YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of John Barths Short Story Lost in the Fun House
Essays 181 - 210
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at three short stories including "The Cranes", "Carnal Knowledge", and "The Necklace"....
This research paper focuses on Betsy, a 79-year-old woman who has lost interest in normal activities and lost close to 20 pounds o...
This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...
decision to commit suicide. Others, who dont understand why anyone should have to suffer intolerable pain when theyre going to die...
the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...
who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...
era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...
In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...
rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...
Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...
Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...
The conflict between mother and daughter and the importance of the last paragraph of the short story are the focus of this paper t...
This paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, Babylon Revisited and addresses the themes of characterization and addiction. Th...
having their baby. His act was accomplished so quietly, no one knew it had happened despite the fact he was lying on the bunk abov...
This paper addresses Gaines' story as the events that unfold develop the character of the protagonist, James. This seven page pap...
blue hotel against the "dazzling winter landscape of Nebraska," so that the comparison of the two makes Nebraska appear to be a "g...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...
for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...
cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything ...
she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...
1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...
enough cotton over the next summer to buy her a new coat. However, it is also clear that his mother feels compelled to hold James ...
paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...
Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
similarity to the fascinating stories that are in both N. Scott Momadays House Made of Dawn and Anna Linzers Ghost Dancing as the ...
ops and idiotic advertising that passes for public discourse these days" (Klein, 2006). Throughout the work the author ill...
Adam is astounded by the plethora of life, beauty and vast expanse of nature to which he is bearing witness. While Raphael assert...
VI (2003). The money to emanate from the Hope budget goes to assisting the rebuilding of dilapidated housing projects and the auth...
that level, however, as job losses continue. Ten percent is a more reasonable estimate at present. The Consumer Price Inde...