A 12 page research paper that examines stereotypes and how African American playwrights have addressed presenting the reality of black life. This examination of the work of some twentieth century African American playwrights demonstrates that African American authors have endeavored to express what they perceive to be the reality of black experience. In defining and interpreting African American experience themselves, the work of these artists constitutes a voice for all black Americans. Bibliography lists 9 sources. A five page paper looking at Achebe's novel in terms of the way the two characters Obierika and Nwoye counterbalance Okonkwo and contribute to the significance of the story's final outcome.
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In this 8 page essay, the writer evaluates Mersault's character and essentially describes him as a good man destroyed by a civilization which cannot bear the truths that he shows them and the absurdity of the games he will not play with them. Specific quotes and examples are used to better-illustrate points made. No other sources used. This 3 page report discusses the Algerian by birth but French by choice writer and existential philosopher, Albert Camus, and his concept of the authentic man. Most critics relate the story to World War II, however, in The Plague Camus actually tells a story that presents the support for a desperate need to fight against what amounts to as the invalidation or indifference of human beings regarding human suffering outside their personal realms of existence.