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

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The Treacherous River: A Paper on Mark Twain’s Work (667 words, 1 pages)

The Treacherous River Some people believe that your surroundings determine your character. On the other hand, there are those that believe that Man makes the money, Money does not make the man. Mark Twains Puddn head Wilson, carefully points out that Roxy and Toms extreme behavior toward the horrors of ... Read More

The Process of Writing a Process Analysis Essay (761 words, 2 pages)

The Process of Writing a Process Analysis Essay The process of writing a process analysis essay is something that confounds many students. Weeks may be spent in a college English class discussing this one type of essay. Though writing one may seem daunting, I believe that, once informed everyone can ... Read More

My Unforgettable Experience at Big Powderhorn Mountain (802 words, 1 pages)

In the upper Penisola, near Big Powderhorn Mountain, one of my friends has a log cabin. It is six-hour drive from Chicago, but he drives there a couple times a month, especially during ski season. A few months ago, my friend invited my roommate and me to spend a weekend. ... Read More

A Paper on Prejudice Issues in the Novel To Kill a Mockingbird (427 words, 1 pages)

Prejudice Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird contains many aspects of modern day prejudice. Although the book contains many forms of prejudice I believe that three played the largest role in this story. The main prejudice is the act of racism, which was very ... Read More

A Review of William J. Bennett’s Book The Death of Outrage (1372 words, 2 pages)

The name of the book is the death of outrage Bill Clinton and the assault on American ideals. The name of the author is William J. Bennett The name of the publisher is Thee Free Press, a division of Simon Schuster, Inc. The year published is 1999. This book has ... Read More

A Paper on Remembrance Day and Prisoners of War (501 words, 2 pages)

'PRISONERS OF WAR' Dear The International Red Cross I am writing a letter to you today to mention how the prisoners of war were treated throughout the second world war. If you have never been a Prisoner of War (POW), you are extremely lucky. The prisoners of war during the ... Read More

Pride and Perseverance: A Paper on African-American Literature (864 words, 1 pages)

Pride and Perseverance African-American Literature consists of numerous themes or characteristics. Each story, poem, or slave narrative can be linked to an oppressive time, when the major character of each piece tried to overcome such hardships. Taking this into consideration, the two characteristics I chose to explore in our assignment ... Read More

An Analysis of Jeremy’s Personality and Behavior in the Story “Powder” (1252 words, 4 pages)

Powder Questions 1 Jeremy's original source of rejection came from his parents who banished him from his home. He was to live in the basement, away from society. This hurting he received made him a more compassionate, caring and loving person. Although his early stages of life were of persecution ... Read More

The Theme of Pride in Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem The Cask of Amontillado (543 words, 1 pages)

Pride Can Be a Fatal Trait Sometimes a persons pride can overshadow their good judgment, in turn effecting their actions. The result of this over zealous pride can mean death for the person. In Edgar Allen Poes The Cask of Amontillado, Fortunato is a prime example. Through his own desire ... Read More

Prejudgment of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (657 words, 2 pages)

Two major people in To Kill A Mockingbird are prejudged Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. One man is the victim of prejudice Atticus Finch. These men are mockingbirds. For a mockingbird has never hurt anyone, and neither has Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, nor Tom Robinson. . Boo Radley is prejudged ... Read More

Poe’s Reinvention of American Literature (1172 words, 2 pages)

In human nature there exists a morbid desire to explore the darker realms of life. As sensitive creatures we make every effort to deny our curiosity in the matters that frighten us. Edgar Allan Poe was a master of his craft, gifted with the talent of introducing each reader to ... Read More

A Paper Defining Postmodernism through Heart of Darkness (1316 words, 2 pages)

Postmodernism, Genre or Pop? Defining Postmodernism through Heart of Darkness What is Postmodernism? Andy Crouch from Christianity Today describes Postmodernism as anything, everything, and nothing, an academic Rorschach blot on which nervous modernists and others project all their fantasies, both benign and terrifying. Crouch goes on to explain how Postmodernism ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poems Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess (2268 words, 4 pages)

Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess Compare the two poems 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning. What do they reveal about attitudes to women and relationships in the nineteenth century? Robert Browning was one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century. In 1842, he published 'Dramatic ... Read More

Diction and Tone in the Writing Style of Sylvia Plath (2021 words, 3 pages)

Sylvia Plaths complex relationship with her father is revealed through imagery used in her writings including the poem and book "Daddy" and The Bell Jar. Plath developed as a writer with an individual style. She used diction, in her writings, which give the reader a very distinct understanding of what ... Read More

An Analysis of the Setting in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe (478 words, 1 pages)

One of Poes talents in writing is his ability to present his readers with a setting that will provide more substance to the story. His literary works mainly gothic, there is a need for the appearance of castles, dungeons, cellars, a dark spooky night and of course the presence of ... Read More

