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scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...

thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...

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

enough cotton over the next summer to buy her a new coat. However, it is also clear that his mother feels compelled to hold James ...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

until it breaks. This inner storm mirrors the outer storm which brings Calixta and Alcee together. "When he touched her breasts t...

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

this argument we see that the giant is the handicapped child. The entire town is frightened of him because he is a giant. He does ...

in 1980, Puerto Ricans organized a protest outside the theater in order to draw attention to the stereotypical images of Latinos ...

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

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

teacher was replaced. Part of the reason for this is because the story takes place during only 25 minutes of the childrens day. ...

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...

was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...

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

events because one parent or the other couldnt take them there. Most of all it would mean that there would be a constant tug of w...

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

background check, employees are given a great deal of access to computer files and this can be dangerous. The article also p...

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

happy: "Except that one day Haroun asked one question too many, and then all hell broke loose" (Rusdie, 1990, p. 8). The question ...

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...

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

operators, or the market is dominated by only a few operators, even if they are operating under subsidiary companies giving a domi...

the market. This sums up the strategy of a company which wishes to be a leader rather than a second mover in...

another persons mind and perception. We each live isolated lives with only language as a bridge to understanding the worldview and...

movie is how one family uprooted from the rat race to resettle in a slower paced community. Shortly thereafter it becomes clear t...

the story, the children would be summoned, and the narrators father would let them go, saying something to the effect of "to hell ...

universality of Islam, tending to believe it is a "grim and stern faith, given to forcible conversions, appalling treatment of wom...

his mother. Sheppard fails to see the depth of the boys grief, and Norton hangs himself in despair. His suicide is an attempt to b...