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Lorraine Hansberry's "Raisin In The Sun" / American Dream in Black America
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An 8 page paper on Hansberry's "Raisin In The Sun" in which the writer analyzes the book as one example of an African-American family's struggle to break out of the poverty that is preventing them from achieving any degree of financial stability, or the unreachable "American Dream." Quotes from the book are used to support thesis concerning this societal struggle and its different implications for various characters.
Filename: Raisin.wps

Lorrie Moore/Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
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A 5 page book review on Lorrie Moore's novel Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? The writer summarizes and discussing how this book describes one woman's midlife crisis. Berie Cart, Moore's protagonist, relieves her adolescence in memory as she sorts out the details of her life and emerges a stronger person. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khfrogho.rtf

Lorrie Moore: "How to Become a Writer"
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This 4 page paper discusses Lorrie Moore's short story "How to Become a Writer" and gives a brief biography of the writer. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVLMoore.rtf

Los Angeles as a Setting for Authors
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This 5 page paper looks at Los Angeles as a setting for The Day of the Locust but also touches on another work called Mildred Pierce. How L.A. is portrayed in literal geographic terms as well as its cultural geography are explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA327LA.rtf

Losing Contact to Find Serenity - The Transcendentalist Ideas of Henry David Thoreau
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A 10 page paper that supports the transcendentalist idea presented by Henry David Thoreau that one must first lose contact with the materialistic world in order to find inner peace and serenity. Discussed are the views presented in Economy and Where I Lived and What I Lived For from Thoreau's Walden as well as a comparison between these works and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Old Manse. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: LCTrans.doc

Loss of Innocence in Bowen's "Death of the Heart"
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A five page paper looking at the lessons the protagonist Portia's two lovers and her half-brother teach her about love and rejection in Elizabeth Bowen's novel. The paper concludes that sad as it is, innocence must be lost and disillusionment inevitably replaces it. No additional sources.
Filename: KBbowen.wps

Lost Children; Philadelphia Fire and The Tempest
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This 5 page paper considers the theme of lost children in Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman and Shakespeare's The Tempest. The writer examines the portrayal of the lost children and how they are interpreted as well as how the setting and the texts add to the impression of lost children. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEtempph.wps

Louis L'Amour
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In 5 pages the writer discusses famous western writer Louis L'Amour. His life and his work are compared and a few quotes are taken from his writing. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Lamour.rtf

Louis L'Amour's "Tucker"
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses figurative language, imagery, dialogue, characterization and interpretation as they relate to the human conflict in Louis L'Amour's "Tucker." Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCtuckr.wps

Louis L’Amour’s “Hondo”
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A 9 page overview of this work of literature. The author emphasizes the relationship between violence and the construct of masculinity which exist in the tale. The contention is presented that in Hondo’s world there is no room for compromise, only a pressing need to meet one’s own objectives regardless of the measures those objectives necessitate. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPhondo2.rtf