American Literature

Many poems have been written about motherhood. Some of them trigger nostalgic sentiments about childhood, while others simply lead to realizations about a mothers sacrifice. In Randall Jarrells poem titled, The Lost Children, the author employs a complex narrative style and theme in order to provide a different view of motherhood. Composed of ten uneven stanzas, the poems narrative angle, timeline and theme make it uniquely different from other poems of the same subject. Assuming a female persona,...

A Long Days Journey into Night gives the readers the true nature of what to expect in the title of the story itself. In Eugene ONeills play, all characters are making their long journey into the darkness. What was once a happy and good life became a sad and depressing one. Each character has at least one personal problem that bothers them and all of these crisis are connected with the way things used to be. The story gives the audience a feeling of what goes on behind closed doors of a family that...

Kate Chopins novel The Awakening has inspired many women to rethink what they are going through and seek freedom from their oppressors. Kate Chopins novel, The Awakening is intended to let the public know that women are being oppressed by the society itself. The society assumed women to act a certain way because that is how women should act, not giving them a chance to think for their own, boxing them in that category that is hindering the growth of womens artistic side and the power to think on...

Plays follow a pattern which guides the chronology and arrangement of major scenes of the play. The way this pattern was organized is made in such a way that they can heighten the suspense and capture the interest of the readers while they read the play. Since a play is enlivened by changing scenes and often differing paces, the transition from one part to another must be handle with scrupulous attention, leaving no immense gap or ensure that details are workable, if not totally harmonious.  It...

It was Cormac McCarthy who wrote the book about two main characters, a father and a son and their journey for survival. The Road, the name of the book, is about the life changing experiences of the characters during post apocalyptic era. It highlights on the relationship of the father and son as they learn from each other how to do your utmost in becoming humane despite losing the life of the world they were previously living. Aside from a connection built up naturally as father and son, their relationship...

There is a certain word that belongs to a well-known and to a major language which manages to encapsulate the nature and the essence of being a femme, mujer, donna, mulher, perempuan,or frau which are words that if they are to be translated to English  these foreign words all mean to signify this English word woman. The aforementioned word that the preceding statement speaks of in the said statements beginning, in relation to how this word tells us about what a woman is, what a woman might...

All of us have decent background about the tortuous and agonizing history of the Blacks struggle for equal treatment and regard in the United States. The bravery and unflagging spirit of the Blacks are one of the several things which readily come to mind in speaking of that fight sustained by them during those years. Before Barack Obama stepped into the scene and animated the hopeful possibility for change, many Black movements were already formed and forged to advance the cause of the Black Americans...

In analyzing Audre Lordes poem Coal, it is important to look at the context to which it is written. Audre Lorde is a respectable black and lesbian poet who writes about themes centering on race and women. In Coal, the theme on race, specifically about being Black, is being addressed. It is safe to assume that the persona may have been Lorde herself or a similar woman of color. It is also common knowledge that for a long time, being Black or colored in a world dominated by people with white skin...

In the course of a persons life, he or she is able to experience different trials, conflicts and issues. There are instances that the experiences of the person create huge difference in their perspectives, values, personalities and interests. Furthermore, experiences are important parts of individuals life in order develop for the better. However, there are also instances that change could create negative results. Moreover, this paper would be providing different information regarding the healing...

Kerouac and Hemmingway consistently deal with topics of value and morality in the dimension of poverty, promiscuity, lack of vision, criminality, luminal life, alcoholism and disregard of societal values of the traditional American society. As they present the decay in the society through conduct, Hemingway dwells on the effects of the World War I on the moral standards of  modern America while Kerouac takes the perspective of improper moral structures that relaxes peoples value on moral standard....

The tale of Aladdin and the Magic lamp is regarded as one of the best fairy tales in the vast archives of childrens literature. Aladdins adventures which taught him to be brave and decide for himself has never ceased in fascinating readers of any age all these times. Perhaps it helps that Aladdin has overcome his internal weaknesses in order to have a happy ending with the love of his life. Moreover, it might have also helped that the setting of this fantastic tale was a place known for its exotic...

In order to answer these questions, we discuss and analyze that until the end of the story, the narrator has a hard time connecting with any individual, especially his wife. Throughout the story he is deploring about his wife, and her allegedly irrational obsession and companionship with, the blind man Robert. He tosses in sarcastic remarks about her verses, her ex-husband, and much else. He does not seem to be connected to his wife. (Carver, 2007) In Cathedral, Robert, the blind man, could be...

The world of Allen Ginsbergs  Howl  is equal parts vibrant and bleak. The world he represents is not clear-cut but an amalgamation of drugs, sex, madness, desperation, celebration, and individuality. The last is perhaps the most important, as it is a unifying factor in the modern experience of self and the world. Through the poem, he seems to be seeking a way in which to portray the new ideas of culture, art, and life that he sees embodied within mans experience of the world. Ginsbergs...

Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You aint never had to live on nobodys place but your own and long as I live and the family survives, youll never have to (Taylor, Mildred D., Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 6). I choose this passage because, through it, I can sense the strong determination of the Logans, particularly the father, revealing the pride and self confidence that the family carries. The passage reveals that the author is giving importance to the family values. This...

Right and wrong. Good versus bad. Those are the conflicting beliefs that can be found within the human mind. Every day, humans are confronted with this conflict in relation to their every thought and action corresponding to a specific situation. The choices one makes reflects on ones belief and how its interpreted. The issue of morality is a point of obsession for people around the world. What is the right thing to do What makes a specific act morally right from an individuals perspective and wrong...