Essays 91 - 120
marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
the cultural and curiositys sake. Not everyone opts for the traditional costume, opting more for the backpack and walking stick. ...
indicative of what the new emerging countries might become. Julio Cortazar does...
word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...
age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...
by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...
In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...
In six pages this paper examines how Hemingway's rather condescending attitudes and low opinion of women are reflected in his shor...
for her money, but resents her for the power it has given her and the lack of ambition he himself embraces. He feels he has paid ...
viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...
that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...
Each morning he waits for her to leave for school, then follows her, passing her at the point where their paths diverge, where the...
this right away. The author begins by writing: "At first, it appears that Paul is, perhaps, simply filled with the arrogance that ...
Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...
a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...
of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
friend have many things they are experiencing, one of the most important being the changes they are facing in junior high school w...
boy fell from the car platform, and two years prior to that, a youngster lost his life when he slipped while walking the tracks an...
home. That ended their affair and the couple saw each other only one more time, for "one sorrowful and bitter drink" (Ford, 2009)....
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
She has been given the opportunity, or so she thinks, to finally live a life that is solely hers. There is a powerful sense of fre...
mention this to any of the townspeople, as she does not want the past "brought up against" her (Lawrence 128). Frank agrees and hi...
unnamed narrator in this short story. First of all, Oates employs a postmodernist structure in order to convey this girls story,...
whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner I). In this one im...
her emotions to get the better of her. But, then again, if one looks back in history, at the time this story was written, that hea...
grows a bit fearful. "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully...she felt it, creeping out of the s...
A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...
conversation between the bartenders as they speak of how he had tried to commit suicide. The older bartender indicates that it mus...
decision to commit suicide. Others, who dont understand why anyone should have to suffer intolerable pain when theyre going to die...