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James Baldwin’s “Fire Next Time” Still Burns
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A 13 page paper which evaluates the author’s place in the African-American literature of the 1960s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGjambal.rtf

James Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son” -- Eulogy for his Father
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This 5 page report discusses writer James Baldwin (1924-1987) Notes of a Native Son and the ways in which it blends the most fundamental issues of race with the heartache of one father and son’s relationship. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWnatson.rtf

James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” and "Another Country"
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This 6 page report discusses two of James Baldwin’s works that consider the ways in which an individual is defined by his or her environment. Just as a city mouse and a country mouse live worlds apart, so do the characters of Baldwin’s stories in terms of life in suburbs or in Harlem. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWjbald.rtf

James Baldwin/ Sonny's Blues
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A 5 page research paper that analyzes James Baldwin's short story Sonny's Blues. The writer contrasts the character of two brothers, one of whom, Sonny, is a musician who has recently been released from prison for possession of heroin. The narrator comes to understand his brother through his music. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khsonblu.wps

James Baldwin/ Sonny's Blues
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A 5 page research paper that analyzes James Baldwin's short story Sonny's Blues. The writer contrasts the character of two brothers, one of whom, Sonny, is a musician who has recently been released from prison for possession of heroin. The narrator comes to understand his brother through his music. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khsonblu.rtf

James Baldwin/Sonny's Blues
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An 8 page research paper/essay that analyzes Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues." Baldwin dramatizes how the older brother comes to understand this through his expert use of language. Using metaphor and simile, Baldwin's language becomes analogous to the jazz that Sonny plays, informing the reader, as well as the older brother, about the whole genre of African American expression that is called the blues and why it particularly expresses the life of black people at the time of the stories (the 1950s). Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khsobl2.rtf

James Churchward and the Lost Continent of Mu
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This 8 page paper discusses James Churchward’s claims that the “lost continent of Mu” once existed in the mid-Pacific, and sank when gas filled chambers beneath it collapsed. The paper argues that Churchward’s theory is not supported by scientific evidence, but notes that people still seem to enjoy debating it. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: HVCrchwd.rtf

James Fenimore Cooper's 'Last of the Mohicans': Natty as an American Hero
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A 3 page paper looking at James Fenimore Cooper's protagonist of The Last of the Mohicans in terms of the way he represents American values. The paper argues that while Natty's strong, silent, rugged type is still popular in western, romance and adventure fiction, he does not reflect the uncertainty of our own age. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KBcooper.wps

James Fenimore Cooper's 'The Last of the Mohicans' & Hogan's 'Mean Spirit' / Two Different Views of the Indian
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A 7 page paper contrasting James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans with Linda Hogan's Mean Spirit from a historical standpoint. The paper concludes that the reflections of the author's historical period determine the content and tone of the works themselves. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Coophag.wps

James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy
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This 5 page paper provides an analysis of James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy. The concept that America is a new kind of country, and that the American is a new breed is discussed as a major thematic element. Several characters are discussed as examples of this and a basic overview of the plot is provided. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA112spy.wps