Expressing Myself through Poems (1839 words, 6 pages)

My name is John Doe. I have decided to start a journal of poems as an outlet for all my feelings that I have experienced. I know that they are probably not the best that have ever been written but they are a way to let the emotions out. I ... Read More

The Plot Summary and the Point of View in John Updike’s A&P (666 words, 1 pages)

Point of View on AP John Updikes AP is written entirely from the perspective of nineteen year old Sammy, a grocery clerk. Updike has created an atmosphere of striking opposites warring with one another throughout the entire story. Sammy is bored and excited at the same time. He has worked ... Read More

Diction and Metaphors in the Poem America by Tony Hoagland (900 words, 2 pages)

Throughout life human beings usually find messages underneath the surface, which cannot be seen by the naked eye. In literature this is sometimes done through the use of metaphors by using specific words when relating two inanimate objects. A writer might use metaphors in order to hide these messages and ... Read More

Herman Melville’s and Charles Darwin’s Experience of the Galapagos Islands as the Inspiration for Their Masterpieces (993 words, 2 pages)

During the nineteenth century, two prominent writers, Herman Melville and Charles Darwin both voyaged to the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador. Both of these individuals wrote descriptive passages about the physical attributes and atmosphere of the Galapagos Islands. The passages vary in specific content due to the intentions ... Read More

A Book Report of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (1059 words, 2 pages)

Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois, and his family moved several times, eventually settling in Los Angeles in 1934. In his family were many publishers of books and not surprisingly, Bradbury was a reader and writer throughout his youth. Among many other publications, Bradbury produced ... Read More

An Essay on the Issue of Coping with Aging by Analyzing Birthday Cards (676 words, 1 pages)

In our society, aging is portrayed in a negative way. Nobody wants to get older. There is a definite stigma associated getting older. Getting older is associated with death while being young is associated with life. This can be observed in the phrase "Over the Hill". If one is "Over ... Read More

A Preying Clique in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (618 words, 1 pages)

Schools tend to have cliques, small groups of narrow-minded people who criticize others. These teens in cliques parallel adults in todays society. They prey on those who believe in different things, come from different backgrounds, and have different morals and values. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, three ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of Visiting Guatemala City (3411 words, 12 pages)

English II AS Through the Eyes of Chance Looking down on all the mountains and fields was quite astonishing from a birds eye point of view. My stomach grew intense as my little eyes glared out the 747 jet due to Guatemala city at 830 p.m. I was so small ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Experiencing Divorce as a Child (407 words, 1 pages)

Divorce the word makes many children shudder when they are young, and many children know the meaning all too well. I, unfortunately, am no exception. I experienced it when I was ten years old. As it is obvious, it is a very different experience having to live through it while ... Read More

A Paper on the Character of Pearl in Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter (631 words, 1 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthorne presented the child Pearl to the audience in his novel, The Scarlet Letter as a living representation of the letter itself. Hester Prynne was condemned to wear a crimson letter "A" on her chest for committing adultery while her husband was said to be lost at sea. The ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on a Life-Changing Experience (1173 words, 2 pages)

My Experience That Changed Me I went to camp for the first time last summer to get away from the pressures of home and school. Camp was a month long, I have never been away from my parents more than a week. I was very anxious. I had no idea ... Read More

A Book Report of Robert Arthur’s Gothic Story Getting Rid of George (828 words, 2 pages)

Personal Response to Getting Rid of George Robert Arthurs story, Getting Rid of George is a good gothic story because of its various examples of required gothic elements. These requirements include atmosphere, psychological state of mind, mystery, romance, and melodrama. All of these combined make this story a good gothic ... Read More

A Paper on Family in Story The Metamorphosis (796 words, 1 pages)

(Although most cultures cannot be generalized with certain behaviours, however, certain Japanese traditions and values are common to all their people and is taught to them from a very early age. The practice of having the son of a family to look after his parents, as mentioned later, is common ... Read More

The Ex Ponto Literature (2234 words, 4 pages)

Ovids Epistulae Ex Ponto The poetry of Ovid spans several genres and varies in style and theme as it follows the tragic life of the exiled literary giant. With fame coming to Ovid early, it is a baffling mystery as to why Ovid was exiled to Tomis, a small colony ... Read More

A Paper on Homer’s Fighters Patroklos and Hektor (497 words, 1 pages)

Patroklos and Hektor Tragedy ..TITLE Patroklos and Hektor are victims of war and internal, delusional passion. Their deaths are intertwined, as they are both the causualties of Achilles lack of spirit or internal death. The deaths of these two men help to illistrate Homers outlook on war. These two men ... Read More

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