Essays, Research Papers & Book Reports on North American Authors (1,479) essays
- Edgar Allan Poe (147)
- Ernest Hemingway (129)
- John Steinbeck (344)
- Mark Twain (200)
Authors essays:
Herman Melville's response to Nathaniel Hawthorne
... to write Moby-Dick, a dramatic novel that has proved to be one of the greatest in American Literature. Moby-Dick explores the element of tragedy and how one must pursue dreams relentlessly without letting obstacles get in the way. Hawthorne wrote in The Scarlet Letter of a woman who had to ...
"To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee.
... the world would not be the same as it is. In the classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the main characters show many moments of innocence. Growing up in a small Alabama town, during the nineteen-thirties, these three children have adventures which help them overcome the prejudices ...
Research paper on Kurt Vonnegut's use of satirical atrocities in his novels
... Vonnegut was one of three children of Kurt and Edith Vonnegut who settled in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Vonnegut family prospered in a flourishing German-American society. In his early teens, however, Vonnegut dealt with the first major setback of his life. During the Great Depression ...
Old vs New South, paper based on Flannery O'Conner's book A Good Man is Hard to Find.
... to face the children's mother. The use of the verb 'wheeled' connotates a negative meaning in the way that the grandmother looked at the children's mother. O'Connor makes it sound as if the grandmother could have killed the children's mother just by turning to face her. The third generation in 'A ...
Nicholas Sparks Biography
... the novels to other people because the novel consists of so many great elements. One of the most important elements that Sparks uses in his contemporary novels is divorce. For example one of the main characters, Theresa from the novel Message in a Bottle is a ...
Scott Russell Sanders - In response to an excerpt from, "The Common Life": The Players Of Modern Societal Theatrics
... American society has molded Americans into embracing anonymity and abandoning the "common life" and the social interaction that goes along with it. I completely agree with Sanders on this issue. It is truly a shame that the rate at which society ...
Hemmingway, Author Analysis
... the critical reception of his 1946 World War II novel Across the River and Into the Trees that Hemingway became determined to regain his former stature as the world's preeminent novelist. Papa began work on a story of an old man and a great fish. It had been a ...
AP term paper on dreams and loneliness in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"
... to what it really is, a dream. This was especially true during the time in which the story Of Mice and Men is set, with a depression going on, and many migrant workers traveling the countryside alone. Almost every character in the book experiences loneliness and depression ...
Biography of William Faulkner
... During the events at the Gillespie farm and immediately afterward, we hear only the monologues of two characters: Darl and Vardaman. The choice is not surprising; Vardaman, and to an even greater extent, Darl, have been the dominant narrators of the novel. Both share a strong bond, great ...
Comparison essay on "Ethan Frome" and "The Story of an Hour"
... The Story of an Hour " tells a story of how a woman sobs for the loss of her husband but ironically is also overjoyed by the loss. Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome tells a story of a man, Ethan, who is trapped in a ... Mattie came to tend to his wife while in Louise's circumstance it was the report of her ...