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American Dream Represented in Literature by Homes and Houses

are proud. The main character, however, although she wants to own the house someday, is embarrassed by the house because she feels...

Bessie Head and Mahasweta Devi's Patriarchy Perspectives

a stake in his hen-pen and like any cock, his hair was up about it" (Head 70). He returns home to reestablish his "claim" on his "...

John Cheever's 'The Swimmer' Short Story and Frank Perry's Film Adaptation

This paper consists of 5 pages and discusses the film's inability to transfer Cheever's internal monologue visually on the big scr...

Elements of Short Stories

Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...

'Emilie Plead Choose One Egg' by Paule Barton

In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...

Italo Calvino/"The Adventure of a Reader"

rather read about romance and adventure, read the work of Stendhal, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Tolstoy, Flaubert and Proust, rather than ...

A Short Story

may be in similar situations as I have myself been subjected to. "I should start by telling you my name. My name is Beatrice McK...

Short Story by John Cheever

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the short story called The Country Husband. This paper includes issues of trying to escape ...

Short Fiction Characterization

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

Critically Assessing Sammy in John Updike's Short Story 'A and P'

The protagonist's intelligence as perceived by the reader draws conclusions about Sammy's actions in this paper containing five pa...

John Steinbeck's Short Story 'The Chrysanthemums'

In five pages this paper examines the symbolism, theme, and imagery featured in John Steinbeck's short story 'The Chrysanthemums.'...

Grotesque in the Works of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner

In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...

Raymond Carver and Relationships

that what they hoped for at collage. However, the betrayal by Duane despite the beauty of Holly. Carver starts to indicted the way...

Two Views of Murder

because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...

'Loverboys' by Ana Castillo

our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...

'Trial by Combat' by Shirley Jackson

In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...

Marxist Perspective, Ibsen's The Doll's House

This essay indicates that Barry Witham and John Lutterbie's Marxist analysis of "The Doll's House" is accurate and provides insigh...

Administration of HOPWA Programs in Washington, D.C.

in the Washington, D.C. area may be broader than in other areas of the country. The HIV/AIDS Administration of the Washington, D....

John Updike/Sammy quitting in "A & P"

"Big Tall Goony-Goony," but is the third girl with whom he is instantly smitten. She is "Queenie" in Sammys mind and he associates...

Writers and Their Times: John Steinbeck and Susan Glaspell

Mr. Henderson; Sheriff Peters and his wife and Mr. Hale and his wife Martha. The five of them go to the Wright place the morning a...

Updike’s A&P

day to trip me up" (Updike). This is a line that also suggests he may be judgmental as well. But, in essence, he is very much symb...

Murder and Its Link to the A&P

In the OConnor story, a family comprised of a husband and wife, their two children and the husbands mother take a road trip. Altho...

Karl Barth's Christology

more certain that any consideration of Gods relationship to humanity must also consider the presence of God as manifested in the p...

Religion and John Updike

This essay focuses on three works of John Updike, which are his novel A Month of Sundays and his short stories "Wildlife" and "Far...

Poor Nations' Hosuing Improvement Construction Report and Analysis

In five pages a Third World nation two story home is discussed in terms of its attributes and how it can encourage housing standar...

Two Short Stories on the Family

Raymond Carver's A Small Good Thing and John Updike's Separating both deal with the family. This paper examines the two short stor...

Short Stories and Rounded Character Building

The ways in which rounded characters are constructed within short stories are considered in a six page examination of Guy de Maupa...

Tone of Sammy in 'A and P' by John Updike

sheep-like qualities of the old maids in the store and the unattainable status of the girls he so desires, Sammy is caught between...

Protagonist and Antagonist in 'A and P' by John Updike

In one page this paper examines the short story by John Updike in an identification of its protagonist and antagonist characters. ...

E.B. White, John Cheever, and Existentialism

In four pages this paper discusses how existentialist thought manifests itself in the short stories 'The Door' by E.B. White and '...