House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday : Summary
The Longhair In 1945, Abel's grandfather, Francisco, rides his horse-drawn wagon into town and picks up Abel from the bus station. The young man is returning from his service in the army during World War II. So drunk that he does not recognize his own grandfather, Abel slips off the bus and into his grandfather's wagon. Waking the next day a…
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The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger : Summary
The Catcher in the Rye begins when Holden Caulfield describes events that happened before Christmas. He was expelled from school, Holden spends his last Saturday on campus enduring a scolding from a teacher and interacting with fellow students. Holden clashes with his roommate, Stradlater, a senior, over Stradlater's treatment of Jane Gallagher, hi…
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MEG- 11: American Novel Syllabus
SYLLABUS OUTLINE (1) The Last of the Mohicans (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper (2) Sister Carrie (1900) by Theodore Dreiser (3) The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald (3) Light in August (1932) by William Faulkner (4) Black Spring (1936) by Henry Miller (5) The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger (6) The Floa…
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Peacock and Nightingale By Robert Finch Summary and analysis
Peacock and Nightingale - By Robert finch Look at the eyes look from my tail! What other eyes could look so well? A peacock asks a nightingale. And how my feathers twist the sun! Confess that no one, no, no one Has ever seen such colour spun. Who would not fall in ecstasy Before the gemmed enamelry Of ruby-topaz-sapphire me…
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