YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :American Stories and the Use of Location
Essays 451 - 480
keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...
complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...
this point, the determined Mrs. Mooney obtains a separation from her husband, gains control of her remaining inheritance, custody ...
You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. AT LENGTH I would be av...
he urges Jig to have an abortion. Despite the fact that the man repeatedly says that he does not want Jig to do anything that sh...
of nature and the unveiling of secrets; a theme which is well illustrated in The Use of Force. As Johnson (2004) notes, the narrat...
that neither knowledge nor life are two evils to be chosen between, but that they are both good. Why would God care to call either...
tale was reduced to feeding pigs in order to survive. Augustine writes, "Where then, wast thou and how far from me? Far, indeed, w...
sure I even really know you. If we cant compromise on a little thing like a wedding date how can we live our lives together?" Elis...
representative of the many generations of Church representatives that have pummeled the Ojibwe with its Christian doctrine. Endri...
It alternately makes headway toward that end then loses ground, and it lost much of its trade potential as a result of its economi...
end of the story, because the man whose son was killed appears to be handling it well. He notes that life is difficult, and that w...
are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...
and even employees were concerned. One mused, "They are just doing this to prevent Lowes from getting into the market ... I am wo...
word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...
Johnson muses about the past and, in so doing, tells the reader a great deal about both herself and her daughters. Mrs. Johnson ...
it has been going on for so long that nobody remembers why or how it started (Jackson). We also know that this village is not the ...
neighbor. Reg, Ruth and Annie are siblings and Annie looks after their invalid mother in the family home in which they are all sta...
is, the Victorian era, it becomes clear that Louise Mallard is a normal woman who loves her husband and will grieve for him, but w...
a more accepting attitude of debt also indicates that this is resulting in the use of credit cards and higher than ever before cre...
yet, continued Gabriel, his voice falling into a softer inflection, there are always in gathering such as this sadder thoughts tha...
opening to Jacksons Lottery, as Jackson carefully underscores the normality of the day and how what is to take place is viewed as ...
imagine a more severe disparity of power than the one that exists in present-day Iran since its revolution and the institution of ...
represent significant social power, as in the case of beauty, wealth and status, or they can symbolize aspects of society that peo...
and make them ourselves, or invest in order to make the units in-house at Deerfield Beach. Lets call these options "Outsourcing,"...
one part of the dying process involves anger. However, in this case, Ivan is seemingly too extreme for his behavior to be explaine...
(Chopin). This image clearly drives home the fact that the heart was a symbol, a symbol of her confinement and of her hope. The he...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
(Donohew, 1967). The gatekeeper may operate under a set of instructions and guidelines, or they may have to make these decisions ...
summarizing the work of both Postrel and OBrien. Aesthetics, according to Postrel, aid people in defining themselves by the "loo...