Meridian Themes

With the bulk of the novel taking place during the Civil Rights Movement, it should come as no surprise that Meridian is deeply concerned with the complex question of race. If it does come as a sur...

Have you ever heard of the "Poor People's Campaign"? In the tail end of the Civil Rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. shifted his focus from purely racial issues to the major concern of widespr...

Hey ladies! Do you like having the right to choose your own path in life? Do you enjoy spending time with male friends without being objectified by them? Do you have big dreams that you are working...

If we were president, you can be sure that we'd make a few changes—mandatory kitten ownership high among them. But that's nothing compared to what Meridian would do if she got elected. In Meridia...

Death affects everyone differently. For some people, like Mr. Hill, death is a reminder of the horrors of the past. For others, like Anne-Marion, death is a form of suffering that one should r...

Do you know the spirit in the sky? Meridian Hill sure does. In Meridian, this sharply intelligent young woman is torn between the religious traditionalism of her youth and the die-hard atheism of h...

Do you ever feel guilty but don't know why? If so, then we simply must introduce you to our pal Meridian Hill. Throughout her life, this intelligent woman has always felt nagged by a strange feelin...

In the eyes of Meridian, sex isn't all it's cracked up to be. At its best, sexuality is a way for two people to be close to each other. At its worst, it's nothing more than a tool of violence and o...