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Dreiser Essays and Term Papers
Theodore Dreiserwas born August 27, 1871 in Terre Haute, Indiana. The younger brother of Paul Dresser, a well-known songwriter, Theodore was a famous novelist known for his outstanding American writing of naturalism. He was also a leading figure in a national literary movement that replaced the observance of ...
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Sister Carrie: Dreiser's Reversal Of Male/Female RolesThe novel Sister Carrie seems to be the platform from which Dreiser
explores his unconventional views of the genders. In the world of Sister
Carrie, it would seem that the role of women as trusting, caring creatures,
and men as scheming victimizers is reversed; it is Carrie that uses the ...
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An American TragedyTheodore Dreiser was a part of the naturalist movement. His works depicted real-life subjects in a harsh and gritty manner. Many of his novels were controversial and considered amoral. Dreiser grew up in a poor, working-class family in Terre Haute, Indiana. An American Tragedy, his most ...
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Sister CarrieI think it is very difficult to define the exact character of Dreiser’s "", and his original intention. I would say, "as many eyes, so many opinions", so no wonder there are different approaches and interpretations towards the novel which is influenced not just by the reader’s ...
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An American TragedyTheodore Drieser constructed a character like no other in the book, . Clyde Griffiths started off as a young man with no real problems, except for the fact that his family was strictly religious and poor. I say “no real problems” because during the course of the novel, this boy spirals down in ...
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Native Son: ReviewsNative Son, by Richard Wright, was hailed by reviewers as an instant
classic upon its release in 1940. The novel was an instant bestseller, having
been included in the book-of-the-month-club. Due to its proto revolutionary
themes it was the subject of many reviews. Two such reviewers are ...
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A Comparison Of The Misguided Desires Of Gatsby And GeorgeThe American Dream. Our individual vision of it defines each and every one of us. In comparing the book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The movie “A Place in the sun”, (based on the book “An American Tragedy”, by Theodore Dreiser) it was easy to see many similarities in both to ...
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"Schlesinger's Canon Vs. My High School's Canon"In school, whether it be at the high school or college levels, there are
usually lists of books thought as being essential reading. Arthur M.
Schlesinger, Jr.--a Pulitzer Prize winning historian--calls this list in his
book The Disuniting of America, a "canon" or "canonical literature." A ...
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Sister Carrie: People Driven By DesireSister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is a story of the power of desire. Desire is the strongest influence among the characters. Carrie, Drouet and Hurstwood each have a longing for something they do not possess. As creatures of instinct, people are driven by desire.
Carrie Meeber, being a natural ...
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Stephen CraneToday in modern America, it has become almost impossible to avoid the tales of horror that surround us almost anywhere we go. Scandals, murders, theft, corruption, extortion, abuse, prostitution, all common occurrences in this day in age. A hundred years ago however, people did not see the world ...
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The Stone Angel And The Fifth Business: Analysis Of The Main CharactersEvery piece of literature that has been written uses words, which
have concrete meaning in everyday life. As a result of that it cannot
ever be completely abstract. Theme is what sustains its link with living,
by giving it a topic or idea that extends it beyond the aesthetic, and
unites it ...
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US HistoryAP US History Review 2009 Session #4 Progressivism-Truman
Includes the following chapters from The American Pageant (12th edition):
Ch 29-37
Ch 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912
Progressivism:
The "real heart" of the progressive movement was effort by reformers to
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