People may hate you for being different and not living by society’s standards, but deep down, they wish they had the courage to do the same (Don).” The Native American people leave a legacy on the earth, by showing us how to think about others, and the future of the world. We can see the footprints of their actions by a healthier plants, animals, and not giving up on the imagination of storytelling. All Native Americans see that the land […]
“In the genuine Puritan tradition, character and morality are seen as permanent values achievable only by personal spiritual conquest, life is constantly spiritualized, and the humblest event and acts are related to a divine contact” (Murdock, Kenneth). This statement refers to the belief of providence and examples of it are easily found in early America’s puritan writers; William Bradford and Anne Bradstreet. William Bradford started to grow into the man he ended up being when he began reading the bible […]
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Get help with your assignmentChapter One: Toni Morrison’s Contribution to American Literature Paradoxically, immortality is not achieved through the defeat of biological death, but rather through the indomitability of the spirit, which leaves behind the fruits of wisdom and humanity, putting forevermore things in a different perspective for generations to come. This, however, is not a smooth and linear process and nor does it leave one untransformed. Referring to the motto above, Toni Morrison’s lifelong work has been an accurate reflection of her and […]
Edwards’s and Hawthorne’s Divergent Handlings of the Inescapability of Sin Jonathan Edwards’s and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s respective pieces, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and “Young Goodman Brown,” present perspectives and arguments about human morality. The two writings value the recognition of sin within oneself. For Edwards, the inescapability of sin is reason for humans to despise themselves and live in fear. In Young Goodman Brown, there is the conception that awareness of sin presents the opportunity for people […]
We have many important works in American Literature that have long been a part of our standard materials in the school curriculum. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is one of the most famous, well written, and controversial works in American Literature. Lionel Trifling and T.S. Elliot were greatly influential in ensuring that Huckleberry Finn would have the academic acknowledgment and support to be admitted into the American classrooms (PBS.org). However, unlike other great works of literature, there […]
The American Renaissance period, circa 1820-1865, announced a new sense of nationalism that focused on the expression of modernism, academic classicism, and technology. The movement developed from various American authors trying to formulate a distinctive American literature based upon the works of European literature. However, these novels, poems, and short stories that were created, made use of innate dialect, scenery, and historical figures, in order to touch base on the American issues of this time. Some of the considerable issues […]
The United States of America’s involvement in World War II affect many people in terms of their daily living. Black and white people experienced segregation and discrimination due to Jim Crow laws. With this, black people were encouraged more to work hard to provide the needs of their family. Particularly, the Space Race was one of the most important events that happened during WWII and moving through the Cold War. A group of black women who are Mathematicians participated and […]
WWI had devastating effects all around Europe and America and left the young population growing up during that time questioning life and everything it encompasses. There had to be more to life than just war and death; there had to be more than to just follow orders blindly and do what was expected. Young adults, in the 1920’s era, were uncertain of what to do with their future, but knew they were not willing to settle down and continue as […]
Literature is often considered to be a ‘mirror of society’. The literary writing of each author is based off of the environment that each writer is surrounded in, creating different scenarios and genres. The American Dream is the belief that anyone can attain their own version of success through sacrifice and hard work. In Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, he incorporated the portrayal of drug […]
It demonstrates how unachievable the American dream was throughout the story. Lennie and George are two mean migrating to a new farm , due to Lennie cause some trouble in the farm they used to work at and to fulfill a dream. They arrive and start to do their job, Curley the boss son is displeased that Lennie is taller than him. Two days later Lennie kills Curley’s wife and the workers want to kill him, so he runs away […]
The novel ‘the luck club” was written by Amy Tan, an American -born Chinese writer, in 1989. Amy Tan first large literary work was a great success: the novel became a bestseller, and the same year Amy Tan won The National Book Award and the L.A. Times Book Award (Jokinen, 1996), and translated into 17 languages (Academy of Achievement, 2010). ?Amy Tan’s ?Two Kinds’ is a short story about the relationship between a Chinese-American mother and her American daughter. In […]
For the longest time throughout history, women were seen as second class citizens in a male dominated society where they were expected to fit the mold of what society dictated as the ideal woman. They were expected to pursue roles such as taking care of the household and bringing up children. However, anything outside of that realm as far as exercising their freedom of speech and having the right to vote, was seen as stepping out their role. They were […]
During his life, he published two poems, ten books, and twenty-seven essays. He published two very popular pieces of writing, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell was known as “a political and cultural commentator, as well as an accomplished novelist, [and] is among the most widely admired English-language essayists of the twentieth century” (newworldencyclopedia.org). His life was not always focused on his literature and books, and he also did not grow up wealthy and rich. George Orwell had a life […]
Natural Imagery Toni Morrison uses nature and natural imagery to characterize Pilate as a down to earth person because rather than chastising Milkman and Guitar, she welcomed them into her house in order to explicate the story of her life. The kids were more inclined to “…go inside the wine house of this lady who had one earring, no navel, and looked like a tall black tree” (Morrison pg. 39). The author compares Pilate’s appearance and height to a tall black […]
Milkman Gone Splat! An Analysis of the Final Scene in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon follows the life of Milkman Dead as well as his odyssey in the direction of discovering his real identification as well as finding the background of his forefathers. The look for identification is one of the essential motifs in Song of Solomon, as it ends up being very crucial for Milkman to experience a complicated journey in order to find […]
