Children's Battles:
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Children
in Contemporary Literature & Culture

STUDENT PAPERS

Non-literary Papers

  • Amy Hooks: "It’s All in Your Head: Understanding Epilepsy in Children."
  • Jason Keator: "War Toys and Their Effect on Children"
  • Denise Starr: "How Toys Teach Children Stereotypical Gender Roles: A Look Inside a Local Toy Store."
    • Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
  • Ivana Howard: "From Dandelion to Puffs of Dust: Which Winds Destroyed Pecola Breedlove in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye"
    • Santra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street
  • Amy Hooks: "From Girl to Woman: Esperanza’s Growth in The House on Mango Street"
  • Ivana Howard: "Sadness of the New Home: Immigrants in The House on Mango Street"
  • Allison Krape: "All the Places She Will Go…: Experanza's Strengths in The House on Mango Street"
  • Audra McLeod: "SANDRA CISNEROS: An Interdisciplinary Approach to The House On Mango Street" (a web page)
    • Ursula Duba's Tales from a Child of the Enemy
  • Donald Broda: "The Power of Truth in Tales from the Child of the Enemy"
  • Amy Hooks: "Distortion of History in Tales From a Child of the Enemy"
  • Ivana Howard: "Three Faces of Starvation: How The Child of the Enemy Describes Hunger in Germany"
    • Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Amy Hooks: "Facing Your Struggles: Courage in To Kill A Mockingbird"
  • Ivana Howard: "A Child’s Pride in a Parent: Harper Lee's New View of Initiation"
    • Kaye Gibbons' Ellen Foster
  • Amy Hooks: "Nourishment and Nurturing: Gibbons’ Parallel Between Food and Love in Ellen Foster"
  • Ivana Howard: Food vs. Work: Different Interpretations of Ellen Foster
  • Ivana Howard: Forming Racial Attitudes in Ellen Foster and "The Sky is Gray"
    • Amy Tan's "The Rules of the Game"
    Amy Hooks: "How to Be a Girl: Problems with Feminism in 'Rules of the Game' and Mulan"
    Jamiaca Kincaid's Annie John
  • Jera Barrier and Jennifer Washington: "Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John: An Interdisciplinary Approach" (a web page)
  • Amy Hooks: "Dreams Come True: Dreams in Annie John"
  • Ivana Howard:"Finding a Friend in Annie John"
    • Children and War: Annotated Bibliographies
  • Ivana Howard's Annotations
  • Lauren Harkey's Annotations
    • Zlata's Diary
  • Amy Hooks: "American Culture Prevailing Across the World: Pop Culture in Zlata’s Diary"
  • Ivana Howard:"Unpopular Popularity: Zlata's Diary"
  • T. J. Gilmore: "The Upper Class in War in Work: in Zlata's Diary"
    • Stand by Me
    Amy Hooks: "Gone but Not Forgotten: Death in Stand By Me"
    J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye
    Ivana Howard:"Catching the Title of Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye"
    Initiation Experiences
  • Amy Hooks: "The Ways and Means Into Adulthood"
  • Ivana Howard: "Toll Tunnels: Initiations around the World"