North American Essays and Term Papers

Tales that included five historical novels (The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer) was one of America's first successful novelists. He was born on 1789 in Cooperstown, New York. Novels by Cooper…

during a period of racism and inequality. The theme of this book is the dangerous effects that racism can have on an individual and society. The plot, setting, and the minor and major characters reveal the theme as the novel progresses. Richard Wright…

useful in understanding the role of the scholar and principally what a scholar deals with. Emerson in the begging of the oration states some definition about man and scholar: "Man is not a farmer or a professor, or an engineer, but he is all. Man is…

Emily dealt with a story that reflected on a woman's life in the past. The story revolves around a few characters including the protagonist of the story Ms. Emily herself, her Negro servant, and her lover of some sort Homer Baron. The Point of view is…

Carol Oates, we are introduced to two quite interesting characters, namely Melanie Snyder and Wayne "Woody" Kunz. These two characters both struggle with different aspects of their personal lives; in Wayne Kunz's case, he is in constant battle with…

story that unfolds in Bonnie Burnard's "Joyride," in which a woman attempts to evade the harassment of three truck drivers, is narrated from third-person, limited omniscient point-of-view to present the reader with information regarding the thoughts…

what you have." (Schachtel) "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather, is a story of a young man that lives in a world in which he feels he does not belong. According to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Paul could be "suffering from a narcissistic…

Walker skillfully crafts the character of Dee Johnson in the short story "Everyday Use." Walker describes Dee's character as arrogant and selfish, and through Dee's character one is allowed to perceive the wicked affect of an egotistical world.…

is a fear of social situations and the interaction with other people." Put another way, social anxiety is the fear and anxiety of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation,…

the Puritans, but it took men such as Emerson and Thoreau to popularize the concepts and beliefs of this idea. The core of transcendentalism is that it is " a philosophy that rejects the idea that knowledge can be fully derived from experience and observ…