American Literature Essay Examples

The poem Juggler by Richard Wilbur was a war poem published in 1949. Richard Wilbur describes the performance of the Juggler and how his brilliance character affects bo...

Sandra Cisneros writes a novel about a family fitting within sets of prearranged cultural and societal rules while uncovering the truth of the past. Notably, Caramelo is...

In the Black Cat story by Allan Poe, the writer introduces the reader to an unnamed married man in his life full of illusions. The narration is done in the first person a...

Unlucky Mother of Aquilles Maldanodo is a story under the book titled Wild Child that is written by T.C. Boyle. The narrates an ordeal by a Venezuelan baseball hero whose...

Conflict was common in the Walker family. On a daily basis, you would hear Tom Walkers wifes voice bickering such that the neighbors became used to her noise. Tom was a...

Emily Grierson, referred to as Miss Emily in the story is the main character of A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner. Miss Emily is a proud woman born of a proud...

A Wall of Fire Rising' is a short story by a Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat regarding the cultures and experiences of Haiti. The story focuses on a three-perso...

It can be perceived that the narrative, The Revolt of Mother highlights the situation of gender roles during the nineteenth century where women were expected to submit...

In Mother to Son, Langston Hughes explores the idea of determination amidst difficulties. The poem is about a mother expressing herself to her son in the form of advice...

In the Gimpel the Fool, the narrates how his faith for religion and love for others make him suffer and be a victim of lies. Gimpel is a straightforward person who beli...