Essays and Research Papers on American Literature

This 7 page paper analyzes two of Poe's works, and discusses whether or not his stories reflect his own life, and to what degree. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page analysis of John Grisham’s novel Bleachers. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

This 6 page paper examines Jeffrey Reiman's book, "The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how Charlotte Perkins Gilman offers her theme through character, plot and setting in her story The Yellow Wallpaper. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the symbolism in Trifles by Susan Glaspell. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page research paper that offers an in-depth character analysis of Frederick Henry, Ernest Hemingway's protagonist in his novel A Farewell to Arms. Drawing on scholarly opinion, the writer argues that the novel largely consists of describing Henry's change from someone incapable of love to someone who can love, which means that he commits ...

A 3 page paper which overviews Mark Twain’s short story A Dog’s Tale. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page research paper that examines critical sources that explore what critical opinion has revealed about how the theme of innocence functions in the novel. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page paper which offers a tutorial concerning the abusive nature of the father in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the character of Yossarian in the novel Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. No additional sources cited.

In six pages this paper discusses Sanchez’s novel and also incorporates relevant issues of the time period, including the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the moon landing. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography.

This 4 page paper is an annotated bibliography of five works about Stephen King; they concentrated on the author, not on his works.

This 5 page paper is an analysis of Flannery O'Connor's style as revealed in three of her short stories: "A Good Man is Hard to Find"; "Everything that Rises Must Converge"; and "The Lame Shall Enter First." Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Susan Glaspell's short story "A Jury of Her Peers." Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page research paper/essay that contrasts and compares imagery in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 10 page paper examines the use of characterization, point of view and symbolism by the writers Sandra Cisneros and Theodore Roethke. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page essay that focuses on the character of John Singer in Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Singer has been described as a "deaf mute, living with the man he loves, in a small Southern town where all the other outsiders come to tell him their sorrows" (Schulman 39). This summation ...

An 11 page research paper that offers detailed chapter summaries on each of the 14 chapters in Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page analysis of Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s novel “Catcher in the Rye.” No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses some of the differences between the novel and film versions of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses Zora Neale Hurston's use of animals and animal imagery in her classic novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes Louise Erdrich's short story "Fleur." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper explicates a passage in "The Scarlet Letter" in which Hester Prynne considers the nature of women's place in society, and what has to happen if it is to change. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper which examines how F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby essentially sums up the American individual and the assumptions made by Americans. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 3 page paper explores the rivalry between Ichabod Crane and Brom van Brunt in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." It also explores their relationship with Katrina van Tassel, and contrasts them with one another. Bibliography lists 3 sources.