SEARCH RESULTS

official. The letter has been stolen, and the police feel that they know who stole it -- a man who is referred to as "Minister D" ...

of the boys life are not filled in , the reader is left to surmise the basic facts from what he says. For example, the boy mention...

Lighthouse, there is a subtle form of cruelty that thrusts the female protagonist into society as the woman is expected to act lik...

about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...

actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...

real motivation or interest. Therefore, to have his body match the way that he has felt about himself for a long time does not gre...

learn the ways in which standard English developed -- that no language remains "fixed" but is rather a constantly evolving, adapti...

deed, he nevertheless is overcome by his guilt which seems to lead him to insanity. He begins the story however by not denying his...

to gel and to feel comfortable with each other, the use of team building exercises is often used, such as boot camps where teams h...

she goes about her work and the family talks around her. As one author notes, "None of the sons address the sister as they do each...

Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...

even on good speaking terms with him. This leads the rest of the townsfolk to determine that Brown is crazy making Hawthornes poin...

doesnt let this bother her in the least (Hurston, 1999). Interestingly, despite Janies assertiveness and her obvious independen...

story is that Chopin also begins to set up the ending. The reader sees the Aubigny estate, LAbri, through the eyes of Madame Valmo...

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

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

ordinary and therefore the townspeople find it frightening. They have tried on several occasions to discover why the minister wear...

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

I left it on the hall table for you. It had a map from Christine. Where is it? Ill check." "No. I thought you had it. There was n...

reveal the ages old cobblestones beneath. I am always amazed that the cobblestones, which are obviously older than the concrete ne...

symbolistic, human type greenhouse. That the girl is as rare a beauty as any of the doctors flowers, is evident when Giovanni, a s...

memory of past events. He explains that he will not be a narrator, "I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion t...

take on most of the responsibilities for child care and housework. The traditional female categories are still being claimed by wo...

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

an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...

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

Stone Face, Ernest, a small boy growing up in the village learns of a prophecy concerning one who will live among them and will be...

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

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...

grief-stricken protagonist/narrator who is mourning the loss of his beloved, Lenore, and has perhaps taken to drink much as Poe ha...