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I have 30 years of experience as a freelance education/academic writer. For the last 15 years, my work has mostly involved writing passages and items for educational assessments. I write for various tests, primarily at the high school level. In the past, I have written all kinds of academic materials, including summaries and abstracts, book reviews, literary criticism, magazine articles, radio scripts, scientific biographies, academic essays, and curricula and lesson plans.
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Answered a Question in Buchi Emecheta
The Joys of Motherhood, by Buchi Emecheta, tells the story of the Nnu Ego, a Nigerian woman who embraces traditional tribal values—most prominently, the idea that women are valued for their ability... -
Answered a Question in Down These Mean Streets
The main character of Down These Mean Streets is the author himself: Juan Pedro Thomas, or "Piri." It is his coming-of-age story, the story of his life as he struggles to fit into American society,... -
Answered a Question in Down These Mean Streets
Down These Mean Streets, by Piri Thomas (born Juan Pedro Tomas), is a memoir of the author’s life growing up in in the Puerto Rican community of New York, in Spanish Harlem. There are multiple... -
Answered a Question in War and Peace
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, has been called the greatest novel ever written. Originally in Russian, it has been translated numerous times and in many different languages. On many levels, the... -
Answered a Question in History
Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to improve the lives and strengthen the people of African descent, many of whom left their homeland in chains to be enslaved in the United States... -
Answered a Question in History
The stock market crashed in 1929 and plunged the nation into a deep depression, and Roosevelt, who took office in 1933, inherited the task of restoring the nation to health. By 1933, 13 million... -
Answered a Question in Their Eyes Were Watching God
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie is on a quest for the romantic ideal—an idealized version of love that she believes will make her feel satisfied and whole. Janie wants to be swept off her... -
Answered a Question in History
The significance in the Declaration of Independence lies largely in the fact that it laid the foundation for a country that thrived though the power of the people. The governed and the government... -
Answered a Question in History
Between 1750 and 1850, the Industrial Revolution changed much of the world, and the Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the late 1700s. The key developments that enabled industrialization... -
Answered a Question in American History
By the end of the 18th century, the southern colonies were thriving due to the success of their plantation economy. The economy of the South depended on the cultivation of crops, and the... -
Answered a Question in Literature
Tricksters played an important role in nature myths from many cultures; in North America, and also in Polynesia, Africa, and other lands. Consistently, they assumed the role of both creator and... -
Answered a Question in A Thousand Splendid Suns
The character of Mariam in A Thousand Splendid Suns is both insecure and misguided. Her mother gave her a negative impression of herself and her ability to succeed in life, and those feelings were... -
Answered a Question in A Raisin in the Sun
Stage directions are a form of direct characterization, a method of revealing information about characters by telling readers, rather than showing them, what the characters are like. Authors show... -
Answered a Question in Matilda
To understand Matilda as a feminist book, look closely at the character of Matilda and her actions in the story. She is strong, strong-willed, and independent-thinking, despite the fact that she... -
Answered a Question in Jeffrey Archer
"The Chinese Statue," by Jeffrey Archer, is about the British perception of China (and the East in general) as an exotic place—a place of exotic tastes and exotic art. It is also about the British... -
Answered a Question in Oedipus Rex
In Sophocles’s play Oedipus Rex, Oedipus was a young man who killed his father and married his mother. Thus, Freud used the term “Oedipus complex” to refer to the sexual attraction a child feels... -
Answered a Question in Literature
In “Introduction to Poetry,” Billy Collins seems to be saying that to truly experience the meaning of a poem, readers must approach the poem in a sensory way. Rather than try to find meaning by... -
Answered a Question in Shoeless Joe
You might already be familiar with the story of Shoeless Joe, as the book by W. P. Kinsella inspired the movie Field of Dreams. In the book, Ray Kinsella gets three messages from legendary baseball... -
Answered a Question in Othello
A Marxist analysis of Othello should include a discussion of the class divisions in Othello’s world. Focus on the motivations for the characters’ behavior and the causes of the conflict between... -
Answered a Question in A Sorrowful Woman
“A Sorrowful Woman” is a short story by Gail Godwin that appears in an anthology called Dream Children. It is an anthology of feminist stories, and this one focuses on a woman’s struggle to meet... -
Answered a Question in Soldier's Home
In “Good Country People,” Mrs. Hopewell has a hopeful attitude about life and a conventional worldview. She believes she is superior to most everyone else, and thus, she is highly critical of... -
Answered a Question in History
When Columbus returned to Spain after his trip to the New World, he wrote a letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to announce his discovery and give his impressions of the new land. He made... -
Answered a Question in Dreams from My Father
Before Obama started law school, he went to Kenya to visit his father’s family. This was a life-changing trip for him—one he felt compelled to take in order to come to terms with his father’s... -
Answered a Question in My Sister's Keeper
The main theme of My Sister’s Keeper revolves around the question of medical ethics, particularly as it relates to parental love. Though the author, Jodi Picoult, focuses largely on family... -
Answered a Question in I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
