Essays, Research Reports & Book Reports on North American Literature (8,227) essays
North American essays:
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
... gender, and socio-economic equality. On paper such a society seems ideal. Through the story one might infer that Vonnegut views the concept of total equality as ludicrous. Equality can be interpreted many ways. One point of view is the American belief ...
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 ...
A Play with Two Heads
... personality traits, but can do many things which include, but are not limited to: grabbing the reader's attention, affecting their surroundings, and even tell a story. Tom's role in The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, is a character that helps narrate the story and as a character ...
Love: an illusion in American Novel
... the case in two works of literature, Edith Wharton 's Age of Innocence and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Newland Archer, the main character in Age of Innocence, is a married man who wants to acquire happiness and love with another woman. Jay Gatsby, the central figure in The Great Gatsby ...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Character analysis, symbolism, what is "truth"?. Lots of quotes.
... In much the same way, this exists in society. Society forcefully encourages people to develop their potential only along certain accepted routes. The profession one chooses, their education, their lifestyle, their opinions, their economic status, their intentions in life - these are all variables in ...
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 ...
Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrance
... great tension between the two, he would begin to hate Miriam. This tension is similar to the tension that caused William to die. Whenever William brought his lover, Lilly, around his mother, it pained him. He felt the need to belittle her constantly in ...
The Kite Runner: Is Amir a hero?
... symbolic such as an emotion. But within the novel, The Kite Runner can be focused very thematically with the character Amir. He becomes a hero after finding what truly matters in the world and suffers to obtain that goodness. A selfless nature is what separates the hero from an ordinary person. In ...
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
... the person should wear. Third is the way of life they have to live in their world with all the laws of equality. The whole purpose of this is so that not one person ...
Learn to Share, "Can you keep a secret" by Sophie Kinsella
... the way you are. Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella is a novel about relationships, honesty, and trust. The main character in the novel, Emma, just found out that the ...