American Literature reflects life, and the struggles that we face during our existence. The great authors of our time incorporate life's problems into their literature directly and indirectly. The stories themselves bluntly tell us a story; however, an author also uses symbols to relay to us hi...

Thematic analysis: The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost This is a wonderful poem with many different themes and ideas. One of the biggest themes is not being afraid to take a chance. Some of the other themes include, not following the crowd, trying new things, and standing for something. This p...

The House of the Seven Gables"[The] sympathy or magnetism among human beings is more subtle and universalthan we think; it exists, indeed, among different classes of organized life, and vibratesfrom one to another" (Hawthorne 178). Loosely based on the events of Hawthorne's ownlife, The House of th...