North American Essays and Term Papers

visible or exist unseen. Sometimes we keep tangible keepsakes in memory of deceased loved ones to hold on to the bond that once existed, and sometimes we let go of those items, discard them, as a symbol to demonstrate the disconnection of the bond we…

novel "A Separate Peace" written by the Author John Knowles tells a story about a friendship between two students, who attend the same fictional school named Devon, during the early years of World War II. To understand the intense relationship…

of the mother-child relationship of Violet and Rose Dear, and Joe and Wild, as well as how the loss of the mother figure causes the displacement of the child's developing self. Both Joe and Violet sought to forget and find their lost mothers through…

King Jr.'s revealing, 'Letter from Birmingham Jail', delves into the segregation, injustice and violence of Birmingham, Alabama, "probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States"(Inquiry, p.#391, paragraph 6) In response to criticism…

of the 1960's, Kate Chopin wrote about women and marriage. Her writings shine a light into a subject that was not addressed at a time. Chopin's stories show marriage within this late 19th century society as domineering. It puts women into a subclass.…

I read about you, I wonder why, although you have a genteel background, you chose a rebellious form of behavior. You wired cars, took them for joy rides, as well as other forms of mischief. It was not, however, your criminal background that caused…

of a gawky World War II veteran/soldier, Billy Pilgrim. His wartime experiences and their effects lead him to the ultimate conclusion that war is unexplainable. To portray this effectively, Vonnegut presents the story in two dimensions: historical…

who are all related to one another and the effect they have on each other. Written by John Steinbeck, this book deals with good vs. evil in Salinas Valley during the early 1900's. It also displays the amount of evil that is in one family and how it…

on page 1 " He's in Hollywood. That isn't too far from this crummy place...". There is a shift from Holden's life to his brother D.B.'s life. We can learn from this shift of topic that Holden loves to go off on tangents. I think that the author does…

Hobbit is a story about a long and dangerous journey that a group of dwarves and a single Hobbit depart on, in search for their ancestors stolen treasure through the mythical lands of middle earth. Before I start this tale let me tell you what a…