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death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...

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...

which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...

Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...

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...

this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...

However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...

prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...

great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...

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...

Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...

becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...

It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...

says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...

Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...

criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...

types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...