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"To Begin the World Anew: The Creative Genius and Ambiguities of our Founding Fathers" by Bernard Bailyn.
... of concerns, since I feel the government in every corner of my life.) They were afraid of the power of ... good sense...and the lessons of their own experience." (32). The great minds of ... wisdom of their era. Dr. Bailyn explores tension between the idealism of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The Color of Water". Book report on the novel by James McBride.
... feel the same way. When Ruth decided to marry a black man she made a choice that many wouldn't approve of. "The question of ... good ... of Water is a story of hope that throws away all barriers in a time when they were the strongest and hardest to cross. In an era ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Great Gatsby's Failure
... of the American Dream in an era of decayed social and moral values evidenced in overarching cynicism, greed, and the empty pursuit of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible': In what ways does the title of the play add meaning and become reflected in the action, themes, imagery and characters Miller presents us with?
... era and the Salem witch hunts for what they really were - a crucible. Severe trials held in an attempt to separate the good ... and tense, with no passion or fire. However, despite his feelings of passion for Abigail, Proctor realises that he must not succumb ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Poe's influence on evolution of horror story
... create a suspenseful and eerie feeling of horror. The setting of Sleepy Hollow is very ... the sway of some witching power, that holds a spell over the minds of the good people ... era (King, 1947). All three stories are from the genre of horror and a comparison of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
The Myth of the American Dream—Francis Scott Fitzgerald
... his feeling about the reality of the ... and yields a good profit. Furthermore, ... of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, secondrevised edition (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2002). Fitzgerald's Eras: Social and Political Backgrounds of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Analysis of The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens.
... of the seventh line "Of the January sun"), correlates with the dead man losing all sorts of feelings because of ... good dead. Another aspect of ... of millions of people. As a result, Wallace Stevens started to question the importance of religion in the modern era ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
"The Great Gatsby".
... of the society of the era of the 20s: The second main theme that relates with the American Dream is the corruption of the society of ... feelings and her public life. The same happens with the rest of the rich people of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
... at a time. Steinbeck expressed the feelings of the different characters, the central theme, ... incontrovertibly accurate in terms of history, and finally and most importantly, a good book. It ... one never found in any past era. The Joads' never had any personal ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck
Heart of Darkness A Product of its Time
... "the beginnings of time"(pg69) support the evolutionary theories of Marlow's rather racist era. These ... stricken African dying and doesn't even feel sorry for them. The African mistress ... George as we are told is a good little monkey, but we all know ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American