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for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at three short stories including "The Cranes", "Carnal Knowledge", and "The Necklace"....

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

decision to commit suicide. Others, who dont understand why anyone should have to suffer intolerable pain when theyre going to die...

who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...

the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...

This paper analyzes Christian's short story collection, Rain on a Tin Roof. The author focuses on details of Christian's coming o...

way his eyes move continually to the fact that he cannot stand to be touched: "Once, when he had been making a synopsis of a parag...

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Sharon Olds' poem 'Sex Without Love' with Raymond Carver's short story 'What W...

lament: "Of everything that is alive and has a mind, we women are the most wretched creatures. First of all, we have to buy a hus...

Material objects and work as intrinsic and extrinsic values are discussed in a comparative analysis of these stories consisting of...

In 5 pages this paper discusses the thematic connection between the stories of Cass Mastern, Willie Stark, and Jack Burden in this...

Secure in the knowledge that his origins are unknown, Max joins a white supremacist group and allies himself with their bigotry. S...

In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...

This paper applies Samuel Johnson's contention that 'representations of general nature' should be featured in good stories in a co...

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...

1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...

she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...

circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...

their native primitive cultures and European colonial modernization. Back in the 1940s, few Nigerians were accorded the opportuni...

In five pages the importance of setting to these stories is discussed in this comparative analysis. Two sources are cited in the ...

in men. Her daughter had died in childhood and with her one son she had no articulate relations. On the night when she died she wa...

In seven pages this research paper presents a comparative analysis of these Hemingway novels in terms of plot, characterization, s...

This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...