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
Comparative EssayThe Little Yellow Dog The Long GoodbyeEvery human being must have a set of moral codes. These morals are usually set out by the people and environments that one finds themselves surrounded by. Easy Rawlins, the main protagonist in The Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosely, is exposed to ... Read More
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
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
The Little Yellow Dog The Long GoodbyeEvery human being must have a set of moral codes. These morals are usually set out by the people and environments that one finds themselves surrounded by. Easy Rawlins, the main protagonist in The Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosely, is exposed to crime ... Read More
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
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
Comparative Essay The Little Yellow Dog The Long Goodbye Every human being must have a set of moral codes. These morals are usually set out by the people and environments that one finds themselves surrounded by. Easy Rawlins, the main protagonist in The Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosely, is ... Read More
Walter Mosley is mostly known for his series of mystery writing about Easy Rawlins. The Easy Rawlins series were the best selling crime thrillers he ever wrote. But Walter Mosley also wrote RLs Dream in which he wrote about a man named Soupspoon Wise whose life has been his music. ... Read More
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