The American Scholar

American literature has been evolving since the dawn of the Puritan exploration and colonization in the early 1600s. From John Smith's books and descriptions of Native American life to the revolutionary ideas of Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, literature has had many forms and has taken many ideas across time to interpreted by scholars of today. The early Americans were very successful in creating a style of literature that has a complete web of genres to be examined, as well as some genres being

rest of the house at risk to collapse. The literary canon relies on a foundation of "great books". These influential writings shape the way authors think and create ideas. They are crucial to the development of the rest of the literary canon made by scholars. The Odyssey is one example of "great books" to western society. Homer’s epic has been influential to writing in the modern world by influencing authors and writers through universal themes and creative writing. The Odyssey belongs in western canon

written by world-renowned linguist, Noam Chomsky as a response to the issues of Western education and the impact it has in the lives of the intellectuals and scholars. Chomsky is noting that intellectuals often cared more about attaining power than exposing the lies and truth. With that, he provided examples from the failure of the American Foreign Policy and decision making system to which the intellectual community fails to contribute its opinions to social issues, and instead, disdained from it

bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thus, resulting in the eventual unconditional surrender of the Empire of Japan six days later. Many American scholars believe that the use of the atomic bombs was necessary to force the Japanese surrender prior to a military invasion. Therefore, saving thousands or millions of American lives, as well as being the more humane thing to do to avoid the images of the mingled bodies of U.S. soldiers. On the other side of this argument opponents

once were. A group of presidents of leading American colleges and universities wrote a letter urging Donald Trump to rectify the recent executive order. The authors use different strategies such as ethos, emotional appeal, and logos to persuade Donald J. Trump to rectify the executive order banning immigrants from the United States. The authors establish credibility for themselves using ethos. They state that they are the “presidents of leading American colleges and universities” which effectively

necessary information regarding attending post-secondary education. Even though this quote also seems very logical, it proves to be a breaking point for Americans in their decision to attend a post-secondary education college or technical school. Important matters regarding post-secondary education are very simplistic, such as raising Americans economic status, and bettering one’s stereotypical educational outlook. Another main facet of attending post-secondary education leads to better opportunities

sort of communal bonds would form between African-Americans oppressed by the institution of slavery. It is the extent and nature of this community, formed by and for the enslaved, that has long been debated between historians. While much of the last century’s scholarship has followed the predominant theories of its time, historians who excel through differentiated methods or conclusions shape the field and its future works. It is these key scholars who have progressed the field and enabled the modern

and texts written by various American Indian authors and scholars from the 1890s to the 1920s. As a whole, the pieces provide a rough testimony of the American Indian during a period when conflict over land and resources, cultural stereotypes, and national policies caused tensions between Native American Indians and Euro-American reformers. This paper will attempt to sum up the plight of the American Indian during this period in American history. American Indians shaped their critique

Folsom Bone Pit was used in the late 1400’s by the first Americans, however it was not discovered until the 1920’s. The bone pit is located in Folsom, Mexico and it contained the bones of bison, hence the name Folsom Bone Pit. The discovery of the bone pit advanced the knowledge of the first Americans in several ways. Scholars used the discovery to uncover things such as the information on the geological conditions, the origins of the first Americans, migration into America, and why the world became so

Morrison’s article Playing in the Dark, she is discussing how racism effects American literature. To Morrison, black culture is a tiny speck in American literature and she wants to expand it. Before Morrison could even think about doing this, she had to change her perspective and imagine what it is like to be in someone else’s shoes. Morrison states that, “My work requires me to think about how “free” I can be as an African-American woman writer in my genderized, sexualized, wholly racialized world.” (pg