Essays and Research Papers on American Literature

A 3 page paper which examines how literature reflects community as seen in William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily and Toni Cade Bambara’s The Lesson. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page augumentative essay states that Galt's self-centered ravings are anathema to democracy and capitalism by using Rand's comparisons against her. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the work of Arthur Miller and how the post war era clearly influenced his work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of the unreliable narrator device. Using novels by Margaret Atwood and Henry James as models, the use of the device is explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses Tim O’Brien’s use of realism in his short stories “Days,” from the collection “If I Die in a Combat Zone”; and “The Things They Carried,” from a collection with the same name. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the way in which Faulkner handles deception in his short story Barn Burning and his novella Spotted Horses. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines character connections in the book The Hours by Michael Cunningham. The paper also examines the film. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the character of Daisy from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Kit from The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles. No additional sources.

A 3 page paper which examines what Franny is searching for in J.D. Salinger’s novel Franny and Zooey. No additional sources cited.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily". The paper argues that the culture and values of Southern society are to blame for Emily's murder of Homer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of John Proctor's trial from the Crucible. The trial is critiqued on the basis of Constitutional tenets and rights. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 10 page research paper that the characteristics of realism, naturalism and moernism, and then discusses these characteristics and how they are demonstrated in three works that reflect each trend. These works are Bret Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp" (realism); Frank Norris' "A Deal in Wheat" (naturalism) and T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (modernism). ...

This 5 page paper discusses the book As A Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg and compares the way Jews are treated in the book to the treatment they faced in reality. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper that discusses themes of trauma and empowerment in Octavia Butler’s Kindred and Reinaldo Arenas’ Before Night Falls. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper explores the character of Maggie in Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use,” and argues that she is far more intelligent than she seems. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper reviews the book “The Edge of Disaster” by Stephen Flynn. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper which examines literary artists Edgar Allen Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Herman Melville and they pertain to unique literature from America. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of Thoreau and the Occupy Wall Street protests. Evidence from "Civil Disobedience" is cited to suggest that Thoreau would approve. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which reviews and discusses The First Lady by Carl Weber. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses some of the concepts set forth by Jim Collins in his book “Good to Great.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

In seven pages this paper examines how Franklin is able to resolve his inner conflict within the course of the story, making comparisons with the conflict resolution of the narrator in Raymond Carver’s famous short story, “Cathedral.” There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.

This 3 page essay briefly introduces the plot to Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" and then offers analysis of the character of Willy Loman. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" in terms of obsolete tradition and the potential for evil. No other sources cited.

This 7 page essay analyzes "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell and the writer argues that Glaspell reveals the injustice and domestic abuse that Minnie Foster Wright suffered and crafts her narrative that convinces readers, just as the women who were at the scene of the crime were convinced, that death of ...

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the elements of disillusionment and coming of age in John Updike’s A&P and James Joyce’s Araby. Bibliography lists 4 sources.