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

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Analyzing The Remains in The Road by Cormac McCarthy (1604 words, 3 pages)

In a world full of darkness and despair, a bright fire carried by a father and son is the last of what remains of civilized humanity. In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the narrator introduces readers to a man and his young son, who are fleeing the cold weather in ... Read More

American Muslim’s Personal Influences to Becoming a Law Student (510 words, 1 pages)

I am, in no particular order female, American, Muslim, and Sri Lankan, having immigrated to the United States from Sri Lanka in 2000 to escape the 25-year civil war. It became incongruous to be a Muslim and American at the same time, particularly after the 911 terrorists attack. There were ... Read More

Analysis of Freedom (968 words, 3 pages)

One day, one second, and that moment was captured. I will never forget the day that every privilege, trust, and freedom that I had with my parents would become harder and harder to reach, it was out of my hands. The day that I lied about going bowling and went ... Read More

My 20th Week Checkup: An Experience I Will Never Forget (690 words, 4 pages)

The day I went to my 20 week checkup was supposed to be the day I found out the sex of my baby, but it end up being an experience that I will never forget. However, I have no regrets going through my experience. It has made me the strong ... Read More

My Struggles to Become a Successful Pom Dancer (1415 words, 5 pages)

Prologue Everyone seems confused when Pom is talked about. So what is it exactly? Pom is a form of athletic dancing that schools participate in. Just like cheerleading but with dancing instead of stunting or tumbling. The main focus around Pom is dance, so to become a pommie someone has ... Read More

Isolation in Literature and Parallels to My Seasonal Affective Disorder (2190 words, 7 pages)

English 110, an introduction to Literature was an amazing summer course I have taken. This was my first semester taking summer courses at a Community College mainly to find some sort of support for myself as I do suffer from what is known as Seasonal Affective Disorder which occurs in ... Read More

The Role of Women in the Epic of Gilgamesh (718 words, 2 pages)

Throughout history, women have been treated differently than men however inThe Epic of Gilgamesh,women play a small but crucial role. In the story the females characters have pretty much power as the males and we are introduced to Aruru, Shamhat, the temple prostitute, Ninsun, Siduri, the goddess of wine, Ishtar, ... Read More

Summary of an Early American Young Adult Historical Fiction Novel (760 words, 2 pages)

13 year old Matilda had a dream. She wanted to run her own business. Matilda lived with her mother and grandfather. Eliza was the coffeehouse cook and close friend. Her mother had run the coffeehouse ever since Matilda's father died. Matilda's life was going perfectly until all the sudden an ... Read More

Family Tree History (763 words, 2 pages)

Joy had a sister Jean and maybe a brother who lives in Wrotham, Kentnear Brands HatchShe married Alan Skinner and they had a daughter called Ann (who wasinto horse-riding). They lived at Millers Farm Wrotham Hill (soundsRootham0Dad's granny (Joy's mum) lived with Jean on the farm (mum remembers fromwhen she ... Read More

Examining Phenomenology (815 words, 9 pages)

Nowadays peoples assessment on everything is very self centered towards this world. Based on Alien Phenomenology, Or What It's Like to Be a Thing , Bogost tries to give an idea to people that not everything is created to serve a human. He tries to help us understand this philosophy ... Read More

Walt Whitman and Charles Eastman’s Views of America (1787 words, 6 pages)

In todays time the United States can be described as the land of opportunity. It is place where anyone has a chance to make a better, richer, and fuller life for themselves. Even in the Declaration of Independence it is stated that that all men are created equal, that they ... Read More

The Importance of Hard Work and a College Education (753 words, 3 pages)

America is known as the land of opportunities. People with different cultures, religion and background come from all parts of the world come here to have a better life and have more opportunities for their children in the next generation. Unfortunately, there are some people who are less fortunate to ... Read More

An Analysis of Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club (1458 words, 4 pages)

Oscar Wilde once said, What seems to us as bitter trials are oftenblessings in disguise''. By getting through their bitter trials, oneis awarded with blessings that come in different forms and shapes. Thesebitter trials can range from a wide variety of tasks. One example ofthis, is learning to change one's ... Read More

Helping One Recover From Heroin Addiction: A Critique of Ann Karasinski’s Article (1322 words, 5 pages)

In the article There Is No Blame There Is Only Love by Ann Karasinski, she describes the struggles she went through to help aid her daughter to recover from a heroin addiction. I believe that Karasinski could have done much more to help her daughter in the beginning, and her ... Read More

Optometrist’s Recount on the Importance of Being Able to Study in America (797 words, 3 pages)

I am proud to say that I am the first born U.S citizen and member in my family to be finishing a degree in college. Around the time of the Iranian revolution, my parents fled from their country, Iran, as refugees for a chance at a better life in America. ... Read More

