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Author's Complexities Revealed in the Works of Ernest Hemingway

This paper examines how Ernest Hemingway's complexities are thematically reflected in his literary works in 10 pages. There are 9...

Kenneth Stammp's The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

In five pages this paper examines this author's attempts to emphasizes the similarities between the Civil War and the Reconstructi...

An Examination of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In five pages, the author's employment of voice, imagery, and gender themes are considered....

Black Civil Rights Advocacy and Differences in Black Authors' Styles

In six pages the differences that exist between the styles of African American authors and civil rights activists Cornel West, Fre...

Overview of PAC Power Inside the World of Political Action Committees by Larry J. Sabato

been money - the more money raised by contributions, the greater its influence. PACs raise money for political campaigns on the f...

Timothy Egan's The Good Rain

In four pages the author's exploration of the Pacific Northwest is the focus of this text summary....

British Army and Sinn Fein Influences on Northern Ireland

revolt against the United Kingdom occurred in 1916, over a decade after the formation of the group. While the first revolt was su...

American Diversity

and economic issues must be considered along with positions of ethnic and religious minorities as well as issues that go to enviro...

William Faulkner Biography

Murry Falkner was interested in railroads, hunting and drinking, not necessarily in that order. Alcoholism was the Falkner family...

Author's Intentions and Objectives in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

The Heritage Crusade And The Spoils Of History by David Lowenthal

the ancestral ties associated with the male gender were as strong as steel. However, not all men were deemed acceptable to adopt ...

John Morton Blum's V Was for Victory Reviewed

the culture of the times. One way in which government and politics became involved in directing cultural mores was through ...

An 18th Century Authors' Overview

is just one example, but he is still an example of a writer who characterized a generation. Swifts humor and sarcasm demonstrates ...

Pre Stonewall America and Authors' Treatment of Gay Society Identity

government - harbored toward the homosexual population. Lumped together with such socially unsavory issues as Communism, Katz ill...

Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem A Report on the Banality of Evil

who did what he was told, but did it with a passion and determination. He was a result of a system that commended people for obeyi...

Possible Scenarios for Settlement in Colonial America

settled the Chesapeake the reasons were not so simple or peaceful. One author provides us the following in relationship to the rea...

The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815

additional examples could be presented as well. The most interesting of Dowds examples concern the leadership strategies of the t...

A Look at Great Expectations in the Context of the Author's Life

1824-1827 he was a "day pupil at a school in London" (Cody). But the year in the blacking factory "haunted him all of his life" t...

'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton and the Author's Deception Cover the Uses of Control and Formality

formality and propriety was incorrect and not only have the main characters deceived each other, but Wharton has been successful i...

Hiroshima by John Berger and Rhetoric

This does not, however, imply that Berger is attempting to spark a superficial or sentimental response: despite the...

Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill

For example, she is intrigued when the ship passes islands that have herd of cattle grazing on them. The captain explained that lo...

Black American Feminism

7 pages. This paper provides an overview of the authorship of four significant African American authors, Maria Stewart, Anna Juli...

Gender Roles in American Culture

beyond the domestic sphere into virtually every profession and job category from which they were once barred, they have had to con...

Theology of C.S. Lewis

seen in the Narnia series. For example, in the Narnia stories, a principal character is Aslan, the "Lord of the Wood," is a "Chri...

Momaday and Alexie: Variations in the Ways Native American Authors Depict Their Culture

Americans are in actuality much more oppressed by government regulations and society as a whole than they were in this earlier tim...

Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Historical Context

1852.5 Stowes portrayal of the cruelty of slavery generated "horror in the North and outrage in the South," as Southerners perceiv...

3 African American Authors on Class and Race in the U.S.

liberals and conservatives traditionally take with regard to black issues, that isnt the focus of the piece: West is really discu...

Capitalism Fuels Colonial Expansion

the scene may seem sublime, it can be interpreted as a depiction of contrast between cultures. In the foreground stands the Europ...

American Author Washington Irving

his long literary journey in newspapers and journals, becoming a contributor to his brothers Morning Chronicle and publishing his ...

Authors of the Latin American Boom Era Carpentier and Cortazar

indicative of what the new emerging countries might become. Julio Cortazar does...