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Papers On American Literature
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“The Children’s Story” by James Clavell and “The Giver” by Lois Lowry
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A 5 page
paper which compares “The Children’s Story” by James Clavell and “The Giver” by Lois
Lowry. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlowry.rtf
“The Chocolate War,” “The Giver,” and “Stand By Me”: A Comparison
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A 4 page
paper which compares the stories “The Chocolate War” and “The Giver” and the film
“Stand By Me.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAchocwr.rtf
“The Chrysanthemums”
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A five page paper which looks at John Steinbeck’s short story The Chrysanthemums, particularly with reference to the way he delineates stereotypical social attitudes towards women and the conflict between men and women which arises from misunderstandings and breakdowns in communication.
Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JL2chrys.wps
“The concept of time in Thoreau’s Walden”
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A six page paper which looks at the way in which Thoreau treats the concept of time in ‘Walden’, the importance which he attaches to the notion of time in relation to the cycle of the seasons, his criticism of the superficiality and time-wasting of urban dwellers and the importance he attaches to the relationship between human beings and the environment in understanding how to use one’s time to the full.
Bibliography lists 4 sources
Filename: JLWalden.rtf
“The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter”
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A five page paper which compares the socio-cultural and religious settings in Miller’s The Crucible and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and demonstrates the importance of these backgrounds to the development of the narratives and the interaction of the main characters. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JL2Cruc.rtf
“The Destructors” and “The Rocking Horse Winner”
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A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAdes.rtf
“The development of Huck’s character in Huckleberry Finn”
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A five page paper which looks at the way in which the character of Huck changes and develops throughout the narrative, particularly in reference to Huck’s acquisition of ethical and moral values and his changing perception of black people in a slave society. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLHuck.rtf
“The family and society in The Marrow of Tradition”
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A five page paper which looks at the way in which Chestnutt uses the extended bi-racial family as a way of commenting on injustice and inequality in a racially divided society, and the way in which moral and ethical behaviour is defined in terms of the attitudes of the main characters.
Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: JLChestnutt.rtf
“The Gates of Fire” by Steven Pressfield
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A 4 page review of Steven Pressfield’s “The Gates of Fire.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgrire.rtf
“The Goal” by Eliyahu Boldratt and Jeff Cox
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An 8 page analysis of “The Goal” by Eliyahu Boldratt and Jeff Cox. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgoal.rtf
“The Good Earth” by Pearl S. Buck
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A 3 page paper which summarizes and discusses Pearl S. Buck’s book “The Good Earth.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgdear.rtf
“The Great Gatsby” and “Bernice Bobs Her Hair”
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A 3 page paper which compares the F. Scott Fitzgerald characters of Daisy from “The Great Gatsby” and Bernice from “Bernice Bobs Her Hair.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAgatbob.rtf
“The Great Gatsby” and Alcohol
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A 5 page paper which examines the role of alcohol in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAgatalc.rtf
“The Great Gatsby” in Its Historical Context
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This 4 page paper discusses the novel “The Great Gatsby” and some of the things going on in America at the time it was published that mark it clearly as a novel of the 1920s. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: HVJayGat.rtf
“The Great Gatsby”: Comparing Book To Movie
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5 pages in length. When one compares the book version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” to its movie counterpart, it is quite easy to point out the significant similarities, inasmuch as there was no way for the film director to stray too far from the author’s primary theme and still remain true to the story’s message; as such, the contrasts that one might experience between the two media forms appear to be nothing more than superficial differences that typically separate film from literature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCgatbk.wps
“The Great Gatsby”: Rewrite of Student Essay
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A 4 page paper which rewrites some of a student’s essay on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” 1 source cited.
Filename: RAgatre.rtf
“The Great Gatsby”: Still Relevant Today
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A 5 page paper which examines how F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is still relevant today. Bibliography lists 4
additional sources.
Filename: RAgat.rtf
“The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs": A Review of the Collection of Short Stories by Tony Hillerman
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A 10 page overview of the book by Tony Hillerman. Contrasts Hillerman’s style of objective journalism which is found in this book with that of his who-done-it mysteries with which we most often associate him. Weaving his unique blend of humor and objective reporting, in “The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs” Hillerman presents both the present and the past in the lives and land of one of the most interesting regions of Native America. This paper concentrates on the historical detail Hillerman provides in “The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo”. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPhllrmn.wps
“The Hero in ‘The Things They Carried’ and ‘Fatal Light’”
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A six page paper which looks at the concept of the hero in two novels about the Vietnam war, Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ and Richard Currey’s ‘Fatal Light’, in terms of the way in which the protagonists comply with or differ from the traditional notion of the hero in mythology and the extent to which their demonstration of heroism compares with that of the heroes of ancient myth.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLvhero.wps
“The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” and “Finnegan’s Wake”
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A 5 page paper which
compares and contrasts D.H. Lawrence’s “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” and James
Joyce’s “Finnegan’s Wake.” Bibliography lists 1 additional source.
Filename: RAhrse.rtf
“The House of Usher”: A Character Analysis
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A 5 page discussion of the characteristics of the narrator in this story by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was preoccupied with death, disfigurement, and the darker aspects of the universe. He was an expert at blending together characters, plot and setting in such a way that his reader was captivated. The author of this paper asserts that in “The Fall of the House of Usher” Poe introduces a narrator whose personal characteristic shape the entire plot of the tale. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPusher.rtf
“The Hunt for Red October” / Comparison of the Book to the Movie
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In 8 pages the author compares the book version of 'The Hunt for Red October' to the movie version,
while examining how the medium effects the text or the content of communication. The 'Hunt for Red October' was a book by Tom Clancy before it became a movie starring
Sean Connery and Alex Baldwin. When comparing the book to the movie version it is interesting to note how the medium effects the text or the content of communication.
