American Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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Hunting into the Wild (1601 words, 3 pages)

Too furry for a deer and too big for a fox or dog, he thought as he caught the animal's stare. He didn't much care what it was. Once spooked, those bastards moved fast. The animal turned and fled. Jeff stomped the pedal and the old Chevy pickup lurched forward. ... Read More

A Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Fire and Ice (327 words, 1 pages)

Fire and Ice Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what Ive tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice ... Read More

An Exam Based on the Reading the Book The Outsiders (601 words, 1 pages)

1. If I could be any one of the characters in the book The Outsiders, I would be Ponyboy because of his many good characteristics. He is intelligent which show by his good marks in school. He understands that its wrong to fight unless for self-defense. He is heroic this ... Read More

A Paper on Robert Frost’s Life Experiences and How They Influenced His Work (1648 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost - Relating To Life Experiences Robert Frost - Relating to Life Experiences The Road Not Taken, Mending Wall, Birches, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost is remembered as one of the most popular and honored poets of the twentieth century. (Mertins- Frost) His popularity is ... Read More

A Great Poet: A Paper on Life and Works of Robert Frost (852 words, 2 pages)

A Great Poet Robert Frost is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. The ease of reading and the simple language of his poetry are the reason that his poetry is studied by nearly all students of literature today. Unlike a lot of poetry that must be dissected ... Read More

An Analysis of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (583 words, 1 pages)

In the play Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, the main character, Willy Loman, has conflicts with respect and infidelity throughout the story. He has a problem with respect, especially respecting his wife, Linda. Willy shows through flashbacks of The Woman and everyday life that he has no respect ... Read More

Eleni Haralambou’s Response Paper on Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily (371 words, 1 pages)

Callahan's English 84 WWW Site Response Paper on Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" By Eleni Haralambou I read the story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. The story is told by a third person point of view. I think it is a limited point of view because you really ... Read More

The Forms of Poetry (1651 words, 3 pages)

THE FORMS OF POETRY Peter Abbs and John Richardson 1990, Cambridge, CUP I was introduced to this book via its companion volume, The Forms of Narrative, which I was recommended by a teacher at my Phase One teaching practise school I could just as easily have used this book for ... Read More

Annie Dillard: An American Childhood (832 words, 2 pages)

An American Childhood. Annie Dillard. New York, New York Harper Row, 1988. 255 pp. There is little about the childhood of a girl from a somewhat wealthy home, growing up in Pittsburgh that would normally be thought of as interesting or original enough to be written about. In An American ... Read More

Literature’s Now and Then (782 words, 1 pages)

Literature as we know it today is completely different than that of 400 years ago. During the time when Moliere was being criticized by the church for writing Tartuffe, nobody would have ever thought that such grotesque stories such as O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find would ever ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poems Recalling War by Robert Graves and Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen (3678 words, 5 pages)

Although the poems "Recalling War" by Robert Graves and "Mental Cases" by Wilfred Owen are both concerned with the damage that war does to the soldiers involved, they are different in almost every other respect. Owen's poem examines the physical and mental effects of war in a very personal and ... Read More

A Paper on Women’s Sexuality in Poems A Song and Amyntas Led Me to a Grove (1285 words, 2 pages)

Although many men would assume that womens sexuality has arisen mostly in the past century, this could not be further from the truth. Women have been sexual creatures for nearly the same amount of time as men. Two poems, Rochesters A Song and Behns Amyntas Led Me to a Grove, ... Read More

A Paper on the Life and Works of Rene Descartes (2523 words, 5 pages)

Ren Descartes (1596-1650) LIFE. Descartes was educated at a Jesuit college which was firmly grounded in the scholastic tradition. After furthering his education in Paris, he enlisted in the Dutch and, later, the Bavarian militaries. In 1629 Descartes moved to Holland where he lived in seclusion for 20 years, changing ... Read More

An Essay on Representations of Masculinity and Femininity in V. S. Naipaul’s Novel Miguel Street (2063 words, 5 pages)

Representations of Masculinity and Femininity in Miguel Street It has been said about V.S. Naipaul's novel Miguel Street that 'One of the recurrent themes... is the ideal of manliness' (Kelly 19). To help put into focus what manliness is, it is important to establish a definition for masculinity as well ... Read More

A Paper on Superlative Symbolism in Marshall Bennett Connelly’s Novel Requiem Guatemala (806 words, 1 pages)

Is This Some Sort of Sign? Symbolism by definition is a revelation or suggestion of intangible conditions or truths by artistic invention. Requiem Guatemala, a novel by Marshall Bennett Connelly, exemplifies superlative symbolic use at its prime. Connellys use of imagery and symbolism in from Three Dirges creates an intricate ... Read More

