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

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A Paper on the Plot of Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace (820 words, 2 pages)

Guy de Maupassants short story The Necklace is not simply about an article of jewelry. The title reveals an intricate element to the storys theme symbolism. Plot and character are also important elements to examine for determining the storys theme. The use of three elements plot, character, and symbolism helps ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story of a Woman (751 words, 1 pages)

This short story is not necessarily about a crazy woman, at least not at first, but about a woman longing for liberty. This story is a narrative about the feelings, and depressions arising from the tensions of societal norms on an 18th century woman. The wallpaper design is an expression ... Read More

Some Sort of a Short Story (274 words, 1 pages)

As a familiar clammy feeling fell over Lance, the monster backed away slowly and watched Lance closely. Lance grew his head was covered by a steel mask and he was covered by a black cloak. He felt his organs and guts change and disappear, being replaced by a churning mass ... Read More

The Theme of Death in the Poem Beowulf (638 words, 1 pages)

Ever since Cain killed his brother Abel, death and murder have been a part of human society. The man always killed the other man, physically or mentally, to gain something for himself, something that may be a tangible thing such as food or money, or intangible things such as power ... Read More

A Paper on the Issue of Death and Symbols in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe (2034 words, 3 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe, the founder of detective stories, the master of manipulating the issue of death, and whose tales are filled with all kinds of symbols, allegories that conveys the authors concepts about life. He his equipped with thoughtful, cautious analysis ability, and sufficient imagination. Poe was born in 1809. ... Read More

A Review of Kafka’s The Judgement (696 words, 1 pages)

P.J. O'Rourke of Rolling Stone magazine once wrote, "One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license." ... Read More

A Paper on the Relationship between Huckleberry Finn and Jim in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (2032 words, 3 pages)

The relationship between Huckleberry Finn and Jim are central to Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Huck's relationships with individual characters are unique in their own way however, his relationship with Jim is one that is ever changing and sincere. As a poor, uneducated boy, Huck distrusts the morals ... Read More

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs are two authors with very similar backgrounds. Both Douglass and Jacobs were slaves, and both wrote about the accounts they went through while enslaved. Jacobs views are expressed in "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," and Jacobs views in "Incidents in ... Read More

Treasure Friendship in Every Way (2145 words, 3 pages)

Sometimes I wonder how my life would be without my best friend Arpita. After meeting her my freshmen year in high school and going through so much together, even the fact that we presently haven't seen each other for seven months doesn't mean our friendship has waned in anyway. I ... Read More

An Analysis of What Freedom Means in Judges Wife by Nicolas Vidal (927 words, 1 pages)

Fulfilling Ones Desires The struggle for freedom is a universal issue that all people must go through. People are always looking for freedom, whether it is little things such as trying to get more freedom from your parents or freeing yourself of inner demons, which is what Isabel Allende writes ... Read More

A Biography of Edgar Allan Poe an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement (335 words, 1 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. His father deserted the family, and his mother, an actress, died of tuberculosis when Edgar was three. Edgar went to live with his uncle, John Allan, and aunt Frances in Richmond, Virginia. In 1826, Poe entered the University ... Read More

A Review of Hilary Henkin’s and David Mammet’s Movie Wag the Dog Based on Larry Beinhart’s Novel (498 words, 1 pages)

The movie "Wag the Dog" is a political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's novel. In this movie, Two weeks prior to re-election, the President of the United States is accused of sexual harassment a firefly girl in the Oval Office. To divert ... Read More

A Review of Virginia Woolf’s The Death of the Moth (705 words, 1 pages)

The Death of the Moth, written by Virginia Woolf, explains the brief life of a moth corresponding with the true nature of life and death. In this essay, Woolf puts the moth in a role that represents life. Woolf makes comparisons of the life outside to the life of the ... Read More

Conveyance of Realism of Violence and War in Works of Liam O’Flaherty and Ralph Ellison (919 words, 2 pages)

Throughout societys history, war and violence have been a way to show the power of pride and knowledge. After seeing the terror and complexities of war, one might find other ways to show these characteristics. I plan to demonstrate for an audience of peers and professors how the works of ... Read More

In the society today, it is very common for one to spend his or her time reading. In those types of readings, science fiction stories are one of the most common readings among many people. Science fiction, unlike any other literature, has very unique characteristics. The definition of science fiction ... Read More

The Plot Summary of The Watsons Go to Birmingham (326 words, 1 pages)

