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of nature and the unveiling of secrets; a theme which is well illustrated in The Use of Force. As Johnson (2004) notes, the narrat...

they are poor because they have no luck. Paul, being a small child, thinks that luck is a tangible object to be found, obtained or...

them on their journey to death are, more often than not, lacking in any sympathy or emotion, just as the characters in the end of ...

Aziz is a doctor who is living in India as the novel opens. His wife has died and he is raising his three children. Dr. Aziz makes...

is Miss Havisham. He believes that she is funding his education so that he can become educated and then wealthy and then be worthy...

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

with the ideas of the era have made her a prime target for heartache, as her suitor, not as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out ...

of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...

a graduated student of philosophy she has the knowledge and the wisdom to rise above the ridiculous and find truth. But, it is her...

to comment on his future and to give him advice. The viewer comes to understand that Ben is expected to follow in his fathers foot...

Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...

eros, or cupid, in that the dust from her makes a person fly. Pixie dust coupled with happy thoughts send one skyward...just as fi...

his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...

tend to our own affairs, doing what has to be done and then relaxing as reward or for regeneration enabling us to repeat the proce...

likely remain lost for the rest of his life. Analysis When we look at the very beginning of the story we can clearly see an an...

Especially when he speaks of Stoksie, in this example: "I forgot to say he thinks hes going to be manager some sunny day, maybe in...

that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...

story is accepting and understanding of the old mans emotional needs. He points out to the younger waiter that the caf? is "clean ...

how deceiving appearances can actually be, and also illustrates how despite the rapid change from old-world values to modern sensi...

of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...

a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldnt answer to my conscience if I did" (OConnor). II. HULGA & THE MISFIT: RELIGIOUS FAIT...

man who is old, perhaps given up on life, and essentially a man who spends his days watching television and checking the mail. Wit...

and is confused by his grandfathers sudden rejection of this template of behavior as "treachery." The grandfather says to live wit...

letting the weight move along to her toes as if she was testing the floor with every step, putting a little deliberate extra actio...

protagonist finds his fathers rejection of him to be too much to bear and continue living. Kafka begins "The Judgment" by pictu...

a garden. Without end or limit, without borders and fences, in noises and rustling, golden in the sun, pale green in the shade, a...

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

persona, observing early in the narrative, "He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, b...

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

a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...