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

in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...

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

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...

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...

Like White Elephants" we have a man and a woman, although the characters are an American Man and a Girl, wherein the man is seemi...

her training in society was different, for her focus was on religion and the proper way things should be done. While the mother in...

(Chopin). This image clearly drives home the fact that the heart was a symbol, a symbol of her confinement and of her hope. The he...

he recognizes this. They are a challenge and women have always been drawn to him. But, with this one woman he begins to become far...

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

a part of the childhood experience. But then, a girl referred to only as Mangans sister (obviously the sister of one of his frien...

to be always luck for me; because as soon as that rise begins here comes cordwood floating down, and pieces of log rafts--sometime...

But Ichabod has a problem, in the form of "Brom Bones," the nickname the locals have given to Abraham ("Brom" Van Brunt, a strong ...

this point, the determined Mrs. Mooney obtains a separation from her husband, gains control of her remaining inheritance, custody ...

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...

and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...

other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create...

workings of identity, however, there are grand variances that separate one person from the next when it gets past a superficial le...

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...

the city contrasts with his depiction of the boys at play, trying gamely to be frolicsome and experience the joy of childhood agai...

where she needs to go. Klara is taught from an early age that art is a very powerful thing. Her grandfather, a master carver, t...

to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...

at the same time he is not successful, such as the relationship with his grandfather and a wife. In terms of three specific events...