Themes in American Novels Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

To Kill a Mockingbird, in its imperfection, is a testament to the march of progress in social justice and racial equality.

I think that the irony, demonstrating how issues of the girl are directly related to the mother's relationship with her is, used effectively.

In the end by the end, Jeannette's aspiration was the opposite of her family, bringing to success and acceptance not only herself but also those close to her.

The author intentionally uses the first-person point of view in order to reveal their thoughts and highlighting the dread of the happening.

The extension of borders of the tropic, the contraposition between the life in LA and the life in Mexico, the change of events is a typical technique of Magical Realism, namely, hybridity that implies extensive [...]

Her response is to try her best to make up for her crime by satisfying each and every demand of Beloved to the extent of literally enslaving herself to the girl.

Despite the fact that, throughout story's entirety, Cal is being presented to us as "progressive" educator, who seriously believed that endowing Donny with strongly defined sense of self-respect could have helped Daisy's son to straighten [...]

By tracing through Hemingway's life in conjunction with his stories such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", one can begin to trace some of the ideas that characterized Hemingway's life and thinking.

The latter is about a girl and her conflict with her family, which eventually leads her to leave her home and start living at the post office.

Happiness becomes accessible through product attainment, and even the opening of the story deals with the fact that the protagonist and his wife, Tom and Betsy Rath, want to live in a better house.

She is beginning to personify the wallpaper in her musings. To nearly the end, she is lucid about people's roles in her life.

He is so annoyed that he would like to go out and show her that he is not the hairy ape that she called him.

That demonstrates the sense of powerlessness and marginalization that the Greasers feel in comparison to the Socs and drives them to form a gang.

It is evident that Huck and his kids did not view Jim as a person in the first few chapters of the book.

In the narrative, the lawyer's office is divided into two rooms by a glass folding door, one where Bartleby works and the other where the lawyer's station is.

The primary purpose of Gary Soto's The Afterlife is to show the significance of human life and forgiveness from the perspective of those who lose it.

In this respect, the title of the book fully indicates its reliability and straightforward character of it in terms of the contemporary social situation between minorities and the majority of the American nation.

By exploring the notion and censorship and how it affects people, the author draws parallels with the modern world of his time and the increasing impact of government-led propaganda. Censorship is a recurring theme that [...]

The focal point of this paper is to present a symbolic criticism of the play "Fences" by August Wilson with a special emphasis on the significance of Gabriel in the play.

The novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane considers the issue of women's work in the late 19th century United States, and the main focuses of the novel are the unprotected work [...]

The novel 'The Third Life of Grange Copeland' by Alice Walker is dedicated to the highlight of economical and racist oppression suffered by the society; it is a set of lives depicting gradual formation of [...]

The story begins when the narrator, Amir, is supposedly 38 years old, and the tale he tells is essentially a flashback over the events of his life that have brought him to this point.

In the novel, we see April and Frank Wheeler as a youthful, presumably flourishing couple who lives a contented life with their two offspring in a well-to-do Connecticut neighborhood in the middle of the 1950s.

However, despite the consensus among critics, both the fate and the chance are methods that are used by the author to reveal a much deeper concept of the journey through which the protagonist searches for [...]

In spite of the fact that Butler rejected the idea that she intended to discuss the problem of the humans' enslavement in her work, it is impossible to ignore the accentuation of the issue of [...]

When the hunter says that he is aware of the bear and knows how the bear smells, means that he is extremely familiar with the hunting and especially, bears, as the unique scent is characteristic [...]

Leach is convincing in the justification of his main thesis: the businesspeople of the age took advantage of the changing social and economic patterns to change people's perception of the ideal life away from an [...]

By providing readers with a nuanced portrayal of the implications of sacrifice, the authors challenge their readers to consider the moral implications of their actions.

The importance of being earnest, as per the essay, is that a person becomes able to have a taste of a realm that can be subjected to their preferences.

The authors were in the middle of events: they worked as editors in the Ramparts, a political magazine popular among the radical audience.

"The Fat Girl" written by Andre Dubus illustrates the main problem of modern civilization that is the problem of the overweight. Andre Dubus used a number of cognitive metaphors to show the liveliness and the [...]

