Essays on Back Of The Bus

1. Comparing The Leadership Challenge and the Rosa Parks article

There are five essential practices of exemplary leadership, according to the Leadership Challenge. The first aspect of exemplary leadership is “model the way.” Parks modeled the way forward by non-violently but assertively refusing to give up her seat at the front of the bus and move to the back when the bus driver ordered her to, showing people what they could accomplish by using a simple word: “no.” The second practice is to inspire a shared vision, which Parks did as she was arrested. Her arrest sparked counter sit-ins, bus sit-ins, and other nonviolent acts of protest. The third ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Comparison & Contrast The obvious similarity between, Mary Mebane's "The back of the bus," and Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue", is the theme of the problems faced by the racial minority and their plight in America. However if we dwell deep we find that, both the authors have stressed upon the different aspects of this problem, and have taken a different approach in highlighting the sociological implications of racism/ethnicity. While Mary Mebane has talked about lack of equal status (both legal/social) for American Blacks during the era in which she grew up, Amy Tan’s essay deals with the way ...

Analysis of Home by Toni Morrison

The main character of Home by Toni Morrison is Frank Mooney. Frank is a Korean war verteran, black and suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He has recently left his girlfriend, Lily to return home to Lotus, Georgia where his beloved sister, Cee is apperently very ill and close to dying. The setting of the story is the 1950’s and Frank is travelling across country to get to Cee. Morrison tells the story through all three of the characters point of view. She uses the third person, but we hear the characters’ thoughts. Some of the text is told ...