YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of Ernest Gaines Short Story The Sky is Gray
Essays 271 - 300
types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...
criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...
anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...
of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" as something of a metaphor for what is generally referred to as the "war between the...
Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...
especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...
Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...
ordinary and therefore the townspeople find it frightening. They have tried on several occasions to discover why the minister wear...
doesnt let this bother her in the least (Hurston, 1999). Interestingly, despite Janies assertiveness and her obvious independen...
However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...
becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...
Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...
no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...
when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...
It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...
It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...
he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...
prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...
her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...
of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...
his studies had no definite object, either of public advantage or personal ambition; a gentleman, high bred and fastidiously delic...
she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...
Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
to them" (Rowe, 3). Intensely shy, he was nonetheless intensely sexual, and this was to present problems for him for the rest of h...
Mr. Mooney because of his atrocious act of violence. One must conclude that Mrs. Mooney was not only in fear for herself, but als...
In five pages this paper examines the motifs Edgar Allan Poe frequently used in this analysis of the short stories 'The Black Cat'...
Dave's perspectives on masculinity are examined in this analysis of 'The Man Who Was Almost a Man' short story by Richard Wright c...