Americká literatura
Jeffers, Robinson. "Carmel Point".
Summary
- "The extraordinary patience of things," the speaker exclaims and so establishes his argument
- contrasts the harmonic beauty of the landscape which was not yet spoiled by human activities when the...
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Jeffers, Robinson. "Shine, Perishing Republic".
Summary
- the speaker harshly condemns the contemporary vulgarity of America and finds comfort in the knowledge of an inevitable end of all things
- introduces the natural image of a flower turning to fruit...
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Jefferson, Thomas. "The Declaration of Independence".
Summary
The Declaration states the following "self-evident truths": "all men are created equal" and are "endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights". These are "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of...
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Jewett, Sarah Orne. The Country of the Pointed Firs.
Analysis
- a novel based on regionalism
- loosely structured: a series of sketches unified through both setting and subject
- character development rather than plot development
- captures the simple way of...
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Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior.
Summary
‘No Name Woman’
The first person narrator, now an adult woman, recalls a story her mother told her when she was a girl. The narrator is the first American generation of Chinese immigrants. She calls...
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Kushner, Tony. Angels in America.
Summary
Major Characters
The play is written for eight actors, each of them takes on two or more roles.
- Roy M. Cohn: a successful New York lawyer, unofficial power broker. Closeted homosexual, Jew,...
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Leavitt, David. "Gravity".
Summary & Analysis
The story is set in New Jersey, probably in 1980s. Theo is dying of AIDS and his mother Sylvia Greenman assists him with his needs. He is choosing between a drug that would save his...
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Leavitt, David. "The New Lost Generation".
Summary
Dancing and Smoking: In 1971 the author was ten years old. His elder brother and sister studied at Stanford University, California, and his father lectured there. Spontaneous dancing entertainments...
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Lindsay, Vachel. "A Negro Sermon: Simon Legree".
Summary
Simon Legree is described as a wealthy man whose domestic animals are well-fed and whose cotton-fields are the best to be seen. The next stanza adds unpleasant details to the preceding pleasant image...
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Lindsay, Vachel. "The Bronco That Would Not Be Broken".
Summary
The speaker addresses a little colt which is brought to a farm to be broken. The colt is addressed as a "bronco that would not be broken of dancing", which emphasizes the colt's genuine joy at life....
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Lindsay, Vachel. "The Leaden-Eyed".
Summary
The speaker appeals to the reader to consider the following. He blames the world for its worst crime: it is not poverty, hard work, slavery, or death themselves. It is that the world turns its babes...
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London, Jack. "The Law of Life".
Summary
Old Koskoosh, the father of the chief of the tribe, watches the camp being broken. His tribe moves, but he will be left behind. His son is kind and leaves a pile of wood for him before leaving....
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London, Jack. "To Build a Fire".
Note
This is the mature 1908 version of the story, radically different from the first 1902 draft.
Summary
Set in the Klondike. It is Arctic winter, an exceedingly cold day with no sun, and 75 degrees...
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London, Jack. "When God Laughs".
Summary
"The gods, the gods are stronger; time
Falls down before them, all men's knees
Bow, all men's prayers and sorrows climb
Like incense toward them; yea, for these
Are gods, Felise."
The first person...
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "A Psalm of Life".
Summary
The poem opens with a quotation of the English poet Richard Cranshaw: "Life that shall send / A challenge to its end, / And when it comes, say "Welcome, friend.", and a sort of subtitle: "What the...
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