American Literature Essay Examples and Research Papers Page 4

There are many symbols that Jack London presents to the readers in The Call of the Wild. To begin with, an important symbol Jack London includes in his novel is the man in the red sweaters which symbolizes hatred and savages. Based on the novel, Buck is a dog who lives in the Santa Carla…

Shirley Jackson’s book, “The Lottery” is a short story which portrays an annually held lottery in a small town in England. The one who is picked by the lottery is then killed by the town members by being stoned. The story has a number of hints and symbols that contribute to the many themes in…

Plenty of youth turns to gangs because they think it’ll enhance their life but really it could get them locked up for life or put them six feet under. The Outsiders represents the idea of groupthink by taking away the individuality of the Outsiders and becoming part of a gang. Some ways that the Outsiders…

The story of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe is full of conflict from beginning to end. Being that this is said to be one of Poe’s best pieces, it contains a chilling plot weaving themes tied to character, setting, and a haunting narrative voice. Montresor makes a vow of revenge against Fortunato…

The irony is the use of words to portray something other than and especially the opposite meaning of it. Irony is more than just a way you talk, Irony “can be considered philosophically as a mode of life or a general relation to knowledge and understanding.” (Colebrook) In “The Speech of Polly Baker,” Benjamin Franklin…

Introduction “Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you” says Samphson Davis one of the three doctors who made a pact. ( Change the Hook Sentence) “The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream” book is an autobiography/ biography written by Dr….

The novel “The Outsiders” was written by Susan Eloise Hinton in 1965 and later published in 1967. Hinton was born in 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This means that she was in high school when she wrote this book. It is told in the first person by Ponyboy Curtis. This novel is in the coming-of-age literary…

Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing” and Langston Hughes’ “I, Too” both share similarities. Whitman’s poem is about the citizens of America each doing their own duties to keep America thriving. Hughes’ poem is in the perspective of an African American who works as a servant in a household that tells him to go to…

The theme of frustration and guilt is one of the dominant themes in The Scarlet Letter. There are many characters in the novel that experienced the horrors of guilt and frustration including Dimmesdale and Hester. Frustration is not only felt by Hester, but it also is felt by Dimmesdale intolerably. Even Hester is not free…

In the story “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson dominates the readers’ minds and stuns them with a twisted ending. Jackson uses symbolism throughout the story that helps set the theme and nature of humankind in the village when it comes to tradition and violence. Using symbolism as a figurative language in this story can leave the…