Tituba was a real person who became the hero of Maryse Condé's work of historical fiction, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem. She was a slave from Barbados who was purchased by a man named Samuel... -
Answered a Question in Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of cultural studies. He was a left-wing literary critic who developed an approach to cultural studies he called “cultural... -
Answered a Question in Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
Richard Wright’s Black Boy touches on a number of themes, all of which relate to the stifling effects of racism on the lives of African Americans growing up in the South. The idea that Richard is... -
Answered a Question in Ancient Greece
In terms of global significance, one of the most important consequences of Greek colonization in the Mediterranean was the escalation of trade, which led to the movement of people and the spread of... -
Answered a Question in World War I
Because the political environment in the nineteenth century produced conditions that were conducive to war, it could be argued that World War I was an unavoidable consequence of the times. France,... -
Answered a Question in The Wednesday Wars
The Wednesday Wars consists of multiple storylines that come together at the end of the book after the main character, Holling Hoodhood, has weathered personal upsets and tumultuous times. He grew... -
Answered a Question in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
In recounting the story of Henrietta Lacks and her experience with the medical profession, Rebecca Skloot reveals the inhumane treatment experienced by African Americans in the course of their... -
Answered a Question in Our Town
The plays of Thornton Wilder represented a radical change in the field of drama in that they were representational rather than realistic. Not only were they non-sequential, they also addressed the... -
Answered a Question in The Way to Rainy Mountain
The Kiowa myth of the Seven Sisters explains the existence of the Pleiades star cluster, which appears in the North American sky each year at the beginning of winter. The Pleiades is one of the... -
Answered a Question in European History
The Petition of Right challenged the Divine Right of Kings. It was prepared by the British Parliament and signed by King Charles I in 1628. The Divine Right of Kings was a theory intended to ensure... -
Answered a Question in Out of My Mind
Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper, is the story of Melody, a young woman with a brilliant mind who is unable to communicate verbally and thus lives solely inside her head. She has deep, complex... -
Answered a Question in The Lottery
Traditions are an important part of any culture, and people throughout history have clung to their traditions because they define who they are as a group and give them a sense of place. The people... -
Answered a Question in Literature
Perhaps because her experience in the wild was so awe-inspiring and overpowering, Cheryl Strayed expresses the emotion she felt on the trail largely in figurative language. Her command of the... -
Answered a Question in Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson’s mission is to challenge racial and economic bias in the U.S. justice system, and his clients are people on death row, people of color who have been marginalized in society,... -
Answered a Question in History
In 1660, the British monarchy was restored when the rule of Oliver Cromwell ended and Charles II was crowned King of England. At that time, King Charles resumed the colonization of North America by... -
Answered a Question in Emma Lazarus
In 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote “The New Colossus,” a poem that described the Statue of Liberty that was given to the Americans by the French and that would soon mark the entrance to New York Harbor.... -
Answered a Question in History
The invention of the refrigerator has drastically altered our relationship with food and led to unhealthy eating habits and wasteful spending. In the Roaring Twenties, the refrigerator was a status... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
In chapter 3, Scout has a conflict with Walter Cunningham, whom she feels superior to because of her higher social status. Walter Cunningham is from one of the poorest families in town, and Scout... -
Answered a Question in The Phantom of the Opera
The mask is arguably the most important symbol in the story, and in fact, it has become the primary image associated with both the novel and the play. The mask is an obvious symbol in that it... -
Answered a Question in Captains Courageous
Harvey is a spoiled, arrogant, and self-centered young boy when the story begins. He has lived a life of privilege, and he has been conditioned to believe that his wealth and status will get him... -
Answered a Question in Charlotte's Web
The famous mythologist Joseph Campbell outlined the stages of what he called the monomyth, a basic plot structure that he found to be common to traditional tales throughout history. Many... -
Answered a Question in Middlesex
Cal is an intersex person—someone with mixed sexual characteristics that does not fit a definition of either male or female—with 5-alpha-reductase deficiency. Thus, by nature, Cal has both male and... -
Answered a Question in The Home and the World
One of the primary themes in Home and the World is the danger of nationalism and political extremism. Tagore shows how nationalist fervor can escalate and quickly turn aggressive and, when it does,... -
Answered a Question in The Catcher in the Rye
I am not exactly sure what you mean by “alternatives” to phoniness, but I’m going to try my best to answer your question. Holden Caulfield, the main character in Catcher in the Rye, is obsessed... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of events that mold the lives and values of the people of Maycomb—particularly those of Jem and Scout Finch, the children of a well-off lawyer named Atticus... -
Answered a Question in Film and Television
The story of the rise of cinema reflects the desire for a social experience as much as the appeal of the silver screen. The story of cinema’s decline reflects the sense of isolation that developed...
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