A Paper on MacDowell’s Article about Relief Workers in the 1930’s (434 words, 1 pages)

MacDowells article about Relief workers in the 1930s in Ontario focuses on young unmarried men and describes the hardships faced during the depression. Married men with families were given priority in employment and municipal aid was primarily given to families as well. As a result, many young men became transients ... Read More

Mark Sommers Feldman’s Review of Toni Morrison’s Essay Recitatif (1105 words, 2 pages)

Mark Sommers Feldman 112799 Recitatif Toni Morrisons essay, Recitatif is about two girls, Twyla and Roberta, who grow up in an orphanage because their mothers could not properly care for them. The underlying theme in Recitatif deals with racism. An interesting twist is the mystery of the girls race. Leaving ... Read More

A Review of Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage (774 words, 3 pages)

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane traces the effects of war on a Union soldier, Henry Fleming, from his dreams of soldiering, to his actual enlistment, and through several battles of the Civil War. Henry Fleming was not happy with his boring life on the farm. He wanted ... Read More

A Paper on the Epic Drama by Arthur Miller (310 words, 1 pages)

"Before us is the salesman's house," is how this whole epic drama starts. In this mere description of the setting we can see so many ideas Arthur Miller is trying to tell us. Willy Loman's house is surrounded by huge and tall apartment buildings. Walls are all you will perceive ... Read More

A Paper on Anglo-Saxon Society and Its Influence on the Development of the English Nation (562 words, 1 pages)

The Anglo-Saxons set the foundations on which the English nation developed. In spite of continual internal warfare, they built upon those foundations and developed a high degree of civilization. In Beowulf, Burton Raffel portrays many aspects of Anglo-Saxon lifestyle, especially the importance of weaponry, women's role in society, and the ... Read More

A Paper on the Life and Works of Robert Frost (402 words, 1 pages)

Robert Frost Robert Frost, an American poet of the late 19th century, used nature in many of his writings. He was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874, but later moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts (after his father died) where he did most of his writing. Throughout his life he ... Read More

Reflections on a Book The Things They Carried (870 words, 1 pages)

Reflections on "The Things They Carried" Analyzing the storys craftsmanship Tim OBrien wrote a story that is known as "The Things They Carried." It is a carefully crafted, detailed account of a Lieutenant and his men, the time period being right in the middle of the Vietnam war. In most ... Read More

A Depiction of Evil and Good in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Rappaccini’s Daughter (507 words, 1 pages)

Rappaccinis daughter, at first glance appears to be a story of an evil scientist. Looking at it from that perspective Baglioni would take on the role of an untraditional hero. As the story is broken down and further analyzed in depth you begin to notice that the roles of the ... Read More

Physical and Mental Suffering in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment (700 words, 3 pages)

In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, suffering is an integral part of every character's role. However, the message that Dostoevsky wants to present with the main character, Raskolnikov, is not one of the Christian idea of salvation through suffering. Rather, it appears to me, as if the ... Read More

Is America headed towards Brutal Ending? (664 words, 1 pages)

While sitting and looking through my high school yearbook I couldn't help but think of a situation I had when I was in tenth grade. My locker happened to be right by where all the blacks of the school had their lockers. Just for a little insight into my high ... Read More

Racism in the Merchant of Venice (2234 words, 3 pages)

Racism in The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare's satirical comedy, The Merchant of Venice, believed to have been written in 1596 was an examination of hatred and greed. The premise deals with the antagonistic relationship between Shylock, a Jewish money-lender and Antonio, the Christian merchant, who is as generous as ... Read More

Ray Bradbury’s Predictions about the Future World in Fahrenheit 451 (1014 words, 2 pages)

As we all know, Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451, made many predictions as to what this day and age would be like. He was right in many cases including speed, entertainment, and the mindlessness of people. He predicted that nobody would speak more than a couple of words at ... Read More

Depiction of Racism in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (866 words, 1 pages)

Racism in To Kill a Mocking Bird Racial discrimination is one of the negative aspects of our society that have caused the pain and suffering of others for many centuries. Some examples of these include the Holocaust and slavery in the United States. However these problems become less common as ... Read More

A Biography of Robert Penn Warren, the American Writer (1012 words, 2 pages)

Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren, born in Guthrie, Kentucky in 1905, was one of the twentieth centurys most eminent American writers. He was a distinguished novelist and poet, literary critic, essayist, short story writer, and coeditor of numerous textbooks. He also a founding editor of The Southern Review, a ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Racism Issues in Louisiana (1664 words, 2 pages)

I was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in November of 1975, and I still reside here. Being adopted, I do not know much about my ethnic background. I know that when I look in the mirror I see a white face with blue eyes and light brown hair. I was raised ... Read More

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