Within oneself, one might experience mental struggle resulting from opposing needs, drives, or wishes. In other words, they may undergo an internal conflict. In the novel, “The Bluest Eye”, by Toni Morrison, Pecola Breedlove, an important character within the story, faces an internal conflict that revolves around her appearance. Moreover, her curiosity is captured by society’s standard of beauty, which she believes to be light skinned, haired, and eyed people. Being a dark-skinned African American, she just didn’t fit the bill. […]
Stevenson uses many different language techniques and devices in order to present the transformation of Mr Hyde. Stevenson uses detailed description to present Hyde for the first time to Dr Lanyon. Although Stevenson doesn’t directly state that it is Hyde, through his vivid description we are able to identify the person as Mr Hyde. Throughout the novel we begin to associate ‘small’ with Mr Hyde, whenever Mr Hyde is mentioned he is most likely described with this adjective. As we […]
During the introduction into the novel, Capote sets the scene of the murder, and introduces some of the main characters that will be part of the story later on. An interesting thing about this section is that Capote renders this picture of Holcomb as being a town where nothing ever happens, until the murders that shocked the residents of the town. We go on to meet Nancy, their daughter, as well as Alfred, who is Herb’s only employee on his […]
An Interview with Kim Hooper, Author of Cherry Blossoms Can someone truly abandon his will to survive? And if they do, how does ordinary life test that will? From the author of the critically-acclaimed debut novel People Who Knew Me comes the story of thirty-four-year-old Jonathan Krause. Determined to end his life with the dignity of the Japanese samurai, Jonathan is a man with a plan. He writes: Today is an otherwise ordinary Monday, made extraordinary by the fact that […]
Influences of Society Growing up during a time of racial tension and injustices of society is difficult and can leave a profound impact on ones’ life. Harper Lee’s experience during this time period influenced her to write To Kill a Mockingbird. This novel tells a story about a family living during the Great Depression who had different views and morals from the rest of the prejudice families in Alabama. Harper Lee uses these characters, including the main character Scout, in […]
Myths refer to the traditional narrative stories that exist among all of us that carry very exaggerated details and a hidden meaning. These myths are usually told on and on, to generation where they are used to teach the future generation of several moral values, religious rituals, the origin of things, creation of identity for communities, as well as entertainment. Even though these myths and tall tales are exaggeratedly unrealistic, most of these stories are inspired by real events that […]
Ayn Rand, the world-renowned ‘Atlas Shrugged’ author, and philosopher has died earlier this morning. (Saxon). A long-time resident of New York City, Rand, 77, was found dead in her New York City residence this morning(Saxon). Her cause of death has is said to be heart failure. Life Alisa Rosenbaum was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on February 5, 1905, to Zinovy Rosenbaum and Anna Borisovna, as the oldest of three siblings(Baker 2). She graduated from the Petrograd State University in […]
The idea of Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun is focused on the family and how different they were from each other. It was the first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. The whole play takes place in the apartment where the Younger family lives. The apartment was very tiny for five people, the kitchen was the size of a closet and they shared the bathroom with the other neighbors which were more stressful […]
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the greatest writers from the 20th century. He was born in Aracataca, Columbia on March 6, 1927. For the first eight years of his life, Marquez and his parents lived at his grandparent’s house. When his grandfather passed, they moved to Barranquilla. Marquez went on to receive a wonderful education and would study law. However, he inevitably became a journalist. Early in his career he worked as a correspondent for Paris, but he later […]
During the 20th century, Latin American authors blended the folkloric storytelling of rural communities with academic elements of high literature to create the genre of magical realism. Characterized by its mix of fantasy and realism, the genre mixes gritty, authentic narration with symbolic elements of the fantastical. Though most of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s works embody some element of magical realism, his short story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” is perhaps his finest work in the genre. Throughout the […]
Everyone was invited to the events to congratulate him on his accomplishments and becoming the new king. Entering the dining room is filled with beautiful and valuable antiques. Lennox, a tall white man with long dark hair, and Ross who is about the same height as him with black short hair and a long beard walk into the room. As everyone settled in the dining room, Macbeth walks in along with his wife, Lady Macbeth and was greeted by the […]
Artists such as Aaron Douglas, W. E. B. DuBois, and Zora Neale Hurston are just some of the many famous artists of the Harlem renaissance who used art to spread their message of equality and more. In the 1920s millions of blacks moved up north from the south to escape discrimination, many had moved to Harlem which is in New York City. Any Human to Another, and A Raisin in the Sun both share the message of community and feel […]
What makes Beneatha change her mind about becoming a doctor? Why did Walter change his mind? What happened after the Youngers moved to the new house? Who would the main character be considered? Quotes: “Bad? Say anything bad to him? No—I told him he was a sweet boy and full of dreams and everything is strictly peachy keen, as the ofay kids say!” Pg 1675; Beneatha is mad at Walter because of what happened with what was supposed to be […]
Gilgamesh aspired to escape death and searched to the ends of the Earth for immortality. Icarus had a much more mundane goal, he merely wished to see the lands below him in a more glorious fashion during his flight towards his homeland. By ignoring the lesson the story is meant to convey, the protagonists of the myths experience a great fall of some sort, Icarus’ fall much more literal. While Gilgamesh’s epic contains a multitude of lessons, the primary focus […]
Drama can be said to contain something of the ritual—something to be repeated in front of an audience for a significant occasion, event, or purpose, or simply everyday routines and patterns of behavior. In what ways have at least two plays you have studied made use of the notion of ritual in this way and to what effect? Thesis: Both Death of a Salesman and Death and the King’s Horseman address the concept of ritual, through the vehicle of duty, […]
