YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Short Story by Ford
Essays 1081 - 1110
are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...
the city contrasts with his depiction of the boys at play, trying gamely to be frolicsome and experience the joy of childhood agai...
other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create...
asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...
in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...
a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...
complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...
desperation or dismay of the narrator whereas Hemingways story leaves us to infer the desperation, but the ending is very similar....
a part of the childhood experience. But then, a girl referred to only as Mangans sister (obviously the sister of one of his frien...
and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...
thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...
significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...
This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...
the skill they once had, but rather their passion for that subject matter. For example, an opera singer such as Leoni may well hav...
in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...
reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...
This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...
controlling people, usually against their will and in such a way that escape is impossible without tragedy. We see this, for ...
hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...
telephone wire holding her to her duty like a leash. The next time she must telephone, or wait to be telephoned, nailed her to her...
has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...
nothing of pleasantry or peace. The windows seem as though they are "vacant," and "eye-like" and the narrator continues in this ...
educated, for most people are in the future, and they just live a life that is filled with criminal activity. It is the norm and t...
workings of identity, however, there are grand variances that separate one person from the next when it gets past a superficial le...
and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...
Many factual elements of Schmids horrendous crimes and his persona impregnate Oates short story. Schmid is described in the "Life...
Understandably, such an action might be interpreted as a willingness on her part but in reality this action, even though Arnold ne...
The obvious conclusion that many students come to when considering this encounter was that Connie in effect encouraged Arnolds pur...
his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...
to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...