Essays on History of The United States

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Naturalism in Jean Toomer’s Cane

2 pages / 779 words

Naturalism describes a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principle of objectivity and detachment with regard to the study of human beings (Campbell). Charles Darwin, renowned biologist postulates his natural selection theory in his work, "The Origin of the Species". In the animal...

Harlem Renaissance

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Heavy Loads: Cane and The Burden of Discrimination

2 pages / 961 words

Introduction Jean Toomer, in his novel Cane, compiles issues that plague the black community of the United States through the lens of characters who struggle with conflicts that arise because of racism in both the North and the South. These issues include grappling with masculinity,...

Harlem Renaissance

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Racial and Sexual Identity in Cane by Jean Toomer

2 pages / 821 words

Throughout the text Cane by Jean Toomer, the author creates a paradoxical depiction of women because, although he at times criticizes the metonymization of women, he also participates in it. For example, the first half of the book relies almost entirely on the mythologization of...

Harlem Renaissance

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A Brief History of The Salem Witch Trials

2 pages / 746 words

The trials took place in colonial massachusetts. A few young girls were claiming to be possessed by the devil and suspicions began to grow. This caused many people to grow frantic and in order to settle this franticness, a special court was built to hear...

Salem Witch Trials

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Cotton and The Civil War

2 pages / 945 words

Cotton was often considered the foundation of the Confederacy. The question this essay will examine is ‘To what extent did cotton affect the outbreak of the Civil War.’In order to properly address the demands of this questions, this paper will explore events and economic factors...

American Civil War American History Civil War

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Overview of The Events of The American Revolution

3 pages / 1308 words

Many people have the misconception that the American Revolution occurred because British colonists did not want to be British citizens any longer. This may have been the case for a select few, but many British colonists desired to maintain their status as British colonists and...

American Revolution

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The Story of First Lieutenant Thomas Jonathan Jackson

2 pages / 792 words

Thomas Jonathan Jackson was a great Confederate general that a big part of the American Civil War, and he was one of the best known Confederate commander after Superior general Robert E. Lee. Jackson was born on January 21, 1824 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. His...

American Civil War Civil War

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Underage Drinking Laws in The Us

3 pages / 1415 words

Throughout many years there has been a debate on whether the US should lower the drinking age to 18 or have it remain it at 21. In the 1980’s the drinking age was raised to 21 to decrease the number of fatalities occurring and to...

American History Lawyer

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New Voice of The Harlem Renaissance: Sterling Brown and Arna Bontemps

3 pages / 1251 words

Introduction Despite disparities in the poetic styles of Sterling Brown and Arna Bontemps, each author was equally effective in conveying the “new voice” of the black American during the Harlem Renaissance. The idea of a more suitable expression for African Americans repudiates the Renaissance’s fundamental...

African American Culture Harlem Renaissance

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A Look at The African-american Dream in The Great Gatsby

2 pages / 1030 words

Social class plays a dominant role in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. In fact the title character is living proof that the American dream really exists. Readers recognize the importance Fitzgerald places on social class throughout the novel, but for the purpose of this...

African American History American Dream The Great Gatsby

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The Great Depression and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

3 pages / 1390 words

Famed American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald could not have anticipated what was on the horizon when he penned The Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald was no prophet, but he seemed to have an innate sensibility that allowed him to step outside of culture of the...

Great Depression The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby: How The American Greatness Has Decayed

2 pages / 1249 words

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a shining example of the principle that the most powerful messages are not told but rather shown. Although the novel is written in the form of largely impartial narration by Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald’s criticism of American life...

American History The Great Gatsby

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Reverend Hale's Evolution in "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

2 pages / 845 words

How can a trial turn a religious minister into a man separated from a town’s power structure? In The Crucible, Reverend Hale is sent to Salem to deal with an alleged outbreak of witchcraft. At the beginning of the play, Hale is a confidant man,...

Salem Witch Trials The Crucible

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Discussion on The Harlem Renaissance and Black Poetry

4 pages / 1740 words

Poets of the Harlem Renaissance faced a challenge above and beyond that of their modern contemporaries. The two groups were unified in their struggle to make sense of a chaotic reality. But Black poets writing in Harlem confronted a compounded predicament because their race further...

Black Poetry Harlem Renaissance

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A Comparative Study of Hughes and Nas

7 pages / 3406 words

Specifically from a literary perspective, the Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, is often treated as one of the most artistically prolific, localized movements in Western literature, which has produced such writers as Gwendolyn Bennett, Nella Larsen, Esther Popel, and Jean Toomer....

Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes

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The Dehumanizing Effect: The Vietnam War Comes into The House

2 pages / 1135 words

The Vietnam War is arguably one of the most controversial and debated wars in American history. The protests against it sparked a new age of anti-government feelings in the U.S. and contributed to the hippie, peace movement it’s time is known for. The Vietnam War...

American History Vietnam War