Nelson, Floyd G. “Harlem ‘Negro Capital of the Nation’.” Plaindealer, 3 Feb. 1935. In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, there are few instances where the influence of African American culture is truly appreciated. Written during the Jazz Age, TheRead more…
Secondary Source Analysis- The Great Gatsby
Elmore, A. E. “Color and Cosmos in The Great Gatsby.” The Sewanee Review, vol. 78, no. 3, 1970, pp. 427–43, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27541823. Throughout Elmore’s “Color and Cosmos in The Great Gatsby”, the author makes the distinction that setting and imageryRead more…
Queer Criticism of The Great Gatsby
Queer Criticism of The Great Gatsby Often readers only focus on the overtly heterosexual themes when analysizing The Great Gatsby; however, upon deeper investigation readers can discover that Fitzgerald uses homosexual themes to underscore the reliability of Nick Carroway asRead more…
Analysis of Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find
Flannery O’Connor,“A Good Man is Hard to Find” In “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” O’Connor brings into question the nature of morality. She challenges the notion that by being Christian, one is automatically a “moral” person. Throughout theRead more…
Analysis of H.D.’s Helen
H.D., “Helen” In H.D.’s poem “Helen,” the author writes through the point of view of Greece to critique Helen’s beauty and character. Helen was a part of the ancient Greek aristocracy who left her husband in Greece for another manRead more…
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl by John Greenleaf Whittier
Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER To the Memory of the Household It Describes This Poem is Dedicated by the Author“As the Spirits of Darkness be stronger in the dark, so Good Spirits, which be Angels of Light,Read more…
The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens
The Snow Man Launch Audio in a New Window BY WALLACE STEVENS One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And have been cold a long time To beholdRead more…
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BY ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. MyRead more…