Free American Literature Essay Examples & Topics. Page 8

One of the suggestions that dominate Poe's talent in writing "The Raven" was the succession of terrible events the author encountered in his life.

It also help us study that we should be grateful for humble beginnings and in whatever we do we must do it to our best.we may go through hardships and at times life is intolerable [...]

The book under consideration in this paper, "Mountain Windsong: A novel of the trail of tears" by Robert Conley depicts the events of those times showing the tragedy of the Indian people of the Cherokee [...]

In order to discuss Hemingway's depiction of the American values and beliefs, it will be necessary to use three works: The Old Man and the Sea, a novella by Hemingway, "Papa's Ghost", an article by [...]

The Novel, Unpardonable Sin written by Hawthorne is a detailed criticism of the way of life of the Puritan. The various examples of Jesus in His dealing with those who commit sin is relevant as [...]

The character of Belisa Crepusculario is introduced in the first line of the short story because she is the main character and the action unfolds around the woman.

The short stories Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman are the examples of the innovative, not traditional approach to the topic of the Holocaust.

The journey of the protagonist that stretches from the abyss of despair and moral tortures to the final recovery of Tayo and his people, serves as a representation of the main theme of the novel, [...]

The end of the nineteenth century and the first several decades of the twentieth were extremely difficult for the world and especially for the working class in terms of working conditions and wages.

Economic analyses and participation of the slave labor force in economic development are used to analyze the impact and role of slave labor in the development of the American economy.

In other words, a new scientific solution of a genius can be appropriate only when the society draws to a head with a little bit mere understanding of the scientific flow at a definite epoch [...]

The man's fallacy of not appreciating the realities again becomes evident in the fact that he decides to build the fire "under the spruce tree," instead of building it "in the open"..

As they struggle to survive through rationing of food and water, fighting off the exhaustion of body and mind, and contend with the sharks that come to investigate the boat, they continuously think about nature [...]

Even though the story is in second person, we understand that this is actually the feelings and thoughts of the narrator.

As a member of the jury sitting in on the trial of Montressor, I feel it is necessary for me to explain the reasons why the jury came to the conclusion it did.

Abel's feelings are in large part due to the Indians' belief that the image of the eagle clutching a serpent in its claws is the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl's icon that rivals the Christian cross.

The psychological stages of the pilgrimage of conversion and of progression in the spiritual life were described in detail by Mary Rowlandson, two of the greatest New England preachers of the first generation.

The main characters of the story are the two girls, Roberta and Twyla and the ambiguity of their race is what the story relies upon.

The crush that happened in the game brings in the concern of the vividness of the two communities under the same roof.

Cotton Mather however does not forget to mention the fact that devil exists and he works in collaboration with the witches and uses them to achieve his goals and objectives of seeing that the world [...]

In the modern short story tradition, the effectiveness of a short story depends on many aspects and one of the most essential elements that go into the effective narration of a short story is its [...]

In noticing that the author is female, we begin to think that this is her story and that she has risen above the choices she was given after all, so it has a happy ending.

In today's literature, it is possible to observe the artistic, historical, social, and political value of literary work in connection with the social and political conditions of the definite epoch.

By naming his play Fences, the plural form of the word even though only a single physical fence is evident in the play, August Wilson brings attention to the symbolism of the fence itself as [...]

Corresponding tendencies in the drama are shown in the writings of Ibsen, Hamptman and Galsworthy."In the United States, Wolfe, Hemingway and Faulkner are among the leading representatives of the modern school of realism"..

The novel "The grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck is claimed to describe the lives of ordinary farm workers all over the United States of America who moved to California during the period of the [...]

To emphasize the difference between the characters' political views the author chooses the country's portrayal through insider and outsider perspectives, on the one hand, showing the evocations of those who remained in Cuba and, on [...]

The simple truths in the book were relevant to all generations and hence the book is of universal appeal."How to Win Friends and Influence People" tapped into the insatiable hunger for self-improvement and success in [...]