Reading a book and watching the movie gives two different views of the same thing. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Huntred.wps
“The Joy Luck Club” and “The Color of Water”
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A 5 page paper which compares
and contrasts the themes offered by Amy Tan in “The Joy Luck Club” and James
McBride in “The Color of Water.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAtan.rtf
“The Joy Luck Club”: A Review of the Novel by Amy Tan
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A 5 page review of the feminist implications of this novel depicting the trials and tribulations of Chinese American daughters as they are impacted by the past experiences of their mothers in pre-Communist China. The feminist overtones of “The Joy Club” are impossible to miss. It is replete with sexism and also such issues as racism, stereotyping, and ethnocentricity. The cry of Asian women all over the world that for centuries the society within which they lived had bound their feet but no longer would that society be allowed to bind their minds is eloquently voiced by Amy Tan. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPjoyLck.rtf
“The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair
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A 3 page paper which provides an overview of Upton
Sinclair and his work “The Jungle.” Bibliography lists 1 additional source.
Filename: RAjngl.rtf
“The Known World” by Edward Jones
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A 4 page paper which examines how and why the freed slaves chose to remain in the south in “The Known World” by Edward Jones. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAknwew.rtf
“The Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper
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A 3 page discussion of “The Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlstmo.rtf
“The Last of the Wine” by Mary Renault
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A 3 page paper which analyzes Mary Renault’s novel “The Last of the Wine.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAwinemr.rtf
“The literature of Richard Wright, with reference to Blueprint for Negro Writers”
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A five page paper which looks at the literature of Richard Wright, in particular Black Boy and Uncle Tom’s Children, with regard to Wright’s political and ideological ideas as expressed in Blueprint for Negro Writers.
Bibliography lists 6 sources
Filename: JLwright2.wps
“The Lottery” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
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A 6 page paper
which compares and contrasts “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who
Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. LeGuin. 2 additional sources cited.
Filename: RAusrla.rtf
“The Maltese Falcon”: Money
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A 5 page paper which examines the theme of money, and how it affects people and society, as seen in the novel “The Maltese Falcon” by Hammett and the film of the same name. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
Filename: RAmltf.rtf
“The Man in the High Castle”
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A paper which considers the complicated and ambiguous ending of Philip Dick’s novel. The Man in the High Castle, looks at ways in which the ending might be re-written, and considers the effect that such alteration would have on the text of the narrative as a whole.
Filename: JLhighcastle.wps
“The Man with the Lap Dog” by Beth Lordan
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A 3 page analysis of the short story “The Man with the Lap Dog” by Beth Lordan. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlapdog.rtf
“The Monkey Bridge, by Lan Cao”
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A six page paper which looks at the significance of the title in the novel The Monkey Bridge, and how the concept of the bridge between cultures and generations is exemplified by the protagonist.
Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: JLmonkeybridge.wps
“The Narrative Voice in Pride and Prejudice and The Turn of the Screw”
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A seven page paper which looks at the different ways in which the authorial voice is used in Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, showing the way in which the author can manipulate and direct the development of the narrative by either presenting different viewpoints, or focusing solely on one narrative perspective.
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Filename: JLaustenjames.wps
“The Old Man and the Sea” and “The Open Boat”
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A 5 page paper which presents 4
similarities and 4 differences in Ernest Hemingway’s “the Old Man and the Sea” and
Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAseabt.rtf
“The Poems of Emily Dickinson”
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A seven page paper which looks at the life of Emily Dickinson, the reasons for her poetry being published posthumously, and the ways in which her poetry reflects her lifestyle and her attitudes.
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Filename: JLemdickin.wps
“The Private History of a Campaign That Failed”
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A 4 page analysis of Mark Twain’s memorable short story. This paper laments the lack of leadership that could have turned Twain’s group into an effective military unit. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPmilTwainCampaignFailed.rtf
“The Quiet American” by Graham Greene
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A 4 page paper which illustrates how the character of Fowler, in Graham Greene’s novel “The Quiet American,” was a man who had lost direction. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAquiet3.rtf
“The Raven”
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A 4 page examination of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven.” Bibliography
lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: RAporvn.rtf
“The Red Badge of Courage”
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A 5 page paper which analyzes Stephen Crane’s “The
Red Badge of Courage” in relationship to Henry and Wilson. Bibliography lists 5
additional sources.
Filename: RAbdge.rtf
“The Rocking Horse Winner” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
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A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the characters in D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner” and Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RArckmis.rtf
“The Rocking Horse Winner” and Freud
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A 4 page paper which examines D.H. Lawrence’s story “The Rocking Horse Winner” and applies the Oedipal theories of Sigmund Freud. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RArckfrd.rtf
“The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence
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A 3 page paper which examines the
theme and symbolism of greed in D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner.” No
additional sources cited.
Filename: RArockH.rtf
“The Scarlet Letter”
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A 3 page paper which examines the novel “The Scarlet Letter” by
Nathaniel Hawthorne, and then contrasts the novel to the film. Bibliography lists 2
sources.
Filename: RAscar1.rtf