YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of Fitzgeralds Short Story Babylon Revisited
Essays 241 - 270
Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...
can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...
like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...
by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...
nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...
Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put i...
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...
becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...
great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...
Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...
However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...
Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...
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...
ordinary and therefore the townspeople find it frightening. They have tried on several occasions to discover why the minister wear...
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...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
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 ...
prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...
It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...
when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...
he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...
It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...
Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...
types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...
her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...
In 8 pages this short story considers the element of surprise and presents a structural analysis of the author's employment of sty...
An analysis of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne consists of six pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....