Essays and Research Papers on American Literature

This 3 page essay offers a literary analysis of Pamela Joern's short story "Judgement Day." Bibliography cites 1 source.

This paper discusses some of the symbolism Charles Baxter uses in his story The Disappeared, about the confusion of a young Swede visiting Detroit. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 pages essay that analyzes the characters, plot and perspective of this enigmatic tale by American author Herman Melville. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In a paper of four pages, the author writes about the book Of Mice and Men, and the American Dream. The author of this paper discusses things such as the New Deal and the great depression and how the American dream has changed and stayed the same. There are three sources cited in this paper. ...

This 3 page paper reviews the book The Road by Cormac McCarthy and argues that humanity is a mixture of good and evil. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes Daniel Quinn’s novel Ishmael. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the character of Emily, in A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, as it involves the Old South. No additional sources cited.

This 7 page paper reviews Gabriel García Márquez's non-fiction book "News of a Kidnapping" and Ann Patchett's "Bel Canto". No additional sources are listed.

This 3 page essay analyze Pamela Carter Joern's short story "Running in Place." The writer discusses the Joern's skills in regards to characterization and imagery. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" and O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story". The emphasis is on the use of narrative devices to show the dehumanizing effects of war. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page explication of Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. The writer argues that this brief short story can be understood as an analogy. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page essay that discusses the way in which marriage and independence are expressed in Chopin's controversial 1899 novel. No additional sources are cited.

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the thematic similarities and differences in these two literary works with the focus being on class status, "the other," and exile. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.

A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares storytelling in N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn and Anna Linzer's Ghost Dancing with the manner in which family stories were related by the grandparents of the student researching this paper. No additional sources are cited.

This 3 page essay analyzes James Tiptree's short story "The Girl Who Was Plugged In," which offers a cynical futuristic scenario that can be interpreted as a devastating social critique of advertising and contemporary social values which idolize celebrity. Only the original source is cited.

This 5 page essay discusses free will and determinism in Stephen Crane's short story "The Open Boat." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In a paper of seven pages, the author writes about the book The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. The author of this paper describes how the book uses science fiction to speculate on the future. There are three sources cited in this paper.

This 9 page essay offers analysis of Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use." Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page essay discusses Margaret Edson's play "Wit," and Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use," and how each narrative contrasts areas of perceived knowledge and how these viewpoints influence interpersonal communication. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 9 page essay analyzes "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway in regards to style, symbolism, theme and setting of each narrative. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 7 page essay argues that the narration of Nick Carraway indicates that the novel's structure follows Freud's perspective on mourning and can be understood in terms of paralleling the decline of the American Dream. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses 3 works, Browning's "Life in a Love," Brote's "Wuthering Heights," and Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsy." The writer argues that these authors envision love in terns of fate. Bibliography lists only these sources.

In a paper of 3 pages, the author writes about the last six chapters of the novel A Confederacy of Dunces. The author examines how Goffman's concept of performance relates to the characters. There is one source cited in this paper.

This 4 page paper discusses Shirley Jackson’s classic short story of horror, The Lottery. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of marriage in Irving's "Rip Van Winkle". Evidence for the marriage's symbolic representation of the American/British Revolutionary conflict is presented. Bibliography lists 2 sources.