Essays, Research Reports & Book Reports on North American Literature (8,227) essays
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This is a book report of All Quiet on the Western Front, by Maria Remarque, on of the best War novels of all time.
... popular belief that war is an idealistic and romantic character. The story centers on Paul Baumer, who enlists in the German army with glowing enthusiasm. But in the course of war, he is consumed by it and in the end is "weary, broken, burnt out, rootless, and without hope." Through Baumer, Remarque ...
Washington Irving
... international fame, who created the fictional characters Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane. The strict acceptance and standing popularity of Irving's tales involving these characters proved the effectiveness of the short story in American literary form. Irving was born in New York City, Irving ...
Salvation through McMurphy - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
... One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest.' It is from this children's rhyme that Ken Kesey based the title of his book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Set in a 1960s mental hospital, One Flew ...
Gather Together in Maya's Name. Speaks of the author Maya Angelou and how she allows her followers to witness her metamorphosis through different aspects of motherhood
... in St. Louis. By the time the children are in their teens, they have covered the western portion of the United States, traveling between their parents' separate homes and Momma Henderson's in ...
"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Kesey. A bitter commentary on the condition of the American society
... in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is the by-product of many factors. Kesey uses the setting of the story as his most powerful weapon in establishing his viewpoints. At first, one ...
Walden and the Art of Zen. Speaks of Henry David Thoreau
... character'. Keeping that in mind, I believe that Walden has secured Henry David Thoreau's place as one of the greatest Zen philosophers. WORKS CITED Schiller, David, trans. and ed. , The Little Zen Companion. New York ...
Obey
... United States and the world will be a better place" ("Kurt"). Instead of striving so hard for equality America should be embracing cultural acceptance. Commonweal is defined by what the current person or group in ...
Vonnegut's message about war in Slaughterhouse
... belief in man's lack of free will through Billy's character. "Among the things that Billy couldn't change were the past, present, and future" (60). Despite knowing about the impending air raids, one ...
Analysis of John Gardner's Grendel as being an illustration of the shattered innocent/fallen from grace archetype, as well an accurate depiction of human nature
... characters represent the belief in God, and the dragon represents the idea of atheism. In the beginning, Grendel believes in the power of the Shaper. He is moved by the Shaper's words and lyrics and begins to believe in ... in that situation. One is to simply move on in ... form ...
"The Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke A world with less creativity
... in this process. Wars are bloody and tragic, yet one cannot disagree that there are many countless war stories that have excited the heart ... novel The Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke, introduces a world in ... an enormous knowledge about universe and nature that humans can't envision themselves ...