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some of the local women, but he does not follow through on this desires because - above all else - he wishes to avoid consequences...

standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...

own enlightenment. Joy/Hulga has actively chosen to be pessimistic about life and about people. She is bitter and angry, which ...

as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...

there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...

BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...

and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...

him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...

his own parent/child relationship. Not coincidentally, Frankenstein labors "for nine months... to complete his experiment" (Riche...

the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...

features suggest, Miss Moore, first of all, does not try to change her appearance to meet white standards, hence, her hair is "nap...

Been? Oates makes an ordinary tale extraordinary by juxtaposing two powerful legends: the modern rock hero (the story is dedicated...

Melville: "he was ... a gentleman adventurer in the barbarous outposts of human experience" (147). Melvilles Bartleby the Scriven...

When Pelayo discovers an old man sporting wings in a sandy marsh and summons his wife Elisenda to take a look to assure he is not ...

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

This paper analyzes Christian's short story collection, Rain on a Tin Roof. The author focuses on details of Christian's coming o...

very fast and uncontrolled manner - all signs of the narrators questionable mental state. The narrators obsession with th...

that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...

stopped, at least for Neddy Merrill. It seems that for those like Neddy, money must be had at all costs, but he had a problem too,...

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

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...

End of Something," "Cat in the Rain," and "The Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II)." First well describe the stories, than anal...

the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...

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

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...

are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...