Essays, Research Reports & Book Reports on North American Literature (8,227) essays
North American essays:
"A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.
... tragic downfall came about. A Streetcar Named Desire is set shortly after 'The Great Depression' of the 1930's and World War II in the time period that America was trying to rebuild itself from its financial losses. Prior to the depression the lifestyle of most Americans was one of prosperity ...
A review of Shiksa Goddess By Wendy Wasserstein!
... intrigued. The author has a certain style of writing that puts and interesting twist on the stories of her daily life. As you read on you first get a sense that the book is straightforward with the writing style. Lots of dialogue was used to present a different point of view ...
Animal Farm Plot Summary
... a meeting. In a dream he had, all animals lived together with no human beings to oppress or control them. He urges the animals to work toward such a paradise. The animals greet Major's vision with enthusiasm. When he dies three nights after the meeting, three younger pigs--Snowball, Napoleon, and ...
Fahrenheit 451 and Antigone Comparison
... Creon's decree which explained that Polyneices- Antigone's brother- was not to be buried with a formal burial. Even though these two characters are from totally different time periods, they have the same idea in mind. Guy Montag - the main character Fahrenheit 451 keeps books and ...
Sonny's Blues; Good vs. Evil
... in Harlem" (Baldwin, 558). These children can be compared to soldiers in a war. "They were filled with rage. All they really knew were two darknesses, the darkness of their lives, which was now closing in on them, and the darkness of ...
"Justice Prevails" Critique of THE CATBIRD SEAT by James Thurber
... a man that she is meeting for the first time. Another way that Thurber makes Ulgine appear less appealing is the descriptive way that her words are told: "Her quacking voice and braying laugh had first profaned the halls of ...
"The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff
... and wonders of everyday life? This answer is obvious and simple much like the Tao, keep it simple. When life isn't simple anymore, the entire purpose of living id lost. We are only here once, so what is the point of ...
Summer Of The Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
... dreams about Jimbo laughing at him along with the other monkeys in the background: "Every time I closed my eyes, I'd start seeing monkeys. They would come by in a long line, one behind the other, leaping and ...
The American Dream
... downfalls. What should be and what is, is unfortunately, not always the same. Liberty and justice for all and the pursuit of happiness are constitutional rights. The idea that anyone can be anything they want is the "American dream" and we're probably closer to it than any time in ...
Comparison of Three Short Stories from Michael Ondaatje's collection "From Ink Lake".
... and follow it and their respective meanings can be used as a guide to shed greater light on Ferron's work. One must consider the meanings of these stories, Clark Blaise's "Dreaming of Rocket Richard", and Guy Vanderhaeghe's "The Watcher", in relation to Ferron's work as in ...