Chinese American literature

When facing a conflict, one mostly tries to find a solution that will benefit him rather than accommodate everyone. It’s much more satisfactory to have everything go one’s way than having to compromise with another. This selfish mentality is something that repeatedly takes place in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, where many characters act out of their own self-interest. However, throughout The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck, the individuals often commit acts of true altruism

The Character of Robert Cohn in The Sun Also Rises       WWI consumed the lives of millions.  Those lucky enough to have lived through the war did not necessarily to get away unscathed.  Many war survivors had lost a large chunk of something called hope.  Hope feeds the soul and is the fuel for love. Hope also supplies meaning in a confusing world.  Lacking hope and love, feelings of disillusionment, loneliness, inadequacy, and alienation were commonplace.              The characters

     Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest writers of the century. He was born at the close of the old century but was able to see the Disorders of the new century. Hemingway was marvelous in bringing about his pictorial effects for his readers even in his drunken state. Hemingway was skilled in the way he presented the “real” and “concrete” to be the first essentials in his writing. He put life back on the page so that we could see the grim reality of the truth. Hemingway’s

jump each year to keep his government disability checks coming.Zoyd is a resident of Vineland, a refuge tucked in the northern California woodlands, where once the only industry was logging, the only inhabitants were early 20th Century remnants of American frontiersmen, and the only cause for concern was running out of timber."Vineland the Good" Zoyd calls it. Vineland.And then perhaps we think Vinland--the first name given to this continent by the Vikings.The primeval evergreen forests of the

Ernest Hemingway’s protagonist Frederic Henry says A Farewell to Arms with a double meaning. The novel title is word play reflective of first, Frederic’s desertion of the war. His second farewell is to the arms of his beloved, Catherine Barkley after her death in childbirth. Wandering stoically through life, looking for some natural progression, Frederic lets one circumstance lead him to the next. At first, Frederic exhibits the hedonistic aspirations of a college fraternity pledge, motivated

speaking with a librarian for help on research rarely happens anymore. That’s why studying literature, and researching topics is essential for us students. Literature can be described as a language. It has been expressed for centuries and throughout different countries and cultures. Literature is a work of art, which has been spoken in different structures and also for many diverse reasons. I believe that literature is another way to view our historical past as well.

Stay in School, Huck Finn! Intro Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain’s most popular and perhaps most controversial book. It is celebrated by many to be the quintessential classic american novel, depicting boyhood adventure along the mighty Mississippi River in the mid seventeenth century. But, simultaneously, many also feel that the book is unsuitable for the classroom. Its controversy lies in the notion by some that it is racist and promotes racism, while humiliating black students. Much

complex author that changed the world of American literature through his words. Hemmingway became an American novelist, journalist, and short story writer that published most of his work between the 1920’s and 1950’s. Hemmingway had a major impact on the world of writing, and a strong influence on 20th century literature during his lifetime. Hemmingway’s life was full of adventures from around the globe, and these experiences inspired his works of literature. The writing style Hemmingway used was simple

responsible for inspiring people to write the same way he was inspired by the writers that came before him. After being asked about who inspired him as a writer the most Faulkner responded, “He was the father of my generation of American writers and the tradition of American writing which our successors will carry on. He has never received his proper evaluation. Dreiser is his older brother and Mark Twain the father of them both”(Stein). Faulkner knew that without the people who came before him he

prevalence of mortality. The differences between Frederic Henry’s expectations and the realities of war are striking. This can be attributed to Henry’s lack of experience. Hemingway does not explain why Frederic Henry, the book’s American protagonist, has joined the Italian Army. Americans may have joined European armed forces before war was declared during the First World War for several reasons. Thrill seekers may have joined to find adventure and action, while others had similar ideologies who hoped to