Setting in 'Devil in a Blue Dress' and Skinwalkers
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A 3 page paper discussing these novels by Walter Mosley and Tony Hillerman, respectively. The paper points out that the culture of the locale in which these novels are set determines the ground rules for the entire novel. In this way, setting functions almost like the ruling spirit of the novel itself, setting the motivations of the characters in motion, and then stepping back while the characters move the plot. No additional sources cited.
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The Contrasting Worldviews of Walter Mosley and Arthur Conan Doyle
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A six page paper comparing these two writers of detective fiction in terms of the way they reflect their respective societies, and how this affects the moral statements made by their fiction in general. Particular works compared are Conan Doyle's 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' and Mosley's 'White Butterfly.' Bibliography lists four sources.
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The Detective Genre in 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
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A 6 page paper on the novel by Walter Mosley. The paper suggests that the novel has a hard time characterizing itself as either mystery or social commentary, and while it has elements of both, it has the strengths of neither. Much of this is caused by its somewhat predictable plot and slight characterizations. No additional sources cited.
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Walter Mosley's 'Devil In A Blue Dress' / A View Of Easy Rawlins
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This 5 page paper considers the character of Easy Rawlins presented in Walter Mosley's novel Devil in a Blue Dress and relates the issue of race, especially Easy's blackness, as it impacts his role as a private eye. This paper considers the sometimes conflicting view of Easy Rawlins and the impact for the novel as a whole. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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'Womanism' in the Writing and Life of Alice Walker
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A 9 page paper analyzing Walker's emphasis on 'womanism', and the social and historical forces underlying it. The paper defines what Walker means by this term, and shows how she applies it in both her novels and her own life. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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