YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of Ernest Gaines Short Story The Sky is Gray
Essays 301 - 330
was much different.) There are other aspects to the mum that remind us of Kin. First, a flower of any kind is beautiful, but pra...
takes on the persona of Samantha, and Samantha eagerly takes on the persona of Amanda because they seem to be the same. There ar...
he likes the fact that his wife is confused and thinking he is a homosexual. Frank takes advantage of her confusion and...
such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...
against Mrs. Hutchinson, and they only wanted to get through quickly so they could go home for lunch" (The Lottery: Shirley Jackso...
she is the sort of woman who would love to go to such an event, but could not possibly go to such without looking regal and wealth...
down, pistol in hand, and he had cried out in time to save himself, and his father had been horrified to think how nearly he had k...
hands of male heads of families and households. Women are disenfranchised" (Kosenko 27). It is the men who are essentially in cha...
to pay her for her sexual favors. They are, however, friends it seems. He tells her, "Stephanie, its very simple. I have a lot of ...
age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...
and we do see a wonderful complexity that is both subtle and descriptive. We see this in the opening sentence, which is seems to b...
that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...
he would not be getting any scholarships for furthering his education, he "joined the Indian Imperial Police Burma" (George Orwell...
right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...
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 ...
nothing of pleasantry or peace. The windows seem as though they are "vacant," and "eye-like" and the narrator continues in this ...
in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...
his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...
and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...
him that she wants to stop talking about it, indicating she feels completely powerless and is just going to do it and get it over ...
my birthday and my parents are throwing a party for me. Its no surprise, but thats just as well. I cant ever remember having a p...
just like you say. Only when you dont have no dinner, it aint" (Steinbeck). He never says he would love some food or a meal or any...
we are all but immediately taken to a place where the boy is completely betrayed by that adult world. In the beginning he is proud...
clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...
and inwardly becomes free, realizing that what they have done is not wrong, but natural, and that she is truly, in her heart and s...
by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...
in order to understand the emergence and potency of nationalism we must rely on social communication. That reliance is particular...