John Steinbeck's short story, "The Chrysanthemums" reflects the struggles of a stereotyped woman of the time, Elisa Allen to find her own identity in the oppressive world of men.

These assessments are made based upon the appearances of others, such as in her identification of the cotton print dress that is recognizable to Mrs. Through imagery and setting, O'Connor is successful in heavily lacing [...]

Kaplan in her work Social Construction of American Realism has called realism a "strategy for imagining and managing the threats of social change".

In the given essay, it is discussed that The War Prayer cannot be viewed solely as a story of a pacifist, as the main argument is weak and unjustified. That is why The War Prayer [...]

One of the hooks the author uses to make the book unusual is the number of narrators and the organization of their accounts.

He feels attracted to her at first but when she tells him that he is too old to be her grandfather, he withdraws.

They leave you with a, but there is a self-limiting effect of all of our contemporary psychotropics and mood-alterers. The tabloid news is full of people who have become addicted to prescription drugs, or find [...]

This product display forms a landmark for the narrator to track the progress of the trio of girls. This is a big car to hold the screaming mom and kids.

After high school, I decided to pursue theology in college, which, in my opinion, explains the mysteries that surround the origin of the universe, life's purpose, and mankind's destiny.

She starts by introducing herself and where she comes from and thus informing the reader that she has experience of whatever she is about to discuss. The theme is developed throughout the essay by a [...]

The entire story is a documentation of the happiness that the dogs brought to Bill, and its conclusion is practically an illustration of how fond memories always stay with the individuals left behind after the [...]

At the same time, the story draws a parallel to the uprising itself, with the tyranny of Rip's wife leading him to try and escape, only for this woman to disappear before his return.

As a result, she can be considered a reliable narrator as she describes both of her daughters honestly and without skipping over any of the unpleasant bit of their backgrounds such as the fire that [...]

Another of the details that support the postulation that the main idea of the story is that assumptions can kill is the inability of the main character to recognize his limitations.

Another aspect that is worth noting is that it is entirely possible that the boy has recognized that Abner is emotionally unstable and requires the support.

The man helps Jamison to deal with her manic-depressive illness and provides her with more than a decade of extremely strong medicine that is an intimate relationship.

However, he also asserted that the failure of the radical activism of the 1960s was due in part to the flawed ideology that hampered the growth of the movement.

Wright uses the dialogs and interactions between the characters to display the social role of racism on the setting of the story.

The author brings up a theme of a civil war refugee who has fled to the United States from Africa and who struggles trying to match his old experiences to the new ones and to [...]

It is imperative to note that the topics that the author raises in his works are truly intriguing, and it necessary to understand their importance.

She used to prove her orders and insights to Gertie in the light of the Bible by manipulating the teachings according to her desire.

In Angelou's words, if the black boxer Louis lost the match to the white boxer Schmeling, "this might be the end of the world.

The reason for this is that, despite the unconventional sounding of the story's plot line, it appears innately consistent with what happened to be the socially suppressed unconscious anxieties, on the part of readers.

In this paper, I will explore the validity of the above-stated at length, in regards to the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, because there are indeed a number of [...]

Additionally, the author documents the heaviness of the objects to underscore the physical items the soldiers carried. Through repetitive documentation of the tangible objects carried by the soldiers, the author opens a leeway to allow [...]

The African American house cleaners in the novel have a sense of fear in their places of work as can be observed in Aibileen and Constantine.

The book gives a true reflection of the effect of war on soldiers from the perspective of a soldier who directly participated in a war to defend his country.

The novel called "The Circle" written by Dave Eggers is a modern dystopia portraying the exaggerated idea of what our world could become if the rules of ultimate transparency and sharing were taken to the [...]

It is not a secret that the goal of many people is to find out the truth and make it available to others.

Despite losing his father in the hands of the Japanese invaders, Adam rises above ethnic discrimination to assist his friend, who is of Japanese descent.

On the arrival of her sister- Dee, she was not coming in the courtyard to her mother to greet and welcome her sister.

