Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,7, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The United States is known worldwide for its serious crime problem. "Nobody knows exactly what the actual crime rate is in America but everybody knows it is too high."1 In fact, total crime rates in the USA are significantly higher than in other industrialized countries. By 1998, nearly six million people - almost 3% of the adult population - were under...

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3 (A), Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Institute for Anglistics/American Studies), language: English, abstract: Although Leslie Marmon Silko's complete works have received exemplary reviews, Ceremony seems to be the most talked about and recognized for its literary achievement. One reason for this large attention is the strange narrative form due to the combination of the Indian "storytelling," myth, poetry and a plot that takes place in a modern western1 environment. Another reason for the...