Comparisons Between High School and College Writing Expecatations (1222 words, 3 pages)

Going from high school to college is a huge change in our lives. We learn things in different ways, study new materials in advanced ways, and of course, we write differently too. The two I am going to compare are academic text and popular text. Academic text is a type ... Read More

The Writing Process (1140 words, 3 pages)

In college there is writing, lots of writing, I hate writing. I had to do multiple things and had trouble finding a topic. So when I finally though of the topic I was going to write about there was another problem getting supporting details to back up my main ideas. ... Read More

Reasons Why the Code of Ethics Is an Influential Part of Corporate Governance (170 words, 1 pages)

Bernard Madoff, Jeffrey Skilling, Martha Stewart are some of the great examples of what happen, when corporate greed dominates over good morals. I believe that the code of ethics is an important part of good corporate governance. In fact, companies with poor code of conducts tarnished their companies brands names, ... Read More

Astra Taylor’s Examined Life and Trash Reduction Experiments (922 words, 2 pages)

After watching Astra Taylors film Examined Life, I chose Slavoj Zizeks idea to implement my experiment. I chose his idea because of three reasons 1) I was interested by his accent, his accent makes me wanted to focus more on what he was talking 2) I would wonder to know ... Read More

How Money Dominated My Life (573 words, 2 pages)

Money is the most powerful weapon in the humans existing and it could take over our lives without us even realizing it. I was born into a family that started out with nothing. We were constantly worried about whether or not we would have food on our table. When I ... Read More

Why My Grandmother Gave My Mom Away (1033 words, 3 pages)

My grandmother didn't make it to the hospital on time. My grandfatherwas going as fast as he could down I-75, but just couldn't make it. Thefact that he was about to welcome his first born into the world didn'thelp any. My grandfather told me that he was so nervous he ... Read More

The Great Gatsby and its Historical Context (3058 words, 11 pages)

The novel The Great Gatsby is a profound piece of literature in theroaring 20's. The author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a prominent figureduring this era. His work during the 1920's set him apart from otherauthors. One of his most well-known pieces, The Great Gatsby, was anovel full of elaborate characters ... Read More

Reviewing Howard Rabinowitz’s The First New South (1479 words, 5 pages)

Rabinowitz, Howard N. The First New South, 1865-1920. Arlington Heights Harlan Davidson, 1992. Print. American History Ser.Howard N. Rabinowitz, the author of The First New South, taught at the University of New Mexico. The First New South described the economic, political and societal drawbacks of the southern states, which inhibited ... Read More

An Analysis of Ray Bradbuy’s Fahrenheit 451 (505 words, 2 pages)

Fast cars. Busy schedules. No time to think. Burn books. Dont think. In the futuristic society of Fahrenheit 451, books are known by the public to have this negative appeal. What the people of this time are blinded to is that these books hold knowledge and ideas, which in this ... Read More

Are Americans Too Dependent on Automobiles? (330 words, 1 pages)

Nobody will doubt that the automobile is an important transportationfor north Americans, but in my opinion not all northern Americans havebecome too dependent on the automobile. You have to consider differentkinds of people and also different kinds of areas where they live in. At first let us look at the ... Read More

Fahrenheit 451 Study Guide (1691 words, 5 pages)

Bradbury uses a futuristic society to criticize what he sees as wrong in todays world. Give a minimum of FIVE things Bradbury (the author) targets. Be sure to consider what caused his society to form in the first place. Ray Bradbury sees many things wrong in todays world. He targets ... Read More

A Typical College Student Diary: Books Read through the Four Years (2009 words, 8 pages)

People label one another because of that persons appearance. Many people make judgments and beliefs about that person before they even get to know them. For many humans this is an action that comes naturally and almost everyone is aware that it goes on day by day. People mainly target ... Read More

The Cinderella Story Across Time and Cultures (1089 words, 4 pages)

The oldest known Cinderella tale dates back to about 850-860 A.D. by the Chinese culture. Over the years, over 700 versions of Cinderella have appeared in many different cultures. Cinderella can be enjoyed by any age group but primarily children tend to appreciate it most. Children around the age of ... Read More

An Analysis of Bartholomae’s Essay Inventing the University (1136 words, 4 pages)

In this essay,Bartholomae discuss theproblems a new student face when he has to write on his own.He writes that a student needs to workwithin the instructions and formats of the university,which sometimes limit hiscreativity and freedom in writing.He believes that students try to write to get marks in the waythey ... Read More

Linn-Marr Sports Aren’t Fair (1471 words, 4 pages)

For most of the fans sitting in the stands watching a Linn-Mar High School athletic event, it would seem that sports here seem to be fair. They would be wrong. According to dictionary.com fair is free from bias, dishonesty or injustice. To me in sports fair means that everyone gets ... Read More

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