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

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Lennie as a Misunderstood Character (871 words, 3 pages)

In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie is a very misunderstood character. Lennie is very misunderstood by others mostly because of his size and apparent strength. When people see Lennie, they assume he would be very tough, but Lennie has the mind of a child, and he would ... Read More

A Reflection on a Discussion on What It Means to Be a Man (2274 words, 7 pages)

As a university student that has yet to earn any income through a legitimate job, I dont believe that I am any less capable than those who have been in the work force purely based on that fact. Job experience is a very valuable trait that shows ones ability to ... Read More

The Negative Effects Technology Has Had on My Life (584 words, 2 pages)

Despite my high use of technology I do not feel that I am addicted. The world is becoming a more technological place and I have simply adapted to the new world. I may also be a bit biased as my job revolves around a social media website that goes by ... Read More

An Analysis of Lisbeth Salander’s Appearance and Personality in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a Crime Novel by Stieg Larsson (1436 words, 5 pages)

Lisbeth Salanders appearance in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo leads us to believe that she is necessarily unattractive but instead masculine, breaking social conventions of women and thriving through her non-conformity. Her critical and dismissive personality is one of mixed opinion some see her as a feminist icon, silently ... Read More

The Effects of the Vietnam War on Soldiers on Tim O’Brien’s Things They Carried (623 words, 2 pages)

In the Things They Carried, the author, Tim OBrien, reveals his and many American soldiers harsh experiences during the Vietnam War. Like other soldiers, OBrien is drafted to war at an early age and moved to a dangerous and unfamiliar battlefield, where he and his fellow soldiers suffer both physical ... Read More

Amy Wichita Talks About the Reality of Achieving the American Dream (586 words, 2 pages)

In the poem The American Dream by Amy H. of Wichita, Kansas, it talks about how the American Dream is what everyone strives towards and pursues. She also says its more than a dream now and it is reality. There are actual people becoming successful by following the American Dream ... Read More

Character Analysis of Kiowa in the Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (982 words, 4 pages)

Life is sticky. When one gets unstuck by one situation, he gets caught by another. An endless cycle of pulling oneself free of one quagmire and being pulled into another is what comprises life. And no matter what anyone does, that cycle sticks there is no escaping it. Everyone suffers ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of the Final Easter Brunch as a Child (539 words, 2 pages)

The rough wrinkled finger once again rose up from the table, this time focusing its gaze on the stack of buttermilk pancakes, soaked in syrup, that sat at the other end of the table. The finger hung there for a moment, silent, but with great conviction. We all knew what ... Read More

The Role of Humorists in Bringing Social Issues to Public and the Work of Dr. Seuss and Russell Peters (504 words, 2 pages)

Humorists, in terms of Bottons view, are the people that feed the world the, true world indirectly. Humorists are the ones that present the issues in a slightly more obscure manner, to bring awareness of the issue to the public. Through different styles and different media, humorists can bring social ... Read More

An Analysis of the Impact of Frank O’Hara’s Manifesto Personism on the Reading of His Poetry (1164 words, 4 pages)

How does OHaras manifesto Personism help us read his poetry? Discuss the way this statement sets out his views on the form and function of poetry before showing how they illuminate a reading of two or more poems of your choice from Lunch Poems.Belonging to the relatively new and avant-garde ... Read More

My Takeaway From Reading Same Kind of Different as Me by Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent, and Ron Hall (690 words, 2 pages)

Same Kind of Different as Me is not an easy read. It may not be very long, or have many difficult words in it, but the challenges, emotions, and pain that someone who reads the book is forced to deal with makes it, in my opinion, one of the more ... Read More

Understanding Cultural Diversity and Effects of Stereotypes According to the Role Theory (942 words, 4 pages)

Second language acquisition has often times proven difficult to many. This was no different for me as we relocated to America from France. Growing up, I learnt French as my first language as this was indeed a national language and the basis of my socialization. Everyone in my country spoke ... Read More

A Behavioral View on the Personalities of Jim and Liz in Ernest Hemingway’s Short Story Up in Michigan (810 words, 3 pages)

In Hemmingways short story, Up in Michigan, the main characters Jim and Liz exhibit confusing behaviors that can be largely explained with the behavioral view of personality. The behavioral view sees human behavior as entirely mindless, and driven solely by prior reinforcement and need reduction. In this paper, I will ... Read More

The Many Reasons Why the Book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Should Not Be Banned in Schools (645 words, 2 pages)

The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, has been rated number 43 on the American Library Associations Top 100 Most Challenged books of 1990-200! The Outsiders, should not be banned in schools because teenagers are already exposed to its adult content, it teaches strong life lessons, and schools would be restricting a ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of Eating and Fasting on Yom Kippur, a Jewish Holiday (875 words, 3 pages)

When I was thirteen, I started fasting on Yom Kippur. I remember it being that hardest thing i had ever done, which is pretty sad. I thought I was going to die. I had never been so hungry in my life. That was the year I had my Bar Mitzvah ... Read More