He endures the bad whiskey smell from his father and the violent style the father makes him dance. They show how much he misses the days he used to dance with his father.

The Great Gatsby is a story of a young man in the early twentieth century who seems to know what he wants in the way of that dream and what to do to achieve it.

This paper aims to summarize the plot of the novel, to discuss the central themes and the main characters, and to provide a personal review of the book.

Since the purpose of the texts is clear, it is possible to go into some detail and analyse the differences among the three texts in question.

The husband does not expect such a response from the wife and rebukes Edna for neglecting children, a feat unheard in a perfect patriarchal society, where the woman is supposed to be submissive and attend [...]

Another important point the readers are to draw their attention to when reading is the appearance of hope in the author's heart.

In the book, Hannah put forth a number of arguments in analyzing the issue of violence in the second part of the twentieth century.

She did not care what the outcome for her bad performance could be, hers was to do it for her parents; she was not part of it.

The ex priest of never tells lies inspires the kid to do the right at times when it is only the good that would save him while the judge from his introduction in the kid's [...]

The sheer amount of views and in-text lifting from other authors lends the work a certain degree of veracity in terms of the accuracy of the arguments and how they conform to current methods of [...]

This is one of the aspects that can be distinguished. This is one of the points that can be made.

This is because, as it was implied in the Introduction, in The Horse Dealer's Daughter the author did succeed in exposing the conceptual fallaciousness of the idea that there is a 'big-daddy-God' up in the [...]

Thus, it will only be logical to conclude this paper by reinstating once again that there is indeed a good rationale in referring to Butler's Parable of the Sower, as an intellectually enlightening novel.

This is a one sentence summary of Rodriguez's career who managed to achieve much by means of reading and education in general, but at the same time he has lost his family having created a [...]

The novel describes one of the most horrible periods in the history of humanity. The prisoners of the Nazis little knew about their future and they were likely to deceive themselves.

In this case, the visit to the supermarket reveals Jack's true nature as an American who is proud of his way of life, and the satisfaction he feels after buying goods from the supermarket.

In the Story "The man to send rain clouds" by Silko, the central conflict is lack of rain or drought. Culturally the two believed that when the old man dies, he is capable of sending [...]

The book dwells upon the journey of a Hispanic boy to the USA. Of course, the loss of mother is one of the hardest traumas.

The key purpose of the author in writing this book is to inform the public that change is inevitable. The lack of growth in a rapidly changing environment leads to loss of jobs and opportunities [...]

Still others are very much convinced that whatever differences there may be in languages can easily be eliminated if translations are done without the use of idioms to make sure that the meaning of the [...]

The two works by the authors are related in that one work is the rewrite of another or almost the duplicate of another and therefore almost all the themes are the same in both books [...]

The dog that accompanies the man is also indifferent to the man even though it seems to be have more aware of the danger posed by travelling in that kind of weather than the man [...]

The role of the narrator of the story The Fall of the House of Usher is great indeed; his rationality and his ability to represent the events from the side of an immediate participant of [...]

The aim of this essay is to analyze the theme of the irony of humanity in The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connel.

Dillard has described Ackerman's work in A Natural History of the Senses and Synesthesia as "a history of her extraordinary enthusiasms," one that continues in the vein of the poet's "effort to draw scientific and [...]

The protagonist's encounters as well as that of the rest of her colleagues indicate that social mobility is locked out to many in the lowest stratum of the working population.

The title of the book refers to the river in which bodies and murder weapons are dumped. One of the main themes of this book is the connection between the past and the present.

At the same time, Nora is fighting her own dissatisfaction with her life, and is even ready to sacrifice it in the name of her husband's reputation, which is a paramount example of altruism.

This is one of the main issues that should be considered because it throws light on the motives that drive the actions of the narrator.

In an attempt to free her, she rips apart the wallpaper and locks herself in the bedroom. The husband locks her wife in a room because of his beliefs that she needed a rest break.

The term flogging in the book simply describes the system of canning, stroking, or fondling as a form of prison punishment imposed to prisoners.

