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Chopin and O’Connor

gently as possible the news of her husbands death" (Chopin). In these two simple descriptions it is very evident that the women ar...

Crime in the Newspapers: An Anomie-Oriented View

the crime being committed. First of all, the report indicates that the suspect was in his late 20s, had a beard, and wore a sloppi...

The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer

was no rule of law in the country (Kidder, 2003). This is an example Farmers character. He would fight for the rights of the poor ...

The Ghost Map

Johnson described the people who lived within the city as a group of somewhat organized scavengers. "The scavengers...lived in a ...

Canterbury Tales and The Song of Roland

should control the entire known world and so the theme of religion, and the power of religious men, was not questioned in The Song...

Realism in O’Brien’s Works

in Vietnam. As the war fades further into the past, its important that authors like OBrien continue to remind Americans of the dif...

Race in the Movie The Blind Side

Michaels fate finally changes for the better. The wealthy family of a white boy that has befriended him driving down the road and...

Women’s Writing and Male Domination

both the other woman and herself. She tells her shocked husband, who faints when he sees her creeping around the wall, that she ha...

What We Talk about When We Talk about Love (Reaction)

to me were just beginners at love" (Carver qtd. in Downes 49). It does beg a question about love. What is love? Is true love real?...

The Importance of Title in Van Der Zee's "A Secret Sorrow"

marriage can never be because of the information she kept from Kai. Kai arrives, however, and impresses upon her that she must tel...

Ralph Ellison’s Bingo Game

Invisible Man, a searing portrait of the way in which society ignores the African-Americans in its midst-making them "invisible." ...

The Yellow Wallpaper and Its Impact on the Narrator

and for good reason: it is a brilliant account of a womans descent into madness. Because it is handled so realistically, it is utt...

The Symbolic Function of Marriage in Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"

literary works of early America, is awash with allegory and symbolic meaning. Ostensibly, the story tells the tale of a somewhat l...

Wangero’s Betrayal

shows the dilemma of those who seek to build a new life for themselves, at the cost of betraying their heritage. This paper discus...

Charles Baxter - The Disappeared

is a classic "quest" tale; the description of a mans journey through a strange new world, in this case, Detroit, Michigan. This pa...

Franz Kafka and His Father

from a variety of illnesses, most particularly, tuberculosis. He was born in Prague, Czechia. He was fortunate in that he did not ...

Reality and Old Harjo

story of Old Harjo because clearly there are at least two different realities dealt with in the tale, and both are persuasive. Ho...

Gilgamesh and Odyssey

Introduction The ancient stories of Gilgamesh and Ulysses in Homers Odyssey are classic tales that allow the reader to glimpse wh...

Thinking Makes It So

by the church, works for them. She relents and tells him to remain just as he is, but that he still cannot join her church. The st...

THE LANGUAGE OF IMMIGRANTS

Discusses cultural and sociological aspects concerning different languages through stories written by Amy Tan, Gloria Anzaldua and...

Clarissa Pinkola Estes' Women Who Run with the Wolves

the castle hallway and charged into her room...There they routed Bluebeard out onto the parapet. There and then, with swords, they...

Shelley's Frankenstein, Adam Imagery

This essay pertains to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's nineteenth century gothic novel Frankenstein and the allusions that Shelley m...

William Wilberforce and the Definition of Statesmanship

This paper concludes that the life story of Wilberforce might prompt one to examine personal motivation and the need for objectivi...

"The Wizard of Oz" Group Development

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at group development in "The Wizard of Oz". Four stages of development (forming, stormin...

Analysis of "Martha of California"

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "Martha of California". The paper explores various details of the story. Paper uses...

Nick Carraway's Perspective on Gatsby

This essay asserts that Nick Carraway's narration presents Jay Gatsby's story in terms of Freudian psychology and as paralleling ...

Charles Ramsey and the Celebrity Phenomenon

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Charles Ramsey. The piece takes the form of a literary journalistic story. Paper us...

Transamerica, a Film Review

This film review pertains to Transamerica (2005, directed by Duncan Tucker), which is the story of Sabrina "Bree" Osborne, a trans...

"The Life of Pi" and Meaningful Narratives

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "Life of Pi". The value of narrative and story in providing comfort from the horror...

Updike's A&P and the Conflict of Values

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Updike's A&P. Moral values inherent in the story are explicated. Paper uses one sou...