American Literature

During the later part of the ninetieth century and up until 1912, immigration to the United States was a major trend that serves as an important part of both the countrys history and individual histories of those making the moves. Individuals moved to the United States from all over the world, leaving their home countries in favor of better opportunities and a new life. Some were running from something in their home country, whether that was an economic problem or a sociological issue. Others came...

Overview of Topic  Sports Franchises, New Construction, and Greed Henry David Thoreau, one of Americas most well-known New Englanders, would most probably be disappointed with recent proposals to dismantle Fenway Park in order to construct a more profitable baseball park.  The past two decades have witnessed a pervasive sports trend in which professional sports franchises have sought to maximize revenues by abandoning or tearing down old stadiums in order to construct modern stadiums that...

Edgar Allan Poes short story The Cask of the Amontillado tells a tale of revenge and murder justified for an unidentified insult. The narrator, Montresor, simply states that the insults he has had against him from Fortunato are many, and the he proceeds to tell the reader how he lured Fortunato to his death and buried him alive. Though the story is short and its characters are limited, Poe weaves several themes into it during its short duration. In the relationship between Montresor and Fortunato...

Whitman, Emerson, Crane, and Cummings Walt Whitman along with other poets and writers have celebrated America just because of its existence and upon celebrating the existence of America, they have created the American ideal toward transcendentalism and experimentation with all elements of life and literature.  This wide realm of possibilities for American poets and writers existed because America was a new country in need of an identity through its art and a philosophy explained through poetry....

Reason for Referral The first clinical interview for Ms. Williams, the patient is young, just 17-years old, a single and white Puritan female who works as a household help or female companion almost throughout her life to other Puritan families. She has no records of formal education. The patient is undergoing psychological evaluation for symptoms of possible borderline personality disorder. This evaluation aims to explain why the patient is exhibiting such conduct that clearly puts the people around...

Virginia Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway has been rewritten a number of times and in 1999, Michael Cunningham has once again revisited the novel and has written The Hours where he traces a single day in the lives of three women. Interestingly Cunningham has fictionalized Virginia Woolf, the writer apart from the two other characters Clarrisa Vaughan and Laura Brown. The Hours is homage to Virginia Woolf and the two female characters namely Clarrisa Dalloway of Virginia Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway and Clarissa Vaugham...

Fiction, like poetry is often posed with the challenge of conveying, not only the story to the readers, but most especially the emotions of the writer such is achieved by expert used of the various elements of fiction.  One of the elements that is effective in conveying emotions is symbolism.  Symbolism is used in a story or a piece of fiction to express subliminal messages or emotions.  In other words, it is used to convey emotions that are not directly referred to in the text of...

Rutherford Calhoun, a freed slave finds himself in the middle of the complicated sociopolitical conflict within the ship, Republic. Because of his many affiliations, being a Black American, a former slave and part of the ships crew as the assistant of Sqibb, the ships cook, he has formed unlikely alliances and connections with the people in ship. Calhoun, being a former slave, is closely associated with the African slaves that the ship has illegally picked up to sell to the American society although...

The concept of color in America has long been a polarizing issue, not only politically but individually in helping Americans understand our national and social identities. From the long history of racial subjugation and degradation, founded by the slave trade and continued long after slavery had been abolished, to present day America where we try to attain colorblindness but have still not lost the awareness of racial differences, color has continued to be an important foundation for how we define...

The nineteenth century was marked with the growing womens dissent over their position in the patriarchal society. Women no longer wanted to tolerate the pressure of the patriarchal norms and wanted equality and freedom of self-realization. Literature became an excellent means for women to express their social disagreement. Charlotte Perkins Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper describes how women rebelled against their patriarchal imprisonment. The Yellow Wallpaper discusses, evaluates, and expresses negative...