The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 This story is narrated by Kenny Watson. Throughout the story he talks about the troubles that go on during the school year with him and his brother and his brother's friends. His father and mother are very good to him and his family ... Read More

A Review of Of Mice and Men (944 words, 2 pages)

"of mice and men" Two migrant workers, George and Lennie, have been let off a bus miles away from the California farm where they are due to start work. George is a small, dark man with "sharp, strong features." Lennie, his companion, is his opposite, a giant of a man ... Read More

A Paper on Books That a Person Would Save after Reading Fahrenheit 451 (465 words, 1 pages)

The books I want to save The book "Fahrenheit 451" gave me the idea to write about the books I want to save for the world after me. The government likes to read through all books before they come out. And they don't let them all come out or just ... Read More

Analysis of Hiroshima by John Hersey and 2 Poems by Allen Ginsberg – Nagasaki Days and Plutonium Ode (4467 words, 6 pages)

"Then a tremendous flash of light cut across the sky . Mr. Tanimoto has a distinct recollection that it traveled from east to west, from the city toward the hills. It seemed like a sheet of sun. John Hersey, from Hiroshima, pp8 On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. ... Read More

An Analysis of Seven Major Characters of The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (731 words, 1 pages)

The Women of Brewster Place The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor presents seven short stories of seven amazing and intriguing African American women, whose lives intertwine with each other. They are all different in many ways. They are young and old, two are lesbians, some are mothers and ... Read More

The Parent’s Struggles for Their Sick Daughter (866 words, 2 pages)

The Use of Force The relationship between the doctor and the patient is a hateful one because the doctor and the patient grows to hate the girl thanks to her parents, who think by telling their daughter to cooperate or else, make things worse for the doctor. The doctor calls ... Read More

The Symbolism (558 words, 1 pages)

How symbolism is used in Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston uses symbolism to enhance characterization in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and symbolism is portrayed through the heroine of the novel, Janie Crawford. Three uses of symbolism are through Janies hair, the store porch, and ... Read More

Fighting Feelings in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter (668 words, 3 pages)

The Head verses the Heart in The Scarlet Letter. There are many conflicts in The Scarlet Letter, but the most predominant is the conflict between the law and the will of the heart. While we have to live, and abide, by the law we must also consider the emotions of ... Read More

Analysis of The Wars, a Novel by Timothy Findley (1282 words, 2 pages)

If you took a sensitive caring person and set them in the midst of a chaotic area, what do you think would, happen? Would these person adapt to this area, and live like everyone else, or would they become a mental mess unable to cope with what is going on ... Read More

Classic American Novel: A Review of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (341 words, 1 pages)

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", by Mark Twain, is a classic American novel, considered by some to be the finest example of American literature. It follows Huck and Jim, a poor Southern white boy and a runaway slave, as they travel down the Mississippi River in a quest for freedom. ... Read More

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (950 words, 2 pages)

Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal is a short satirical literary work, in which Swift shows dissatisfaction with the political situation in Ireland during the Age of Rationalism. In this period of time, Ireland was in a great poverty and was being abused by the English and Swift wrote this piece ... Read More

The Return of Odysseus to Ithaca (798 words, 1 pages)

In the years following the return of Odysseus to Ithaca, peace and prosperity reigned throughout the kingdom. Following the death of Odysseus, his son Telemachus inherited the throne and like his father, proved to be a formidable leader. He shared a beautiful palace, that was located along the sea, with ... Read More

The Depiction of Madness in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart (1626 words, 3 pages)

The Underlying Madness in Poes The Tell Tale Heart The TellTale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe begins with a man attempting to prove his sanity. In all actuality this attempt reveals his madness True! Nervous, very very dreadfully nervous I had been and am but why will you say that ... Read More

A Note on Mark Twain and His Novel The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson (510 words, 1 pages)

The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson BIOGRAPHY Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He took up the name Mark Twain, which was a riverboat term for two fathoms deep, as an alias to use in his writings. Clemens family was very poor when he was ... Read More

Homosexuality in Antal Szerb’s The Traveler (623 words, 2 pages)

Homosexuality has always and everywhere existed. Nazis considered homosexuality as a tendency that could not be changed. It was assumed that a homosexual orientation could not be eliminated, that only its exhibitions could be blocked. The Nazi system was concerned with deviations from the norm, not only in religion and ... Read More

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