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“Passing” by Nella Larsen: An Analysis

  “Passing” by Nella Larsen: An Analysis by Willow V.  Hello! This is an assignment that I did for my Harlem Renaissance American Literature class. This essay is my own original work.            In Nella Larsen’s “Passing” a Black woman named Irene Redfield, who is usually seen as “an Italian, a Spaniard, a Mexican, or a gipsy. Never, when she was alone, had they even remotely seemed to suspect that she was a Negro” (Larsen), finds out that her childhood friend, Clare Kendry, has been passing as White after seeing her in Chicago for the first time in 12 years. There are 3 sections of the novella; Encounter, Re-Encounter, and Finale. The first section, Encounter, includes the event in Chicago mentioned above, along with Irene being invited to visit Clare at her hotel in Chicago where Clare Kendry and her extremely racist husband, John Bellew. Mr. Bellew has absolutely no idea that Clare isn’t actually White, and calls her “Nig” because “When we wer...
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2 Simple Crochet Bookmarks

 Hello hello! Today I will be sharing patterns for 2 crochet bookmarks. These are beginner friendly and work up very fast, as I was able to finish both of these within an hour. The first is a beautiful flower and the second is a corner bookmark. Before we begin, please read my disclaimer policy and my privacy policy. 


What you need to know: For both of these patterns, you will need to know how to

  1. The magic circle 
  2. Double crochet
  3. Slip stitch 
  4. Chain 
  5. Fasten off 
  6. Weave in ends 
Materials: Since none of this is very stitch specific, and the corner bookmark will be a triangle regardless of your yarn or hook size, you can use whatever yarn and hook(s) you wish! 

Flower Bookmark



Row 1: Magic circle, 5 double crochets into the circle, slip stitch into circle. Repeat 5 times (not including making the magic circle. You only need to do that once.) Slip stitch into the first stitch to close and chain 40. Fasten off and leave a 1-inch tail. Weave in ends. 

Corner Bookmark 

Sides: make 2. 
Row 1: Magic circle, chain 3, double crochet 2, chain 1, double crochet 3. 
Row 2: Chain 3, turn work, double crochet 2, corner (double crochet 3, chain 1, double crochet 3), double crochet 3. 
Row 3: Chain 3, turn work, double crochet 5, corner, double crochet 6. 
Row 4: Chain 3, turn work, double crochet 8, corner, double crochet 9. 
Row 5: Chain 3, turn work, double crochet 11, corner, double crochet 12. Fasten off and weave in ends. 
Row 6: Slip stitch all sides besides the bottom opening together. 

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