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supersummary.com • Literature • Nigeria
This summary of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's *Purple Hibiscus* explores the novel's plot, characters, themes, and the controversy surrounding the author's views on gender identity.
supersummary.com • Literature • United States
Maria Padian's "Out of Nowhere" follows a Maine high school student's journey of understanding and overcoming prejudice as he befriends Somali refugees.
supersummary.com • Literature • World
Walter Ong's "Orality and Literacy" analyzes the transformative effects of the shift from oral to written communication on human consciousness, societal structures, and cultural development.
supersummary.com • Literature • World
Captain Ramius, aboard the Soviet submarine Red October, secretly plans to defect to the US, initiating his plot by killing the political officer and utilizing the submarine's advanced, silent propulsion system.
supersummary.com • Literature • World
Richard McGuire's graphic novel *Here* uses a unique perspective to explore the vastness of time, contrasting the long geological history of a single location with the comparatively brief human experience within it.
supersummary.com • Literature • World
Karen Blixen's 'Babette's Feast' recounts how a French refugee maid's lottery win transforms a pious Norwegian community through a lavish French feast.
supersummary.com • Literature • World
Karen Blixen's short story, "Babette's Feast," recounts how a French refugee maid's lottery win transforms a pious Norwegian community through a lavish meal, exploring themes of spiritual and physical nourishment and artistic fulfillment.
supersummary.com • History • United States
Daniel Walker Howe's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "What Hath God Wrought," provides a comprehensive narrative of the transformative period in US history from 1815 to 1848, exploring political, social, economic, and technological changes alongside the complexities of slavery and westward expansion.