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he is about to leave home, his oldest daughter asks her mother to do the can-can. His wife kicks up her heels and begins to dance....
other words it compels the reader to say, "What?!" or "Whoah. What happens next?" or "Wow, how did this happen?" Any combination ...
In three pages postmodern fiction is defined and then considered within the context of 'Experiment,' a short story by Julian Barne...
judgements about his surroundings came as naturally as breathing, yet he was raised with a cultural model that stressed that child...
yo like. Ill be home tonight." The screen door made a little snick as it swung closed, and she was alone. She pulled the gown back...
In six pages this short story is analyzed in terms of male bonding and how the relationship between the men changes throughout the...
machine, and cannot understand why his mother doesnt really seem to love him. Among the science fiction elements are the followi...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...
Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...
literature, for he is only telling his story. For example, he states such things as "I began thinking about my friend the other da...
as the fact that Dee has left home and created a new persona for herself, thus trying to deny who and what she is. She is no longe...
it is in a few words: "The sun was risen above the frost mists now, so keen and hard a glitter on the snow that instead of warmth ...
about, but as the tension rises, a perspective that is discussed in the section on tone within the story, the reader senses that t...
amount of money (Erdrich). Fleur won, and refused to play any longer; in retaliation, the men got drunk and raped her; that same n...
potential, or realistic, loss of children during the war. War has always taken children from the parents and this is simply a very...
which he attended from 1917-1921 (Merriman). In 1922, Blair went to Burma, apparently following his fathers inspiration, and join...
ship dropped anchor "at 3 a.m. July 5, 1975" and passengers began to disembark (Phien). The first thing that greeted them was a ho...
white masters raped their black female slaves and as such many of those females gave birth to interracial children who were slaves...
know the child is there, because each of them is taken to see it when they are quite young, perhaps 8-12 years of age. They cannot...
of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch...
an accident with a drunk man. It is the drunks fault that the cars collided but the drunk man is belligerent and begins to hit Dic...
house, the meals, and my life. Fiona never seemed to bother much with my brothers but she seemed to take a particular interest in...
isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...
we have no sense of frustration or unrequited longing in terms of his aspirations....
this situation held certain peril for these men. Second, the omniscient view has allowed Crane to describe, in a birds eye...
This paper examines how symbolism enhances Abner Snopes' characterization in William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning' in five...
In four pages this essay analyzes the short story by Ernest Hemingway with an emphasis upon symbolism includiing that represented ...
In five pages this paper presents an original short story romance which is followed by an explanation of the narrative form used....
In seven pages this essay considers transformation within a comparative context of these short stories....