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Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart Study Guide

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by Joyce Carol Oates
About 65 pages (19,391 words)
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Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart Study Guide consists of approx. 65 pages of summaries and analysis on Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart by Joyce Carol Oates. Browse the literature study guide below:

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Joyce Carol Oates' novel of personal pain plays out against a backdrop of social issues in a small New York town in the 1950s and '60s. The two main characters, Iris Courtney, a white girl, and Jinx Fairchild, a Negro boy, come from different worlds that collide when Jinx accidentally murders an obnoxious boy, Little Red Garlock, who has threatened Iris. This heinous act joins Iris and Jinx forever in their secret about Little Red but societal issues prevent any true exploration of their friendship and bond. (read more)
      Part 1: The Body, Chapters 1, 2, and 3
      Part 1: The Body, Chapters 4 and 5
      Part 1: The Body, Chapters 6, 7 and 8
      Part 1: The Body, Chapters 9, 10 and 11
      Part 1: The Body, Chapter 12
      Part 2: Torsion, Chapters 1 and 2
      Part 2: Torsion, Chapters 3 and 4
      Part 2: Torsion, Chapters 5, 6 and 7
      Part 2: Torsion, Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
      Part 2: Torsion, Chapters 13, 14 and 15
      Part 2: Torsion, Chapters 16, 17 and 18
      Part 3: Ceremony, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
      Part 3: Ceremony, Chapter 5
      Part 3: Ceremony, Chapters 6 and 7
      Part 3: Ceremony, Chapters 8, 9, 10 and 11
      Part 3: Ceremony, Chapters 12, 13 and 14
      Part 3: Ceremony, Chapters 15 and 16
      Epilogue

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