This effect is reached by opposing the details and the setting of the traditional human world with the magic of the wild forest.

By incorporating a range of symbols such as the main characters' clothes, their personal belongings, and attributes of their culture, the author conveys the conflict of belonging, sense of being lost, and the problem of [...]

This paper aims to explore the themes relating to the American dream and its associated emptiness and un-attainability as depicted in the two novels, The Day of the Locust and Play it as it Lays.

Although the story is told from the point of view of the girl referred to as "Snot" by the troop, Arnetta could be considered the center point of the short story.

One of the reasons for the triumph of Billy Budd, Sailor in America and the United Kingdom, was the precision, with which the author portrayed the historical and cultural context, particularly Melville analyzed both issues [...]

This is one of the similarities in the style of these writers. This is one of the main details that be identified.

It is therefore likely that Sammy made the decision to quit his job so as to get the girls' attention. When the reader is first introduced to Sammy, it is apparent that he is the [...]

The specifics of the insult that sparked Montresor's fatal vendetta remain a mystery despite the story's in-depth exploration of his evil mind and scheme against Fortunato.

One might agree that literature is the most powerful tool that gifted and skilled people use to show the imperfections of societies, highlight the primary issues to address, and demonstrate how minorities or disadvantaged view [...]

In literature, the main elements of works are the setting and characters, which establish the atmosphere and the central theme. In Jackson's story, the main emphasis is on the characters, who convey the chilling atmosphere [...]

One might agree that literature is the most powerful tool that gifted and skilled people use to show the imperfections of societies, highlight the primary issues to address, and demonstrate how minorities or disadvantaged view [...]

It becomes apparent upon closer examination that his fixation on the mystery of life, his neglect of the creator's responsibility, and his lack of empathy for his creation make Victor Frankenstein more responsible for the [...]

Love is a strong feeling filled with tenderness, the heartfelt affection of a man and a woman, which Aparna and her husband lack.

The essay will explore what it means to be black in 2023 and consider how Du Bois' insights from "Of Our Spiritual Strivings" continue to resonate in the contemporary lives of Black people.

Thus, the three main themes of the book are games, relationships between adults and children, and ruthlessness. The reader sees the opposition between the way of thinking of children and adults.

Through these works, the concept of the blurring of reality and the imaginary world of dreams is explored, showcasing the complexity of reality perception and its nuances.

The description of the boat colliding with the shore and the crowd rushing in to save the crew serve as a resolution example.

In society, women are there to be seen and not to be heard; thus, he expects his wife to look good.

The attempt by writers of the nonfiction but documentary literature genres to explore various global phenomena often responds to the claim of certain absolutism, that is, the recognition of the perfect truth of the picture [...]

Though deemed to be the land of opportunity, the 1940s New York environment and the harsh setting of rigid stereotypes and prejudices create multiple challenges for each of the protagonists, setting barriers that are exceptionally [...]

In the second essay, Dillard writes that "the drama of the chase" had a profound impact on the character's perception of pursuing one's goals.

The main difference between the stories of Frankenstein and The Possibility of Evil is based on the evil aspect and the type of horror represented.

For example, the mother in the family in the 2019 remake is presented as a kind woman without any sins, with her daughters claiming that she is never angry and her partly corroborating this statement, [...]

The concept of surrealism is understood as a direction in bourgeois contemporary art, the purpose of which was to know the depths of the human subconscious, familiarize ourselves with supernatural phenomena and create a different [...]

As a result, people use local gossip networks as the source of authority, eventually arriving at a decision that the man is an angel whose mission is to take away the soul of Pelayo and [...]

The two stories, 'Girl' and 'Yellow Woman,' have standard literary devices, and at each level, the author intends to pass a particular message to the readers.

Consequently, some question the content of children's literature and the role of societal issues in it. Therefore, it can be debated that children's literature should be able to teach critical thinking by introducing social diversity [...]

The lack of cultural awareness in society is widespread today because people do not take the time to learn and appreciate the background of the diverse people around them.

In general, the new perspective on relations between males and females and a new form of marriage can be associated with the rise and spread of the ideas of feminism.

