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:
after reading One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest, the relationship of the charictor McMurphy in a dispute with a nurse and our lives to problems we face
... the things around them to benefit or make equal. Now in the book One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest there was a great parallel to Jesus, a man by the name of Patrick McMuphey, and it wasn't a coincidence. This man comes to the ward and during his stay he guards the ...
Charterization Paragarph Invisible Man
... personality in a white racist society (Invisible Man, 162). The narrator initially wants to succeed in life and is therefore inclined to be nice to white folks, along with the black leaders of his college (who have achieved success in white culture). He believes in "the ...
Discusses the setting, theme, and point of view from William Carlos William's "The Use of Force" and Endora Welty's "A Visit from Charity"
... the visual and emotional connection between the thoughts and feelings of the author and his naïve reader. Setting, theme and point of view draw on the reader's ability or inability to create a picture of what the story is about. Setting can be defined as time and place. It represents one of the ...
Satire in Huckleberry Finn
... Mark Twain's cynicism in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn one must understand what satire is. It can be defined as a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn and to expose and discredit vice or folly. Satire is the tool that Twain employs in his novel to exaggerate and ...
The Crucible
... initiated because of human nature and fear of the unknown. It is a natural instinct of all animals to proceed with caution when presented with something that is different. This reaction is a defense mechanism to protect ones self from potential harm and caused the mass hysteria to spread. The ...
The Mirror of Frost
... feeling. As in my own quest, the end is not exactly known and is open for discovery and interpretation. Since the speaker "shall be telling this with a sigh" (page 859, line 16) it can be safely assumed that the outcome was either bad and the sigh was one ...
Nature vs. Nurture in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights".
... over one's personality than nature. Beginning her description of Heathcliff with the lowly word "degradation", Nelly, the narrator, tells Lockwood how Heathcliff and Catherine (the ...
Biography of Ernest Hemingway.
... feel, and had been taught to feel, was to put down what really happened in action: what the actual things were which produced the emotion that you experienced." During the following decade Hemingway traveled to Spain, Africa, and ...
"Sisterly Bond" - on Amy Tan's "The Hundred Secret Senses." Analysis of literary criticism and summary of book.
... and immensely enjoyable novel. Her characters, especially Kwan, are unique and unforgettable. The Hundred Secret Senses is one of my favorite books not only because some critics called it a "literary masterpiece" but because of the deep and ...
"A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller
... the way she walks, Catherine is 'almost in tears.´ this simple act of crying shows the audience immediately how weak and vulnerable she is. It is obvious however that she views him only as a father figure because she gets upset over the ...