That is not to say that the book is not exciting, quite the contrary in fact. The action scenes are packed with the stuff of frontier romances, depicting life in a strange land inhabited by strange people and beautiful women. ... Its style has been copied for decades, and it may have very well established the "frontier romance" genre. ... Rather, he read widely in the best authorities on individual tribes; in particular, we know that he read of the Delawares in Heckewelder and of the Plains Indians in Biddle's account of the expedition of Lewis and Clark..." ... However, it is important ...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most fruit-bearing trees also bear fruit in the summer, this seems to be no coincidence that Frye would put romance in the summer because there is nothing more romantic than the fruits of love. ... For my own choices I have placed "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and "How High" as comedies, "Crazy/Beautiful" as a romance, "Blow" as a tragedy, "American Beauty" and "American History X" as ironies. ... They have been best friends since childhood in the movie and Bob is definitely the "mysterious hero" with his "bride", his best friend Jay. They go on an adventure to end a movie that is being ma...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Washington wrote many pieces that include Sleepy Hollow, a tale of romance and horror, and Rip Van Winkle, a story about a man and how he changes over time. ... Perhaps Crevecoeur felt that America took all of the best from each country as many of its inhabitants were from all over Europe as he says on page 301; "They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans and Swedes. ... (p450) These are the examples of driving points for society to pick up on as they read this tale because later on in the book Rip falls asleep for 20 years, wakes up missing the revolution and se...

• Word Count: 720
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. ... And so, during the "roaring" materialistic twenties when the book takes place, the American dream is on its death-bed, so to speak. ... For example, Tom Buchanan, easily the most materialistic and empty character in the entire book, reached his developmental "peak" while in college. ... Even Gatsby, the character we, the readers, are supposed to like the best, is materialistic. ... Although Gatsby is materialistic, he does it for the sole reason of love and romance, so he is considered "kinder" with his money, and it shows when he talks to Nick durin...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

(McNall 70) The fist book in the novel is titled "The Shimerdas". This book introduces the main character Jim Burden, and his love, Antonia. ... He just has to try and do the best with what he has. ... He finds his pain from suffering over romances that he should not even be involved in. ...

• Word Count: 1322
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

His best years in this stage were between 1840 and 1845 when he placed his stories in prestigious magazines like the American Review and Democratic Review. ... In both stories he talks about his school teaching times Also he worked in a newspaper called the New World, where one of his best friends Park Benjamin saw Whitman as an excellent candidate to write a novel, so exalted Whitman to write a novel. ... This poem recounts a romance with a woman. ... The book appeared on the fourth of July, as a kind of literary independence day. Nevertheless, the book had very poor sales. ...

• Word Count: 3041
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School