Essays 931 - 960
a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...
barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...
her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...
of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...
his studies had no definite object, either of public advantage or personal ambition; a gentleman, high bred and fastidiously delic...
Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...
can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...
she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...
which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...
nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...
Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put i...
death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...
Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...
great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...
no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...
becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...
out the new format of a coffee bar. He gains a site in the down town area and the first modern format Starbucks opens. The experim...
really did what he wanted to do. As one critic notes, he is "a disillusioned writer" (Arthur). But, in reality he is far more than...
hands of male heads of families and households. Women are disenfranchised" (Kosenko 27). It is the men who are essentially in cha...
to pay her for her sexual favors. They are, however, friends it seems. He tells her, "Stephanie, its very simple. I have a lot of ...
against Mrs. Hutchinson, and they only wanted to get through quickly so they could go home for lunch" (The Lottery: Shirley Jackso...
such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...
she is the sort of woman who would love to go to such an event, but could not possibly go to such without looking regal and wealth...
down, pistol in hand, and he had cried out in time to save himself, and his father had been horrified to think how nearly he had k...
he likes the fact that his wife is confused and thinking he is a homosexual. Frank takes advantage of her confusion and...
the change from their boring and traditional lives as parents and spouses. They are independent creatures in a society that does n...
we are all but immediately taken to a place where the boy is completely betrayed by that adult world. In the beginning he is proud...
clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...