Sinclair Lewis,"Babbit", a portrayal of George Babbit and American Life in the 1920's.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited

Banning the book "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has been a heated topic of debate for years now. This paper offers arguments on why the book should not be banned.

The short story Barn Burning

My essay is a character analysis of Sarty Snopes, the main character in "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner.

In Donald Barthelme's short story "Game", he writes about two men stuck in an underground bunker or base in which they await orders from a higher authority. They are living during a time of war. Not just any kind of war... This was nuclear war. This is the opposite of the world of W.H. Auden's poem, "The Unknown Citizen" which is about a person who is living the "perfect" life in the "perfect" world in which complaints are nonexistent. Both stories have one thing in common. Society has taken away their freedom in one form or another.

The Boss in Bartleby the Scrivener: Compares Bartleby's relationship with the Boss.

Essay analyzes the story "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Melville.

Analyzes the novel Bartleby, by Herman Melville. Explains the attitude of the narrator towards the character of Turkey. Discusses the feeling of superiority expressed by the narrator.

Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby the Scrivener", despite being written during the Romantic Age, does not follow the themes of a typical romantic story. It lacks the presence of the supernatural and the lure of the exotic and unknown.

Throughout history all the great leader have possessed certain traits that have enable them to be successful. Strength, intelligence, cunning and determination are just a few a good leader might have.

An argumentive essay over the modern characteristics of the novel, The Naked and the Dead, by Norman Mailer.

Essay relates the novel "The Bean Trees" to single parenting.

Provides a look into the the American post WWII Beatnik Generation, including its literature, key figures, social and political impact. Authors Jack Kerouac and John Clellon Holmes are profiled.

Analyzes the novel, Because It Is Bitter, And Because It Is My Heart, by Joyce Carol Oates. Explains how many of the main characters allow the desire to fit in with society become the driving forces of their lives. Describes the great lengths the characters go to in order to satisfy their need for acceptance.

In her talk titled "Chasing the Butterflies", Julia Alvarez explains that the "butterfly" in which she is speaking of is not "any touchy-feely, gushy Hallmark-card, sentimentalized definition of butterfly."

Review of the John Grisham's The Brethren. Highlights the things thatgo on behind the scenes of a presidential election, in the C.I.A, and in the government in general, that the public has no idea about. Also examines how easily you can become a victim of a scam when you share personal information.

A basic overview and description of the Bell Jar by Silvia Path.

Analysis of Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Analyzes the novel, Beloved, by Toni Morrison. Provides a detailed plot synopsis.

Analyzes Toni Morrison's novel, Beloved. Provides a character study of Beloved. Examines her struggle and significance in the novel.

Describes the importance and influence of 'rememory' in the book 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison. Explores how "rememory" helped characters Sethe and Paul D move on.

A literary analysis of Benjamin Frankling's essay "Arriving at Perfection." Keywords: virtues, morals

In the ancient poem "Beowulf", the author often makes references to the Old Testament combined with pagan references.

Through each of Beowulf's battles with the three monsters, we see that Beowulf develops from an arrogant warrior to becoming a wiser warrior. The final encounter ends with Beowulf gazing "sadly at the gold", whose decaying state epitomizes his own proximity to death.

Although showing signs of being a pagan story, Beowulf is primarily a Christian story. There are many Christian elements in the poem such as: earthly gifts come from God, Grendel being connected to the family of Cain, God offering protection to his people, and Beowulf being seen as Christ-like.

Essay analyzes the short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

An analysis of three types of betrayal portrayed by John Steinbeck in his short story "The Chrysanthemums." These three types are the betrayal of Elisa by the salesman; Elisa's betrayal of her husband through her confiding in the salesman; and Elisa's betrayal of herself through her refusal to express her true emotions fully.

Ellison's Invisible Man: Betrayal of relationship necessitates the Invisible Man's mobility and movement because of his constant deference to others.

Explores the elements of betrayal in "The Cask Of Amontillado," by Edgar Allan Poe. Summarizes the story's plot. Describes many of the literary devices Poe uses to convey his themes.

Provides a story summarization for the book, Beyond the Burning Time, by Kathryn Lasky. Describes what was learned from the book and why it was enjoyable.

Book of the Navajo

In Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a key motif was sacrifice and love for God and love for all people, "no matter what creed."

This essay discusses the Biblical allusions in chapter 4 of the novel"A Separate Peace."

Herman Melville wrote the novelette, Billy Budd, in the last three years of his life. In Billy Budd, Melville uses many biblical allusions to relate to the theme of good versus evil.

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman uses many motifs to make the story a much stronger piece of writing. Many of these Motifs play a big role in shaping the story to this. Arthur Miller uses the reoccurring action of Biff's stealing extremely effectively.

Analyzes the George Orwell novel, 1984. Discusses his warning of the dangers and consequences of a government with unlimited surveillance powers.

Big fish is a book about a person called Edward Bloom. Edward outran everybody in every way. He tamed giants, saved lives, and all things loved him. Also he knew a lot of jokes.

When one examines the connection between Billy Budd and the Sacrificial Lamb, Jesus Christ, it becomes obvious that Melville's short novel Billy Budd closely parallels the life story of Jesus Christ Himself. Some of the ways that Billy Budd relates with Christ in His final hours can be seen in the way that he accepts his death, forgives everyone, and is in-tune with himself at his time of death.

The way Billy Budd died was symbolically similar to the way that Christ died. First of all, both were executed. Second, the one who sentenced them had to think very hard about what they were doing, judging what they thought about the person, and what they felt they must do to send the right message to the people.

Summary of Birds of Prey by J.A. Jance

Discusses Ralph Ellison's novel, Invisible Man. Describes how Ellison uses literary techniques to narrate his theme of a bittersweet recollection.

Essay about 'Black Boy' by Richard Wright. How hunger overtook the main character of the book.

An overview of Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy, in which he describes his coping with insecurity and poverty, his ambition, and victimization as an African American growing up in the South. Despite encountering hardships and obstacles along the way, Wright achieved his goal of escaping the Southern way of life.

A synopsis of Richard Wright's book Black Boy, in which Wright tells of his life growing up as an African American in the 1920s and his urge to change social, political, and societal traditions. Wright influences the reader's views through a biased view on his life, evoking in the reader pity and sorrow through his negative interactions with white people.

Analyzes the Richard Wright autobiography, Black Boy. Describes and discusses the variety of hungers suffered by Wright in the story. Explores how these hungers changed him as a person.

This is about the novel, "Black Like Me" which is written by John Howard Griffin.  It deals with the struggles of racism in relation to this book, and gives an analysis of some major issues in the book.

Summary on John Howard Griffin's book "Black like Me."

An analysis of the portrayal of racism in 1950s America through the Griffin novel, Black Like Me.

Imagery, form and structure in the second chapter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel about the 1920's Jazz Age, "The Great Gatsby."