American literature

"The Pact" book shows how people can achieve more by working together and supporting each other. Read this essay sample and learn how social learning theory is illustrated by the book.

This free essay compares The Shatterer of Worlds and To Kill a Mocking Bird, two distinct novels creatively written by two different authors, Kilder Dobbs and Harper Lee respectively.

In this essay example in American literature, you will find the summary and analysis of the A & P story written by John Updike in 1961. You can download this paper for free!

Sonny's Blues is a story that has focused on the life of a young boy in his plight of identifying who he is. This essay sample seeks to analyze the setting of Sonny Blue's story by James Baldwin.

This free essay analyzes Friday Nights Light, a book written by Harry Gerard Bissinger. The book is a story of the 1988 Permian Panther Football Team for the High school in Odessa, Texas.

This literary essay analyzes Ursula Le Guin's story "The Left Hand of Darkness" which is based on a time when gender differences were arguably at their prime.

In this free literary essay example, you will find the notes on close reading of the Sonny's Blues novel by James Baldwin. Feel free to check the full text.

This literary essay example analyzes The Namesake novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. Continue reading to learn the main themes of the novel: the theme of name and identity, theme of alienation, cultural and language barrier.

The object of this free essay is Richard Wright's novel, Black Boy, which is a collection of his life's experiences as an individual who lives in a country where Whites are the majority people.

This free essay illustrates how Crucible is an allegory of McCarthyism. Arthur Miller succeeds in portraying the Salem witch-hunt as the apparent meaning, while McCarthyism as the hidden meaning.

This paper sample seeks to discuss the conversion of Amiri Baraka as well as the reasons for the process of conversion. The paper will further explain the relationship between Islam and Afro-Americans.

This free essay provides a review of the Markets and Morals book by Michael Sandel. Sandel is a political theorist at Harvard University where he does lectures but his writings have presented a wake-up call to humanity.

This free essay explores two texts that shed light on colonialism all the while exploring the significant difference in the way they each viewed land which was their primary source of conflict.

Eudora Welty's short fiction story "A Worn Path" highlights the plight of Phoenix Jackson (the protagonist), an elderly woman who is not only weak but lonely as well.

Amiri Barak one of the world's most popular poets practiced his craft between the years 1940 to the year 2014 when he died. Over his entire life as a poet, he sought to m...

This free essay provides information on Tim O'Brien, an American writer born on October 1, the year 1946. The New York Times classified him as a Vietnam Classic in Literature for which he became widely known.

This literary essay sample comprises the character analysis of Holden Caulfield, the novel's protagonist who communicates to the reader in a direct manner while in a mental hospital or sanitarium situated in California.

The book covers a unique biography starting from letters, reminiscences, and a diary of an unfamiliar woman whose life entailed the Great Awakening, the Revolution, and the very first years belonging to the period of the 19th century.

The story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid consists of a conversation between the daughter and her mother. The story shows how the mother gives commands and advice to her daughter on important life issues.