Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Dave in "The Man Who was almost a Man" and "The Dutchman". Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 5 page paper compares aspects of Dave in "The Man who was almost a Man" (Richard Wright) with Clay from "The Dutchman" (Amiri Baraka). Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_HVDavDut.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
Richard Wright are both works by African American writers, but they present two very different characters, Clay and Dave. This paper compares several of the traits they had in common.
Discussion The points that we both have in common include their need for attention; and how they conformed and/or showed individuality. We also want to consider how the train in
The Dutchman can be seen as a symbol, and what it is a symbol of. The Dutchman is a play about the complexities of race. A young black man gets
on a subway train and meets a white woman, Lula. They begin to flirt at first in fun, but then it begins to get serious and erotic. Lula, however, is
not interested in him as a man, but as a symbol of his race. When she belittles him by telling him that hes trying to be something he can never
be-white-he finally explodes. He grabs her by the throat and she stabs him to death. Then she and the other passengers throw his body off the train. At the next
stop another young black man enters and it seems like its going to start all over again. In the story The man who was almost a man, the main character
is 17 year old Dave, a young black man living in the south in the 1930s. He wants to feel powerful and grown-up, and thinks that if he has a
gun he will feel better about himself. He cajoles his mother into giving him $2 to buy an old pistol from the storekeeper, Joe. He has promised to bring the
gun home and give it to his father but instead he keeps it and tells his mother, who questions him about it, that he hid it outside the house. The
...