Essays 1981 - 2010
first examines Forsters story and then examines particular thematic elements from the story that seem quite relevant today. These ...
could well relate to Salingers Holden who finds no hope in the people he meets, no sense of redemption in the adult society. If ...
In the examination of the house she realizes that "during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yel...
against Mrs. Hutchinson, and they only wanted to get through quickly so they could go home for lunch" (The Lottery: Shirley Jackso...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
said" (Walker). This very funny little snippet shows clearly what her mother thinks of Dee for making up what she thinks is an Af...
In one such commentary, "Managing political dissent," she offers up a look at Singapore from many perspectives. In this essay one ...
his mother. Prior to the war, Hemingway lets the reader know that Krebs was in tune with small town life. He attended a Methodist ...
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...
feature the vivid natural imagery that characterizes her sensuous and deeply passionate works of Romantic fiction. These storie...
of secretarial work could be done-as could most lower echelon jobs-more quickly and efficiently and cheaply by machines" (Vonnegut...
when one of the friends drops in on another unexpectedly, he is always made welcome and given a meal. The animals are always upset...
in Business Administration (MBA) is no longer as important in the business community as it once was. Higher education must change ...
Essentially, Mario kills the magician just like Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK. Most explicators of this story tend to see the theme...
the case of Cinderella it is not her real sister, but her step-sisters who try to control her and her life. They are superior in a...
that is, as more closely comply with white standards of beauty are regarded with more favor by both whites and blacks, such as the...
begins by describing the elaborate, beautiful and impractical nature of the Chinese Emperors palace, which is so delicate that you...
a coveted prize! However, the prize is anything but coveted. The Lottery begins in a simple community, a little town that ...
is a weapon from a man towards a young woman. This man, obviously a murderer of young women, uses his prowess to control women, to...
subtle and strong ways. It is something that connects the two, and means something to the two of them. It is a material object, an...
71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...
in pay and in intimate relationships, is a fundamental part of feminist thinking; it is equality in personal relationships that wi...
visit is an old school friend of the son and daughter. In the play there is a similar sense of expectation involving this man as T...
the others, feels compelled to protect this young bit of innocence and humanity at all costs. The symbolic way that the child co...
their native primitive cultures and European colonial modernization. Back in the 1940s, few Nigerians were accorded the opportuni...
At this point the student could bring in talking animals. For example, perhaps she began to get very hungry, for it was autumn and...
It was intended to be impenetrable and did indeed inflict long-term damage to people and relationships separating families and com...
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...
"Dont worry your pretty little head about it" and sending her to bed with milk and cookies. He treats her like a child. We also b...
all her fault. Early in their marriage she became pregnant, and he was extremely unhappy about the child. He wanted to become esta...