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Society's Evils in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In five pages this paper examines society's evils as represented within Mark Twain's classic American novel. One source is listed...

Human Characteristics and Latin American Literature

Parenting styles differ significantly, therefore, leaving much open to interpretation and inference. Certain aspects, such as nur...

Sixteenth Century Literature and Parody

quest as being somehow representative of the times in which he lived. Through the use of exaggeration, Cervantes is basically say...

Naturalism and Realism in the Literature of the Nineteenth Century

is often an important feature. The individuals portrayed are not depicted as standing outside of their own historical background a...

Four Novels and the American Dream

girl who is rejected by nearly everyone. In fact, so too is her family as the lot of them is cursed with ugliness and rejection. ...

Second Revolution in America, the Civil War

he knew nothing of the causes for the war. Nash and Jeffrey use this to illustrate their statement that people fought on the Ameri...

Duality and War in Literature

won by any nation. Caputos work focuses on the primary character who remembers an innocence that will always live within him, bu...

American Cultural Contributions of Elvis Presley

latter, which was written by singer/songwriter James Taylor, became a staple of Elviss extensive musical ensemble, performed at vi...

African Americans and Racism

became indentured servants, but this was rare (Faragher, et al 57). Because of the institution of indentured service, "New world s...

Behavior and Cultural Values of the Television Series Ally McBeal

are two of the primary cultural values that stand out in virtually every episode; amidst the young law firm is a collection of peo...

African American Experience in the Poetry of Langston Hughes

this poem is that of the universal anguish of being bound and imprisoned, no matter what the age. And, in a very real sense he is ...

Colonization and 'King Leopold's Ghost'

gross exploitation of African slaves. That Leopold was wholly capable of stuffing his incoming ships with an abundance of ivory a...

Suburban Dream Subverted

In eight pages this paper examines the shift from Orson Welles' perceptions of the American Dream to the subversion represented in...

Harriet Beecher Stowe's The Minister's Housekeeper

a kind of moral idealism to the productive realism reflected in authors ranging from Mark Twain to Stowe herself (The Rise of Real...

British Literature of the Seventeenth Century Examined

and women to enjoy each other. The Philosophical Viewpoints We want to relate the conflict and the writings to various philosop...

An Overseas Market for One Sportswear Company

to market in a timely fashion (Harrington, 2002). Its a full-time job for Columbia to oversee these chains, and its possible that ...

Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace

In this analysis consisting of five pages the way in which the nation is treating its children as represented in Kozol's text is d...

African American Women and Breast Cancer

percent, while rates among black women increase 1 percent, says the National Cancer Institute). Although White women are more li...

American Dream and Ben Franklin

eager to work. This genuine willingness to be productive clearly served as a primal ingredient in his success. By the age of 10,...

The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitgerald

based on alcohol. And yet, the story is both hilarious and heartbreaking. After all that modern readers have heard about Fitzgeral...

The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In eight pages this paper compares these works in a discussion of collective community's importance over the individual and the ho...

Secession as a Harbinger of Conflict

Civil War historians believe that a majority of Americans felt that forcing the South to remain in the Union when it felt it was n...

American Playwright Mercy Otis Warren

In five pages this paper discusses early American playwright Mercy Otis Warren in an overview of how she shook up the social statu...

The Life, Works and Philosophy of Alice Walker

shacks they were forced to live in to the yield from their crops. From a very young age, Walker experienced the racism of the Sout...

'Crime' of Flag Burning

In four pages this paper argues that while the burning of the American flag is disrespectful, it does not represent the desecratio...

Heroic Natty in Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

In three pages this paper examines the American values represented by the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's novel. Two sourc...

Community in the Writings of Cotton Mather, Roger Williams, and John Winthrop

In five pages these early American founding fathers are considered in terms of their community concepts that represent a kind of s...

17th and 19th Century Literature and the Depiction of Women

In five pages this paper discusses how women were depicted in Tartuffe by Moliere, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, and Hedda Ga...

1973 Film Time Period Setting of American Graffiti

In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...

American Romanticism and the Writings of Washington Irving

This paper discusses how American Romanticism is represented in 'Rip Van Winkle,' a short story by Washington Irving in three page...