Essays 301 - 330
because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...
In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...
a stake in his hen-pen and like any cock, his hair was up about it" (Head 70). He returns home to reestablish his "claim" on his "...
When this story was first published "India was highly visible in the international arena for the cultural conflict among its relig...
the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...
A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...
rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...
33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...
circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...
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 ...
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...
see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...
the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...
word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...
In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...
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 how Hemingway's rather condescending attitudes and low opinion of women are reflected in his shor...
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...
quality, and that is indeed the way she first appears. However we will soon see that she has many qualities, which add to her str...
In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...
a story about Jimmy who runs the store near Two Bridges, or the one about Billy Frank and the dead-river pig, but Napiao assures t...
In six pages this paper compares this short story's major themes with the life of Kate Chopin. Nine sources are cited in the bibl...
did something after it was over. The fact that he did not help is an idea that plagues him and so one can go on to look at more me...