She argues that what individuals truly mean by the phrase "good men" is the opposite of what they actually mean in her powerful masterpiece, A Good Man is Hard to Find.

OASIS is a useful and productive escape from the harsh world that the characters in Ready Player One live in, while the current social media platform that could be compared to OASIS, Meta, is more [...]

In "The Veldt," George and Lydia suffer terrible repercussions from the delegating of parenting duties to the house, which offers all the living luxuries at the expense of the organic relationship between parent and kid.

The authors were able to integrate and discuss the features of the issue of pollution in terms of socioeconomic variables as a notable part of the book and its elaborations.

The present essay is dedicated to the analysis of the second book of the series, Thunderhead. It thinks about it in the following manner: "when the brutality of the dance overwhelms the beauty.the future is [...]

The platonic love between Leen and Buddy shows how human suffering is inevitable regardless of race. Fictional stories can express the theme of love and human suffering.race does not determine the level of human suffering, [...]

The novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway demonstrates the similarities between my life and Henry's, resulting in a metamorphosis due to improved knowledge.

For children and adolescents in the South Bronx, there are them and people living outside: in Riverdale, Connecticut, and elsewhere. It is evident that there is a division between people from the South Bronx and [...]

Still, most of all, it is dark and mocking, in the spirit of Swift, the discourse on science and religion, faith and disbelief, meaning and nonsense.

Girl short story is a single sentence of advice from a mother to her daughter - the author uses semicolons between the words of wisdom and admonishments.

Regardless of the trauma and neglect caused by addiction problems in the families depicted in "The Distance Between Us" and "The Glass Castle," the only obstacles to accomplishment and happiness are inside the individual.

Racial prejudice, morality, and the importance of the law are common themes in To Kill A Mockingbird, and their implication in life is readily apparent.

The author emphasizes the theme of gender roles and their perception in the story of Emily and the rest of the town.

As one of the most ignominious felonies in the world, it turns people of all ages and sexes from all parts of the globe into victims forcing them to do perverted acts daily.

The central theme of the fourth part of the book is the question of reality and its perception in today's world.

West Coast Mafia is a group of youths; Frankie included who are paid to commit the crime and other heinous acts in society.

Herland was established to show that women are not biologically inferior to men and conventional perceptions of femininity are false. Jeff and Van learn that their conceptions of women and femininity are artificially formed.

In fact, such absence of scenery is closely connected to the passage of time, the way that the time in the story is distributed and managed.

In the matriarchal society of Herland, the concept of 'femininity' is absent; thus, from the author's point of view, the women are free from being bound to their sex.

In the first story, the necklace is a symbol of giving; it represents the importance of being able "to give up the cheap things in our lives so that God can give us beautiful treasures".

By pinpointing the nature of the problem, specifically, outlining racism and disregard for the integrity of women's bodily autonomy, Skloot condemns the abuse that Lacks suffered, therefore, paving the way to new, fair and unbiased, [...]

I think that the protagonist of this short story became mad because of loneliness and the inability to live an independent life.

Thus, the former's relationship to this institution was guided by humanity towards the slaves and the development of legal methods of improving their lives that did not exist in the latter case.

Outwardly the journal features the history of Ezol's life, Ada's citizens, and the Twin Territories; however, in truth, it goes beyond that and has a much deeper symbolic meaning. Ezol's journal serves as a portrayal [...]

The way a black child is struggling to get the most basic needs in the US. In the story, the twelve-year-old child is not afraid of mistreatment by the people when they realize she is [...]

As a white man, he is expected to follow the society's rules and ensure that the runaway slave is returned to the owner.

The main symbols of the story are tortoiseshell hair combs and a platinum chain for a pocket watch the symbols of sacrifice and devotion.

Art Spiegelman magnificently links the past and the present graphically to narrate his father's surviving the Holocaust and his relations with the father.

The story is a reflection of society's facilitation of paranoia and isolation in the context of manipulated relationships. Society's descent into an accumulation of paranoid and self-centered individuals unwilling to embrace different people is evident [...]

In this case, marriage is not a union of the loved ones but is a social obligation where a wife is a subject of a husband.Mr. Millard's family seemed a perfect example of the social [...]

