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Three Short Stories Set in the American South

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

Short Story Analysis of Tillie Olsen's 'I Stand Here Ironing'

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

3 Short Stories by Poe Analyzed

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

Literary Tools in Jack London's Short Stories

life is at stake as the narrator expresses the fact that a man will actually freeze to death if he cannot get a fire going. The ...

Short Stories of Margaret Atwood

she is known for. This particular compilation of stories was written prior to her incredible fame and would thus indicate that she...

Raymond Carver's Short Stories and Relationships

clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...

The Short Stories of Angela Carter

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

Comparative Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories 'The Cask of Amontillado' and 'The Black Cat'

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

Character Analysis of Nadine in the Short Story 'Water Child'

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

Freudian Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...

William Faulkner's Short Story 'Dry September'

beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...

'I Stand Here Ironing' Short Story by Tillie Olsen

BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...

Short Story on Everyday Decisions

not been fulfilled as she soon learned that many of the columns in the paper originated from a central syndication network and the...

Analyzing Short Stories 'A Rose for Emily,' 'Barn Burning' and 'The Bear' by William Faulkner

were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...

Short Story Analysis of Guy de Maupassant's 'The Necklace'

who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...

Short Stories of William Faulkner and Their Themes

In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...

Three Short Stories on Love

in Gilbs narrative is that Jake really doesnt know how to be anything other then deceptive and manipulative, the small-time con ar...

The Theme of Freedom in a Short Story Paper

life must endure social intolerance at one time or another; however, certain groups face prejudicial persecution on a regular basi...

Short Stories by Jack London and the Weather Protagonist

from Londons story which illustrates how the man is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But a...

The Short Story 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...

Three Short Stories by Anton Chekhov

In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...

Tony Hillerman's Short Story Collection The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs

Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...

Short Story Comparisons of 'Tickets, Please' by D.H. Lawrence and 'Regret' by Kate Chopin

of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it...

Joyce and Hughes/Loss in 2 Short Stories

OShay, the vice principal of the school, tells Nancy Lee that the scholarship was rescinded when the nominating committee learned ...

Updike and Delillo and the Short Story

Don DeLillo are both stories about observation, but they are completely different, and the difference is unsettling for people who...

Irony in Shirley Jackson’s Short Story, ‘The Lottery’

careful selection of names and how they reflect the personalities of the characters, and in the hypocritical nature of the charact...

Short Story Analysis: Three Literary Works

way his eyes move continually to the fact that he cannot stand to be touched: "Once, when he had been making a synopsis of a parag...

Reader Response to Kurt Vonnegut’s Short Story ‘Welcome to the Monkey House’

agendas with propaganda and information misrepresentation reportedly in the name of national security. In this story, the governm...

Loneliness in the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

letters and "The letters cover everything from the emptiness Hemingway felt upon completing a novel to their shared loneliness" (P...