Essays, Research Reports & Book Reports on North American Literature (8,227) essays
North American essays:
Black Like Me by John Griffin
... All men are created equal... or are they? John Griffin's 'Black Like Me' shows how racism is nothing more then the foolish misunderstanding of man. White's current superiority hangs in the balance as Blacks ...
Setting in "A Rose for Emily" by Willliam Faulkner
... Miss Emily and the rest of the town, and changing the mood or tone in the story. The setting in " A Rose for Emily " is Faulkner's fictitious post-civil war Jefferson, a small town in the deep south of the United States. Faulkner ...
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
... Separate Peace by John Knowles reinforce the innocence and evil of the main characters, Finny and Gene. Beside the Devon School flow two rivers on opposite sides of the school, the Naguamsett and the Devon. The Devon provides entertainment and happiness for Gene ...
The problem with Holden in "Catcher in the rye " by J.R Salinger
... all children will also enter Holden's corrupt society. Holden's basic description of a corrupt person is a phoney. This characterization is often harsh and unjust to many of the people he attributes this characteristic to. But there are people that Holden does like ...
Conventions of Psychoanalysis in "Where are you going, Where have you been" by Joyce Carol Oates
... the mind essential strategy for hiding desires and fears. It ... year old. Most adults(especially parents) know what ... for the conscious mind. These strategies of the psyche are translated into symbols scattered throughout this work. These symbols are ... work to project a personal experience must at least ...
Triumph over tragedy. Speaks of Kate Chopin's "The avakening"
... for the most desirable of human traits, freedom. Edna has no tragic flaw or character trait. On the contrary, she knows what she wants her life to hold, and she leaps for it. All of her actions are ...
Character In "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
... men are in control. If they strongly believe nothing is wrong, then nothing must be wrong. It is a feeling of self satisfaction the men feel when they are superior to the woman. The main character knows John ...
"the yellow wallpaper"a journey into insanity, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman,
... for someone comming. This is obvious throughout the story. It also seems to me that, probably because of his oppressive behaviour, she wants to drive her husband away. 'John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are ...
"Fried Green Tomatoes" by Fannie Flag
... United States. The popular sentiment toward blacks was hatred and disgust, but this was because of their skin color, and no other reason. During World War II, blacks were determined to use the conflict to improve their position in society. The blacks ...
The feeling of winning and losing in the novel "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" By Ken Kesey. McMurphy and patients win, the Big Nurse loses.
... people and the Chief slowly sunk into silence of speech and mental illness. The arrival of McMurphy changes the entire game for ... are few but obvious. The Big Nurse has always won at her own game, she likes ... desire to win the never-ending game. She gives tranquilizers daily to all ...