In the novel, ‘Apology of Mrs. Pamela Andrews’ Fielding writes about Mrs. Andrews showing that she was a wicked woman who tricked her husband into marrying her.

Martinez's story demonstrates the conflict between the brutal honesty of the resurrected dead and the unprepared minds of the living, who were unable to reject the established societal rules.

The Monkey King is the protagonist of the first tale, which serves as a re-imagining of the Chinese folk legend The Journey to The West.

In the novel, the culprit for the destruction of Okonkwo's personality, the disintegration of the clan, which Elder Mbata speaks of in the second passage, the destruction of family ties and religion, is the person [...]

The most important one, in the presence of which it is possible for the author to commit a legal crime, is the fact that doing otherwise would cross my own ethical values.

A&P by Updike is a story of personal protest against the 'general good' for everyone, a path to self-respect, and the right to be different. To understand the nature of the protest committed by the [...]

The source of the conflict and the main cause of the woman's unfortunate fate is not so much the mental illness itself but, rather, the refusal to recognize it as such.

The story of the narrator from "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" demonstrates the absence of one's connection to his parents. This example adds to the role of relationships in one's behavior and [...]

The diversity in the social and societal background of the United States cannot go without the trends for the historical basis of the nation.

The themes of trauma and death unite the novel "The Day of the Locust" by Nathaniel West, the short story "Grief" by Scholastique Mukasonga, and the short film The Neighbors 'Window by Marshall Curry.

He presents the crimes of American capitalism including the corruption of Blackhead, Dutch Robertson's returning from the prison that does not stop him from stealing money, Gus McNeil's denial of the class that he belonged [...]

He soon realized that the job was supposed to enable him to facilitate the cooperation of black workers in the war-time effort.

Based on the actions of the grandmother it can be said that the short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" contains subtle religious overtones portraying how aesthetics and what it means to truly [...]

From the beginning of the story, the reader anticipates the happy ending especially when the author describes the meeting of Desiree and Armand Aubigny who had fallen in love with each other at the first [...]

The theme is very intricate and it finds its realization in different aspects of the book, such as the authorship the author's tone that can be perceived while reading, the genre, the choice of the [...]

African American literature during this turbulent period in the lives of African Americans was heavily influenced by the rise in radicalism, enlightenment and the advent of industrialization.

The father and his son expect the arrival of God and they see a final destination on God's side. The old man stands near the road for a long time and he is the only [...]

In the story of the motion of light in water, Delany marries a girl after making her pregnant, although the two try to stay together; the relationship ends up in a split after Delany realizes [...]

The constitution was drafted by the framers in such a manner that only White men who owned acres of land and property would be given the right to voice their opinion and decide the functioning [...]

The general mood for this era at least for the creative minds that produce novels, poems, and other works of art can be summarized using the words of one commentator who pointed to the numbing [...]

Various attempts by April throughout the novel reveals her desperateness as a teenager to fulfill the criteria set by white, however, as an adult, April feels and experiences the endeavor to observe the creation of [...]

He felt like a living dead, in a coffin still to be drained of his blood, and yet, he seeks spiritual answers and is interested in the "psychic underside of sexuality" as Boroff explicitly suggested.

Through the story, the writer explains the tragic life of the Professor and how she recalls the story of her life which she spent without anybody to care and love for.

There is a powerful cultural perception of the behaviors of the three groups, the father and the brother on one side, the mother and the grandmother on the other side, and the American media and [...]

Though the themes in the stories are different, both convey a message which is strong enough and thought-provoking to the readers.

The author's aim is to make people know and think, and whether they agree or not it is the problem of these people."Walden" by Henry David Thoreau is the piece of work where the author [...]

The main point of the novel is that there is a certain, indescribable element that draws us out into the wild and out of the confines of society.

Against the background of buying and selling of slaves, the hard work they are forced to do, the inhuman, degrading treatment meted out to them, and the riches made from them by most of the [...]

She is the perfect Victorian example of what Edna is expected to be, but Edna is incapable of keeping up the act, which is all her marriage and family really are to her.

Steinbeck manages to capture the isolation and sexual frustration of Elisa Allen, the reason for her tears, through his characterization of her while she is tending the chrysanthemums, the interaction that occurs between Elisa and [...]