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'The Bridegroom' by Ha Jin

concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Its Literary Deconstruction

son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...

Narrator's Voice in 'In Broad Daylight' by Ha Jin and 'Good Climate, Friendly Inhabitants' by Nadine Gordimer

readily admits that: "On the whole theyre not a bad lot of natives; though you get a cheeky bastard now and then" (21). She is als...

The Text and Film Versions of 'A Rose for Emily'

the characters talk and interact creates a very different setting for the story. It also limits how we envision the story that unf...

Louise Erdrich's 'The Red Convertible' and Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...

'You Touched Me' and 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' by D.H. Lawrence

lost. This brings us to one of the differences in the story, yet it also involves a similarity. With Mabel we have a woman who ...

'Eveline' by James Joyce and Religion

In the examination of the house she realizes that "during all those years she had never found out the name of the priest whose yel...

Fashion and Status in 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

abilities, illustrating how and why she wears the clothing she does: "I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for wa...

Robert Browning, Edgar Allan Poe, and Their Narrators' Unreliability

says, knows he is telling the truth about the murder, but because he is trying to justify it so strongly, and madly, we know he is...

'The Business Man' by Edgar Allan Poe

that he despises genius, "the greater the genius the greater the ass" (Poe). At this point, Proffit sounds like a particularly pom...

Donald Barthelme's 'The Balloon' and Irony

keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...

'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe, 'Shooting the Elephant' by George Orwell and the Human Heart

to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...

An Analysis of Henry James' Story, The Real Thing

thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...

Short Stories by Shirley Jackson 'After You, My Dear Alphonse' and 'The Lottery'

domestic tendencies in their society. In "The Lottery" there are many characters and in "After You, My Dear Alphonse" there are ...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and the Subplot of Krogstad and Christine

particularly like the characters of Christine and Krogstad, especially since Krogstad is essentially blackmailing Nora, we see tha...

Isabelle Allende's The House of the Spirits and the Character of Clara

relatively quiet, yet ominous woman. We note that she is clearly a very "mysterious person, which attracts Esteban to her and w...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens and the Supernatural

In five pages this paper examines how supernatural and ghosts were perceived by society during the 19th century in an analysis of ...

Gilgamesh, Enuma Elish, and Genesis

of creation are vastly different" (Anonymous Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish" enumaeli.htm). "The six days of creation i...

'Rubbergate' House Banking Scandal Statistically Analyzed

and the personal integrity of the politicians. If we look at the data that was collected there were 146 sets of data...

UK's Housing Market

In five pages this economic analysis of the United Kingdom housing market includes European comparisons and issues including suppl...

Euripides' Medea and Ibsen's Nora

society has determined what their roles are and how long they are to enact them. Enter Nora and Medea, who both prove to have min...

Trends in Public Housing in Virginia

educational improvement. Previously a respected public school, it now serves only those of the district who cannot afford a priva...

Strategic Plan for Champion Enterprises, Inc.

be placed on a permanent foundation or even over a traditional basement. Customers can choose from ranch, Cape Cod, two-story, ga...

IBM Analysis

those markets as breaching the trading constraints may result in action sanctions by the US government. Global politics is ...

Comparative Analysis of Richard Wright's 'Morning Star' and George Schuyler's 'Black No More'

Secure in the knowledge that his origins are unknown, Max joins a white supremacist group and allies himself with their bigotry. S...

Analysis of Symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'Masque of the Red Death,' and 'The Tell Tale Heart'

significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...

Waterland and To the Lighthouse: A Look at Gender Conflict

being overly emotional, but even though she believes in reason is it not a guiding principle in her life. In this way, it is evid...

Overview of Short Term Memory Loss Research

appropriate, but notes that there are no pharmaceutical treatments available specifically for short term memory loss. The c...

Sad Stories of Love: Tristan and His Parents

one last time. As this indicates, the love of Tristans parents is similar in intensity to that of Tristan and Isolde. As with the ...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and Bird Imagery

this man, had sufficed to make her believe that she at last felt that wondrous passion which, till then, like a great bird with ro...