Devil In A Blue Dress Essay Examples

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An Analysis of Symbols and Themes in Devil in a Blue Dress, a Novel by Walter Mosley (714 words, 3 pages)

The book, Devil in a Blue Dress has many symbols and themes, the two that most influence each other are money and violence. In the novel, Devil in a Blue Dress, the symbol of money plays a massive role in the causation of violence and can be seen as the ... Read More

The Common Capture of the Environment and Personalities of African Americans in Walter Mosley’s Books (1449 words, 2 pages)

In all of his books, Walter Mosley captures the environment and personalities of African Americans throughout post WWII history. His first book A Devil in a Blue Dress was met with instant acclaim. In this book he introduced one of the most unique sleuths that the literary world had seen. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book White Butterfly by Walter Mosley (1454 words, 2 pages)

An Analysis of White Butterfly In all of his books, Walter Mosley captures the environment and personalities of African Americans throughout post WWII history. His first book A Devil in a Blue Dress was met with instant acclaim. In this book he introduced one of the most unique sleuths that ... Read More

Character Analysis of Easy Rawlins in Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (1821 words, 3 pages)

Easy Rawlins the main character in novel Devil in a blue dress was born in November 3, 1920 in Louisiana and later relocated to Texas. When he was seven years old his mother died, and his father abandoned the family. This was because his father feared the racially violent charges ... Read More

An Analysis of Devil in A Blue Dress, a Movie by Carl Franklin (2047 words, 3 pages)

Unveiling the new possibilities for black empowerment in the aftermath of the Second World War, director Carl Franklins Devil in A Blue Dress, adapted by him from Walter Mosleys novel, reveals the post WWII, black world in Los Angeles, before the civil rights movement. Although L.A. in the 1940s has ... Read More

The Life and Literary Works of Walter Mosley (376 words, 1 pages)

Walter Mosley was born in Los Angeles in 1952. He currently lives in New York City. He has been at various times in his life a potter, a computer programmer, a poet, and a short story writer he studied writing in the graduate program of City College of New York. ... Read More

An Analysis of Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress (2062 words, 8 pages)

Devil In A Blue Dress meets the expectations for fitting into the detective genre in a few suprising ways, ways that set the expectations to a higher level. In Walter Mosleys writing he tells a story of a detective not only finding out information but dealing with murders, drug dealers ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013