Essays 1981 - 2010
and families. Turners Rebellion was squelched before he ever reached Jerusalem, and after six weeks of hiding from the authorities...
offered by A Wrinkle in Time is that the power of love can overcome just about any of lifes obstacles. When one confronts the dar...
In five pages Fernea's story is analyzed in terms of social constructs that are gender based and considers the Eastern cultural ex...
brother. This is where Baldwin sets up another beautiful metaphor: the ice. "A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept...
This research report examines this story and talks about the difficultly of separating in terms of emotional needs and expectation...
In eight pages the varied critical responses to Adams's fiction particularly as it portrayed class is discussed with reference mad...
In a paper consisting of three pages the theme of suffering is considered within the context of the short story written by James B...
In seven pages this short story is analyzed in terms of primary themes, plot, and characterization. There are no other sources li...
In five pages this paper examines life and humanity in a comparison of the short stories Paul Fussell's 'Thank God for the Atom Bo...
In one page the character of Sergeant featured in 'On the Road,' a short story by Langston Hughes, is analyzed. There is no bibli...
In six pages this paper examines women's power and how it is portrayed in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Are Watching God and Ric...
then her family and has been divorcing herself from them for quite sometime. When Dee arrives she is decked out in bright...
This 6 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon and argues that it can be seen as a modern day myth in which a ma...
In six pages the ways in which Walker employs fiction to express her concern about specific issues and love of humanity are consid...
too solemn: I half rose, and stretched my arm to draw the curtain. It...
The use of irony by Burgess in his novel is the focus of this paper consisting of five pages and includes the impact of dramatic a...
In five pages this paper discusses how in her novel debut, Jane Austen parodied the Gothic literary genre with a comparison with o...
These two stories are compared in terms of themes and characterizations in six pages. There is no bibliography included....
The theme of awakenings in Lawrence's story is considered in terms of Jack's emotions and Mabel's sexuality in a discussion consis...
In five pages this paper examines the importance of social mobility in this Alger tale that defined the story of the American conc...
In six pages the protagonists of these respective stories are compared and contrasted. There is no bibliography included....
In five pages this research paper analyzes Welty's popular short story with the emphasis upon family eccentricities and the post m...
son, but upon closer examination he realizes the woman is not as old as he first thought, and Sonny is her husband. In fact, the w...
In seven pages this short story by Washington Irving is critically analyzed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....
This paper discusses how American Romanticism is represented in 'Rip Van Winkle,' a short story by Washington Irving in three page...
In a paper consisting of four pages character conflicts as they exist in this short story are considered and through an examinatio...
In four pages the ways in which conflict functions in these short stories are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in ...
In four pages this paper analyzes the inner struggles of Lengel by adopting his perspective in an examination of John Updike's sho...
won, beating out a number of well-known short story writers. Poe needed money badly, and decided to embark on a side career as a s...
In five pages Poe's short story is subjected to a psychological analysis that contends Poe related the many deaths that surrounded...