In the novel, Harper Lee demonstrates her vision of the question of the social inequality with references to the problem of racism in the society based on prejudice and absence of actual principles of tolerance [...]

The first line in the book is a claim that the amount of food wasted by Americans in a single day can fill the Rose Bowl stadium. Towards the end of the book, the author [...]

Her mother goes to the extent of trying to starve herself to provide Beloved with what she wants. Nel accepts the fact that her friendship with Sula was the best thing that ever happened to [...]

Gimpel's belief that the world is full of marvelous things characterizes him as a man of vision. Remarkably, Gimpel is sure that everything is possible and he acknowledges that the world is, indeed, full of [...]

For instance, in his story, Bierce gives specific details of the setting of the story, which is during the civil war in Alabama.

1- Exploitation- In the book "One Perfect Day": The selling of the American Dream, Rebecca Mead looks into the extreme levels that most brides go to in order to have the best weddings ever.

In the first stanza, the departure of the lover marks the end of their love, while the second stanza uses the dropping of sand as symbolic to the passing of time in an hour glass.

In the 20th Century, it is a recognized factor in Australia, and all over the rest of the world, that there was neglect of Aborigines since the settlement of the first western civilization, and for [...]

The long sentences used by Faulkner in the story "Barn Burning" are observed to loop, thereby creating a style that shows the indecisiveness of the characters, and the diversity of their thoughts.

The unfortunate aspect of the story is that Connie plays up her attractiveness and plays the roll that other people want her to have, the one of a beautiful girl.

The Ten Commandments have as well dictated the secular lives of the Americans since they have been incorporated in the legal framework of the American history.

In addition, some of the plays like a streetcar Named Desire and Baby doll are doing great in the film industry and they have led to the recognition of some actors/actresses like Malden, Brando, and [...]

The idea about braiding strands of air is also depicted as a way in which the strength of women is shown when they are together, this helps withstand the outside forces and this can be [...]

This is not an exaggerated statement judging from terms and imagery used in at least four of his popular works such as The Cask of Amontillado; The Black Cat; The Tell-Tale Heart; and The Masque [...]

Tom's mother is from a genteel southern ancestry and frequently narrates the stories of her youth to her children and the number of suitors who wanted her.

The conflict was only indicative of the dualistic nature of the era in terms of depiction of the African American experience in the United States and the Diaspora.

She clearly feels that her marriage was a life of hers, and the death of feelings is the divorce the end to happiness, to mutual understanding, to being the two parts of the whole.

A person speaks to a pen or a writing material by way of magic and so does the writing material does to the recipient of the message.

To begin with, let us state that the story under consideration is the short story under the title "The Management of Grief" by Bharati Mukherjee.

The book by the title "Born on a Blue day" is a story describing the journey through the life of a character who is also the author-Daniel Tammet.

Although Murray emphasizes an importance of the reforms of the educational system, the information in his essay provides the description of the inability of many students to deal with college-level material and incapability to pay [...]

The hallucination about death leads to a conflict between Troy and his wife, but eventually the tussle draws the theme of reality.

Lauren is observed to be sympathetic, since she wished she could trade places with her mother, in order for her to achieve some more, since she felt that her mother was imposing the life that [...]

In most cases, it is quite difficult for husbands and men as a whole to invert their mindsets on the way they perceive women and their wives.

I even think that the author had some words in a sheet of paper and his task was to use all those words in the article.

He breaks down on the politics involved in this prohibition in the year 1919 till the enactment of the prohibition in the year that followed.

The period was one of the turbulent and confusing times in the history of the U.S.as the British and the American politicians made drastic efforts to reach a compromise.

Postmodernist literature highlights the fragmentation of the narrative, the blending of high and low culture, and the undermining of traditional conventions.

Thus, this chain of short stories by Junot Diaz is a vivid example of emigrant literature raising the topic of race through the prism of the Dominican experience.

The conflict between Johnson and the counter girl at the restaurant is a significant moment that reveals the central theme of racial tension and discrimination in the story.