Essays, Research Reports & Book Reports on North American Literature (8,227) essays
North American essays:
Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrance
... Miriam is plagued by his mother's disapproval, jealousy, and Miriam 's own spirituality. Paul's relationship with Miriam is one where the love is not allowed to flourish. Although there is no doubt that there is love between the two, the forces around them create tension that suppresses it. Miriam ...
The Use of Symbolism in Susan Glaspell's, "A Jury of Her Peers"
... oppressed relationship with John and also the male insensitivity toward most women in society. Women taking their husband's last names is also very significant in the story. The women in the story are not given first names, and are referred to only as Mrs.Hale and Mrs.Peters. The role that society ...
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
... In "Harrison Bergeron" Kurt Vonnegut depicts a society in which everyone is mentally, physically, and socially equal. Throughout the history of our country, Americans have sought racial, gender, and socio-economic equality. On paper such a society seems ideal. Through the story ...
Love: an illusion in American Novel
... the dream stopped with the beating of Gatsby's heart. In both Age of Innocence and The Great Gatsby . Are tragic love stories with ending that doesn't end happily ever after. In the two novels, the two main characters want to acquire love, which is their dream. Both these men fall in love ...
This essay compares Ken Kesey and Harriot Jacobs' use of fear and control in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
... the atypical person deemed by society to be "mentally disabled." Jacobs' central motivation for the creation of her memoir was to alert the women of the north to the atrocities of slavery on the southern states. She accomplished this by creating a sentimental novel formatted in ...
A Play with Two Heads
... the mundane, petty world of the Wingfield family. We know that he reads D. H. Lawrence and follows political developments in Europe, but the content of his intellectual life are hard to decipher. We have no idea of Tom's opinion on Lawrence ...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Character analysis, symbolism, what is "truth"?. Lots of quotes.
... in society, can lose everything and still be able to say that he has, at least, his identity. He can still say he is a man, a unique individual, with free thoughts and free spirit. In the mental institute, however, the ...
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
... The story "Harrison Bergeron" is a story about equality. Being equal to one another is not always the best way to live. Everyone is different for a reason and when you are equal, life is boring. Also, when there is a ruler who controls everyone in the ...
The Kite Runner: Is Amir a hero?
... last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan-the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the ...
Learn to Share, "Can you keep a secret" by Sophie Kinsella
... The main character in the novel, Emma, just found out that the stranger, she told all her secrets, is her mega-boss employer. That puts her under pressure, and makes her feel embarrassed, since he is asking her uncomfortable questions. She falls in love ...