American Literature Essay Examples and Research Papers Page 8

The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, portrays the Puritans as this judgmental and conservative group of people. This can be seen through how he uses symbolism, irony, and actions of the puritans. Starting off with symbolism, Hawthorne uses the guillotine stand as a way to allow the main character Hester, who committed sins, to…

Have you ever had to make a really hard choice that you knew would not only affect you but affect all the people in your lives to? In the book A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines the main character Grant Wiggins is forced to make many important choices. Some of these choices that…

In the Scarlet Letter, light and darkness is one of the main symbols present in the story. In the real world, light is a symbol for joyfulness, hope, and happiness while darkness is a symbol of despair, gloomy, and sadness. In the book, it’s the same concept light represent happiness and darkness represents secrecy and…

In 1948 there was 116 men executed all across the United States but out of these men 78 of them were of the african american race, this is is over 67%. In the book A Lesson Before Dying by Gaines, the is the whole story line because of the choices that were made and that…

Almost every person in the world holds a set of traditions that have been established and practiced for a long period of time. However, some traditions often cause us to not see the rationality despite the destructive nature it may have. In Shirley Jackson’s short story, “The Lottery”, a sacrifice of one’s life becomes the…

The Call of the Wild was written by Jack London. Buck, a very impressive dog. “But Buck was neither house-dog nor kennel dog. The whole realm was his.”(London 2). He started out living a good life in California when he gets dog napped and gets put into slavery. For him, this means pulling a ridiculously…

The average person makes 35,000 choices a day; that is about thirteen billion per year. Whether it be what you are having for breakfast that morning or what college you decide to go to these choices impact your life in one way or another. The choices we make can either make or break our futures,…

The character of Pearl is used as a symbol to criticize the Puritan culture. She mostly serves as a symbol within the text and tends to force the adults surrounding her to think. Her pure, naïve nature and her inability to fit in with the culture shines a light on the hypocrisy of the time….

In this journal i will be discussing 5 readings that i found to be really personal intriguing to me and how much i enjoyed reading and analyzing them during class. First i will be discussing Black Boy by Richard Wright. The lessons regarding humanity we can take away from the novel is that everything is…

In 1948, when this novel was based countless African Americans lost their lives due to execution from injustice. Throughout the book many decisions were made but one that really stuck out to me was where Grant got into a fight. In a “Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J Gaines, Grant made many decisions such as…