Character Analysis of Chris McCandless in Jon Krakuer’s Into the Wild (1177 words, 4 pages)

Jon Krakauer tells the story of Chris McCandless transformation to Alexander Supertramp and his journey to the Alaskan Wilderness in his book Into the Wild. The book goes in and out of order, beginning with the end of Chris journey, then beginning from the middle, then inserting himself as a ... Read More

Jon Krakauer Pushes the Characters Into Extremes in Into the Wild (1019 words, 4 pages)

What is it that push humans into pursuing a life of in the extreme? What is it about extremism that makes one society worship an idol, and another use his name in vain? As humans, we are taught in the beginning years of our lives about what is normal and ... Read More

A Comparison between the Behavior of Knights in Two Stories: The Wife of Bath, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (670 words, 2 pages)

In the tale of the wife of Bath and story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight we are dropped into the middle of a story where a knight has made certain decisions that have placed him in great danger. Even though both knights live till the end of the ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of the Realization of Racial Differences as a Child (718 words, 2 pages)

Race surrounds us everyday. It isnt something that actually exist according to biologist. However, humans still manage to sort each other into these categories, and it is a case of sudden loss of innocence when we finally notice it. We are plucked from our innocent minds that everyone is just ... Read More

A Comparison of Characters in Death of a Salesman, a Doll’s House and Trifles (1190 words, 4 pages)

We, as human beings, are born with the potential to do great acts that can have a positive effect not only upon ourselves but everyone around us as well. This potential remains latent within each of us until it is ignited by an event that allows us to obtain our ... Read More

Character Analysis of Brett Ashley in the Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (1310 words, 2 pages)

Stereotypes have been the backbone of society for millennia. People expect others to behave a certain way based upon their culture, their upbringing, and even their gender. Norwegians are expected to be rough, barbaric people those raised in a rich family are expected to be dignified and noble women are ... Read More

The Theme of the American Dream in The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1769 words, 6 pages)

In America, people will always see both the successful and the unsuccessful. When seeing those truly successful by being at the top of some corporation, it is only natural to assume that theyve worked hard and diligently to get to where they are today. Yet more importantly, what do we ... Read More

An Analysis of the Impact of the Advancement of Technology on Humankind (1526 words, 6 pages)

Technology has brought much light and darkness into our world. It has ended many diseases and terrors, while being the root of many. It is strange to think about the advancement of humankind without the advancement of technology. However, is it always well for us to be attached to our ... Read More

The Struggle Between Good and Evil in the Novel, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (899 words, 3 pages)

The struggle between good and evil has been raging since the dawn of time, but it has remained outside the realm of understanding in the innocent minds of children. As a result parents teach their children about the perils of the evil in the world by telling them important life ... Read More

The Volatile Properties of Emotions in Porphyria’s Lover, the Raven and Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister (798 words, 3 pages)

Humans experience a wide variety of emotions which can be strong enough to cause people to act solely on the emotion and often against what the person usually would do. Poets often write about people who are ruled by their emotions to show us cautionary tales which warn us not ... Read More

The Life and Philosophies of Mark Slaughter (2907 words, 9 pages)

Love is what makes people human. Not the fact that we can think rationally as the scientists think, as human thought is more irrational than it is rational. Nor is it the devotion to a god, as many religious extremists believe. Humanity is simply the ability to love. Mark Slaughter, ... Read More

The Concept of Parent Responsibility in the Play, Oedipus the King, Sam Sheperd: The Seven Plays, and the Marriage of Bette and Boo (1952 words, 6 pages)

The words "Unhappy Families" invariably imply that, at the very least,there is some dissatisfaction with a relationship. This relationshiptypically consists of a married couple and their children, albeit manyvariations of this combination exist. In any permutation of such units ofsocial order, there is a high chance that trauma occurs. Occasionally,rebellious ... Read More

The Protagonist and Anti-Hero ‘Smith’ in Alan Silltoe’s Novel “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner” (576 words, 2 pages)

Alan Sillitoe was loosely considered as one of the Angry Young Men writers who have expressed a new, non-deferential working struggle through a fervently opinionated anti-authoritarian narrator. Sillitoe has created Smith, a dissatisfied and self-assured protagonist and anti-hero of the novella The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner. To him, austerity ... Read More

The Major Differences Between the Neoclassical and Romantic Poems (1029 words, 3 pages)

Poetry is an artistic tool of expression used to fashion words into messages using various styles. Poets are therefore able to express their ideas, emotions, give their reasons and bring out their desired themes on their topics of interest. Among the earliest categories of poems, include the neoclassicism which was ... Read More

Alienation, Loneliness and Marxist Views in Henry James’ Book “The Turn of the Screw” (2149 words, 8 pages)

In this essay I aim to provide a Marxist reading of Henry James The Turn of the Screw. I will consider the unique position in the social hierarchy occupied by the governess, and the alienation she suffers from as a result. I also intend to examine the function of the ... Read More

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