Category: Books
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Discussion of Wild Seed By Octavia Butler
Doro searches for Anyanwu. He needs someone immortal. He gives her to his son Isaac, but she loves him. Anyanwu marries Isaac, but she hates Doro for it. Later Doro takes Anyanwu as his wife. She wants to die because Doro is a killer. Love is out there looking for us while we look for […]
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Discussion of Aesop’s Fable The Fox and the Goat
The fox falls into a well and he can’t get out. He see a goat, who asks how is the water? He tells him it is wonderful he should jump in. The goat jumps in and the fox uses his horns to jump out. Sometimes we fall into something and it is hard to get […]
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Discussion of The Knight’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
Palamon and Arcite fall in love with Emily. They are arrested and spend time in jail. They both get out and claim Emily. They have to battle to win her. Arcite wins but he is killed by his horse and he tells Emily to marry Palamon. Arcite’s love for Emily shows when he tells her […]
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Discussion of Aesop’s Fable The Fox and The Grapes
The fox sees the grapes. He tries to reach them, but he cannot. He says they must be sour. How many times do we see people downplaying greatness because they cannot understand? How many times do we see people buried because their light is shining too bright. Now is harvest time and the lights will […]
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Discussion of Jonah’s Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston
Jonah has a gift to preach, with that gift comes idolizing. Women are falling at his feet and Jonah picks them up even though his wife Lucy is at home. Lucy dies from heartbreak at 47. Before she dies she tells her daughter “Don’t you love nobody better ‘n you do yo’self. Do you’ll be […]
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Discussion of Lost Daughters by Mary Monroe
Lost Daughters is about Maureen and her daughter Loretta. Maureen is trying to escape the tight grip of Mama Ruby and she loses the grip on her daughter. Loretta runs off with Maureen’s husband, Mel but she allows her to come home after Mel leaves her. How many times do we forgive women? Do we […]
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Discussion of the Hand I Fan With by Tina McElroy Ansa
Lena was different and so was her man. She had been fanning everyone else all her life and now it was time for her to find someone to fan with. What if a ghost was the love of your life? Could you live with a spirit or do you need the real thing? Is it […]
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Discussion of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
We are spiritual beings having an earthly experience. Santiago goes on a quest to find treasure. He was happy being a shepherd, but something was telling him to go find the treasure. Sometimes we are searching for happiness, but it is always inside of us. We may think we are looking for a destination, but […]
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Discussion of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
In The Handmaid’s Tale the women cannot “work”, which really means they cannot leave the house. They can still bear children for another woman. Someone also takes care of these children. Moira never follows the direction of Gilead. She tries to escape twice. In her second attempt she is successful, but she becomes a prostitute. […]
Diamonds or Light? 