A novel of love and destruction, Snow Falling on Cedars is satiated with underlying plots and morally exigent themes. {Guterson's novel interweaves realistic interpretations with romantic accents to fuse these subplots, together with a role-playing setting, into one watertight mystery romance.} ... Snow Falling On Cedars is crawling with decidedly vivid setting descriptions, sometimes with hidden meanings, which contribute to the intelligence of the novel. ... Subplot, as well as underlying qualms instilled by difference in cultural influence, plays an imperative role in the full un...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

In the novel "Bone", the author Fae Myenne Ng depicts the representation of assimilation of an ethnic minority through the main character Leila and her family. The novel speaks to the development of the notion that the transition from China to America brings upon estrangement that can bear pains and gains for Asian American families and through Leila's interactions with her family and the relationship she has with them, the reader is able to see the representation and assimilation of the Asian American Identity in the United States and the social and economic struggles that come...

• Word Count: 1094
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

In the novel "Changes in the Land", written by William Cronon, a collection of essays would be organized into a compilation of explanations and subjective reasoning to assist in a better understanding of how the two separate ways of living had such different effects on each other and the New England ecosystems. ... By reading and analyzing the novel, CHANGES of the LAND, written by William Cronon, we are able to gain greater insight and a better understanding as to why the two groups utilized the New England Ecosystems so differently. ...

• Word Count: 1323
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

Immigration: Mass Media Influences on the General American Population The mass media industry has influentially shaped American society's behavior on immigration into a strict systematic view that immigration is a necessary tool needed to strengthen the economy, stabilize cultural diversity, and exp...

• Word Count: 2954
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

In Becoming America, author Jon Butler persuasively argues that the late American colonial period of 1680-1770 was one of monumental change, the end result being an essentially "modern- culture. He defeats the notion that the period was one of economic and cultural dependence on the English, and he proves that a uniquely American culture was forged not from the fire of the Revolution, but instead from the dynamic changes that occurred during this often-overlooked period. Through detailed analyses of changes in demographics, the economy, politics, and religion, Butler explains the origins of Am...

• Word Count: 2312
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Graduate