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Borges: "The Garden of the Forking Paths"

Tsun says no one can know his "innumerable contrition and weariness" (Borges). What does Borges mean when he claims the world is ...

Title: And Then There Were None by Russell

follow orders or continue on the ship in the way of their previous existence. Because the story leads up to this, and...

Fisher’s Narrative Paradigm

The story then details the amount of cash assets that Hillary and former president Bill Clinton hold in joint accounts, which incl...

Dower's Embracing Defeat

noted that the emperor had announced defeat, which meant surrender (Dower, 2001). Yet, the woman who Dower notes on the first pag...

The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales Parallels

In five pages this paper examines the parallels in these collections of stories especially as they relate to the charcoal of Friar...

Comparison of A Jury of Her Peers and A Respectable Woman

In five pages these Susan Glaspell and Kate Chopin short stories are contrasted and compared in terms of common threads of social ...

Dualities and Opposites of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown'

The opposites and dualities that appear in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne are analyzed in 5 pages with Puritan ethics and...

'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor and Symbolism

OConnor utilizes the central theme of Christianity is as a subtle, symbolic plot to convert her readers, whom she had envisioned a...

'Sorrow Acre' by Isak Dinesen and Parallels Between Christianity and Judaism

In five pages this paper examines the religious parallels that exist within this short story by Isak Dinesen. Four sources are ci...

Book Review of Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt

In five pages this book review considers the Ogala Sioux holy man's story and the lessons readers can learn from it. One source i...

Gothic Author Mary Shelley

In seven pages this paper considers the Gothic characteristics of Mary Shelley's writings in an analysis of short stories 'Transfo...

Relationships Among Spouses in 'The Girls in Their Summer Dresses' by Irwin Shaw and 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages these short stories are analyzed in a contrasting and comparison of spousal relationships. There are no other sourc...

Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything that Rises Must Converge'

In eight pages this paper examines the mother and son relationship that is featured in the short story by Flannery O'Connor. Seve...

Book of Job, Righteousness, and Suffering

In seven pages this paper discusses righteousness and suffering within the context of Job's biblical story. Two sources are liste...

William Faulkner, Stephen Crane, and Family Values

In 5 pages the young protagonists in Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' short story and Crane's Maggie A Girl on the Streets novel are con...

Kate Chopin Tackling Taboo and Controversial Subjects in 'The Story of an Hour, 'A Respectable Woman,' and 'Desiree's Baby'

This paper examines how women's sexuality, divorce, and miscegenation are addressed by Kate Chopin in this trio of short stories i...

Genesis and Hesiod on Creation

sun and moon; animals, birds and fish; and finally, people. This took six days, and on the seventh day God rested from all this wo...

'The Lightning Rod Man' by Herman Melville

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of contrasting points of view between the salesman of lightning rods and a pro...

'The Plague' by Albert Camus

An overview and assessment of Camus' story are provided in five pages as conflicting effects and advantages from this plague are e...

Symbolism and Setting in 'Revelation' by Flannery O'Connor

In seven pages this paper analyzes this short story in terms of meaning and characterization but focuses primarily upon the 2 sett...

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and Women

In 5 pages this paper examines Medieval storyteller prejudices about women as reflected in their portrayal in these stories. Ther...

Symbolic Tale of The Milagro Beanfield War

In six pages this paper considers the story of The Milagro Beanfield War and its moving symbolism. There are 2 sources cited in t...

What it Takes to Change

5 pages and 2 sources. This paper provides an overview of what it might take to change the future and improve a life. Though man...

Guinevere's Role in Arthurian Legend

This discussion examines the manner in which the legend developments the character and role of Guinevere and how it changed over t...

Sula and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

This 10 page paper analyzes the Toni Morrison story Sula and then discusses it with reference to her novel The Bluest Eye. There a...

Synopsis of 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

In seven pages this report presents a synopsis of the famous short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in 1948. The...

The Iron Heel by Jack London

In four pages this paper discusses the 'manuscript' of Avis Everhard the narrator uncovered with 2 labor revolution interpretation...

Comparative Analysis of Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad and The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

In three pages the protagonists and their stories featured in these two novels are contrasted and compared. There are no other so...

James Joyce's Writings and the Concept of Paralysis

he illustrated and the language he used in presenting the reader with images that denoted paralysis. And, considering that we are ...

Realism in Martin Scorsese's Film Raging Bull

In five pages cinematic realism is compared and contrasted with film noir and surrealism with the focus being how in the film Ragi...