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In to make a piece of literature significant enough to be actually reflected as a piece of American literature worth of being preserved and studied inside of an American literary canon , it should have at least two qualities : The spirit of freedom , and a catalyst or some hand in shaping what w :st 'on America is at present . Both of these qualities are clearly elucidated by Tomas Paine in his work , Common Sense . A discussion of what should be

a canon of American literature has been revealed in this

American literature is defined as the work of literature created in the area of the w :st "on United States and Colonial America , while a literary canon is considered as a body of legendary works or art that is prominent and influential in shaping a culture . The works of Paine conveys vast amounts of the quality of the spirit of freedom , especially in his work `Common Sense . Paine 's works in `Common Sense ' vividly explains the rights of man to be free from tyranny and oppression . This perception of freedom set w :st "on "America apart from the rest of the world at the time it was written . Even though many people in the world who desire freedom from oppression , it took authors like Thomas Paine to make the world take in that America was a land of unconquerable freedom beginning with w :st "on "America 's declaration of such to...