“Even in death the boys were trouble.” Chapter 1: Elwood Curtis Elwood Curtis, a bright and idealistic Black teenager in 1960s Florida, is inspired by the words of […]
American literature
Native Son
“He had killed and had created a new life for himself. It was something that was all his own, and it was the first time in his life […]
American literature
Invisible Man
“I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am […]
American literature
To Kill a Mockingbird
“The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way […]