Essays, Research Papers & Book Reports on North American Authors (1,479) essays
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Time line for Alice Walker, writer of "The Color Purple".
... Third Life of Grange Copeland" is published. ·1970-71: Walker is appointed a "Writer in Residence at Tougaloo College in Mississippi ·1970: While researching for a short story on voodoo, Alice discovers the folk stories of Zora Neale Hurston. ·1972: Alice ...
The American Dream.
... a heavy load. Or does it explode? The question, "What happens to a dream deferred?" appears to be answered with nothing but more questions but as we look behind the words we see what Hughes means by this poem. America at the time of ...
"The Narrative of the Life" by Frederick Douglass and Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild".
... intellectual pursuits" (172). Life in 2002 is very materialistic. I am a part of a generation that has been focused on "what we have". Materialism is something that I have just realized is an issue for me. Into the Wild and The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass opened my eyes ...
Magical Realism: How do you classify it?
... Marquez, a famous Magical Realist, has written many pieces of what is generally conceived to be Magical Realism. Marquez's A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings fulfills every characteristic of Magical Realism. Marquez, a Colombian, has accomplished a great deal in the field of Magical Realism. A ...
Kate Chopin
... Color Line: Evolving Stereotypes and the Writings of George Washington Cable, Grace King, Kate Chopin. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989. 126-131. Ker, Christina. "Ahead of Her Time: An Overview of the Life and Works of Kate Chopin." 8 Apr. 2003. . Chopin, Kate ...
A Bridge Over The River Kwai by Pierre Boulle.
... story moves quickly and I feel that the reader is never bored. There are some details that are gory, such as when the soldiers get sick but that all adds to the setting of a prisoner-of ...
Critisism Report on Irvin Faust
... colleges throughout his life, the last year that he taught was in 1978. Faust had received a few rewards for some of his novels such as New York Times the best book of the year for Roar Lion Roar and Other Stories ...
The Power in "The Rumor"; on John Updike's "The Rumor"
... a much more interesting and dangerous character. In John Updike's story "The Rumor", Frank Whittier undergoes a serious change of character because of a rumor that he has become a homosexual. This transformation leaves Frank a ...
The Importance of Linda in "The Things They Carried"
... of coping with the dead and preserving their memory. During a dream Linda tells O'Brien, ""Once you're alive...you can't ever be dead"" (244). This truly touches him and as a result Tim O'Brien spends his life ...
A Biography of Roald Dahl: Common Themes in His Writings And How They Are Reflective of Childhood Experiences.
... life. There was a great deal tragedy that occurred in Dahl's family while he was growing up, and while he was a parent as well. It all began when his sister Astri died of appendicitis in 1920. A ...