Porter’s essay: “The End of Trail: The American West of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler” mentions the Old West and how violence and corrupted society become its culture. The “Golden West”, as he called the California during Gold Rush period, is a “disappointments of reality”. The “reality” Porter refers to is the time when environment is “plundered and pillaged” as the
INTRODUCTION AMERICAN LITERATURE American literature is the literature written or produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. During its early history America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present day United States. Therefore it is literary tradition of English literature. However, unique American characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition. The New England colonies
For my essay I chose to write about The Fog Warning by Winslow Homer. I chose this piece not only because of how much this piece is referenced in the education of art but also while I was looking around for a topic to write about I came across it and it was so captivating. The way everything is placed within allows the eyes to wander as though you discovered something new every time you look at it. This piece is world renowned for its ability of capturing some of the great themes of human and nature