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is actually an "angel of light," as he serves as the "unwilling instrument of grace," by stealing Joy/Hulgas leg and leaving her s...

the physical setting and the Vasilievichs thoughts and emotions with exquisite clarity, though he doesnt tell us what Varinka is t...

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

she should behave. She goes to a home where she is treated very well and ultimately has a puppy of her own and this makes her life...

she was saying many bad things about America and Americans. There were many others who were simply confused by the story and appar...

does he reach in and grab the insect and hand it to her. She is delighted and states it is not a grasshopper but a bell cricket, o...

car deliberately so that Henry would work on it, and thus be restored to his old self. This doesnt seem to match up with the idea ...

his mother. Sheppard fails to see the depth of the boys grief, and Norton hangs himself in despair. His suicide is an attempt to b...

and indeed she is the most likeable person in the story, because she is the one who solves the mystery and suggests its resolution...

to do with self-preservation. We know that the house stands next to their playground, and that it is the only structure left stan...

has ultimately nothing to do with emotions. Although Mel is obviously a learned man, and a doctor and perhaps arrogant to some ext...

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...

In her story Let them call it jazz, Rhys "assumes the personality of Selina, a black West Indian in London, whose struggles parall...

a coveted prize! However, the prize is anything but coveted. The Lottery begins in a simple community, a little town that ...

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...

decided to travel back in time and mercifully ease Newtons burdens with a state-of-the art nuclear powered calculator that will ef...

pleasure he has enjoyed is a violation of his rights" (Walker). As a man he is ignorantly assuming that he has the right to have s...

a man they dislike, saw it and pulled it so that they would not be exposed with the rest (Twain, 2006). The entire town is convuls...

expression. He had no desire to become an actor, any more than he had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of thes...

yet, continued Gabriel, his voice falling into a softer inflection, there are always in gathering such as this sadder thoughts tha...

he likes the fact that his wife is confused and thinking he is a homosexual. Frank takes advantage of her confusion and...

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...

after all, they are completely covered, even if they are pushing the limits The second ironical situation is Sammys resignation. ...

as "a fantastic figure: he is Death, he is the elf-Knight of the ballads, he is the imagination, he is a Dream" (Easterly 543). As...

abilities, illustrating how and why she wears the clothing she does: "I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for wa...

a chicken farm. Of his life there and the annoying chickens he writes:" It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny...

her we see this as representative of the Devil, but the Devil will, as Delia suggested, is going to make sure Sykes got what was c...

her that he likes arguing for it makes the time go faster, but then he berates her for who she is and how she is attempting to mak...

which is considered to be one of his best (Jack London). The 1902 juvenile version As London intended this version of the story f...