires …


In A State Of Nervous Conditions: Gender Relations In Tsitsi Dangarembga’S Groundbreaking Novel, Evan Garcia Apr 2023

In A State Of Nervous Conditions: Gender Relations In Tsitsi Dangarembga’S Groundbreaking Novel, Evan Garcia

Montserrat Annual Writing Prize

This paper is analysis of Tsitsi Dangarembga's novel Nervous Conditions. It examines the oppressive system of colonial patriarchy in Southern Rhodesia and the suffocating conflicts faced by African women living under the legacy of colonial rule.


The Car Ride Home, Jonathan Rivera Apr 2021

The Car Ride Home, Jonathan Rivera

English Honors Theses

The Car Ride Home explores the coming of age of a young boy into a queer man, searching and sifting through the trauma of home life, and realizing his mother’s addiction affects more than just herself, but an entire family. This realization coincides with views of masculinity, as he carefully watches the men around him. He internalizes these depictions of masculinity when exploring his own confusion and investigation of his own sexual identity and queerness. The poetry collection is broken up into two connected parts. Part one explores the illusion of childhood and nostalgia while introducing subtle glimpses and secrets …


“Oceania Is Us:” An Intimate Portrait Of Chamoru Identity And Transpacific Solidarity In From Unincorporated Territory: [Lukao], Maressa Park Jun 2020

“Oceania Is Us:” An Intimate Portrait Of Chamoru Identity And Transpacific Solidarity In From Unincorporated Territory: [Lukao], Maressa Park

The Criterion

Guåhan’s history of Spanish colonization and inflicted genocide, Japanese occupancy, and American militarization poses profound effects on CHamoru land, rights, physical health, and language survival. These include instances of “celebration colonialism” such as Liberation Day, in which CHamorus celebrate the date that the United States dropped 124 tons of bombs on Guåhan to liberate them from the Japanese ([lukao] 44). Through an analysis of his 2017 anthology from unincorporated territory: [lukao], this essay examines how Dr. Craig Santos Perez casts light on the complex inheritance of native CHamorus via an intimate portrait of diasporic CHamoru identity. Furthermore, I argue that …


Gish Jen: Vocation Of The Writer (Library Resources), Holy Cross Libraries Feb 2018

Gish Jen: Vocation Of The Writer (Library Resources), Holy Cross Libraries

Library Resources for Campus Events

A bibliography of resources available through the Holy Cross Libraries which provide additional information related to "Gish Jen: Vocation of the Writer" a lecture by award-winning author and speaker Gish Jen. The conference is sponsored by the Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, the Creative Writing Program, and Asian Studies and was held at the College of the Holy Cross on February 27, 2018.


Unseen Power, Bryon Williams May 1999

Unseen Power, Bryon Williams

The Griot

This poem acknowledges an unseen presence that intervenes and protects the narrator from life's tribulations.


I'M Comin' Daddy, Bryon Williams May 1999

I'M Comin' Daddy, Bryon Williams

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Directions, Shaun Waters May 1999

Directions, Shaun Waters

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Eyes To The Street, Myron Macauley May 1999

Eyes To The Street, Myron Macauley

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Urban Survival, Shaun Waters May 1999

Urban Survival, Shaun Waters

The Griot

No abstract provided.


In The Black Forest, Shaun Waters May 1999

In The Black Forest, Shaun Waters

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Chronic Love, Shaun Waters May 1998

Chronic Love, Shaun Waters

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Larynx, Judithe Andre May 1998

Larynx, Judithe Andre

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Words To Live By..."For Isaiah", Shaun Waters May 1998

Words To Live By..."For Isaiah", Shaun Waters

The Griot

No abstract provided.


Lost Souls, Bryon Williams May 1998

Lost Souls, Bryon Williams

The Griot

Poem about the effects of drug addiction.


O Lenço Da Minha Mãe...A Reflection, Alicia Veiga May 1998

O Lenço Da Minha Mãe...A Reflection, Alicia Veiga

The Griot

A young Cape Verdean woman reflects on the head scarf worn by her mother. The head scarf serves as a symbol of her mother's strength, culture and constant presence in her life despite a move from Cape Verde to the United States.