SEARCH RESULTS

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

His wife does not seem to be well and is anxious all the time about what is to become of them. Obstinately refusing to believe tha...

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

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

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

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 ...

her that he likes arguing for it makes the time go faster, but then he berates her for who she is and how she is attempting to mak...

clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...

and inwardly becomes free, realizing that what they have done is not wrong, but natural, and that she is truly, in her heart and s...

we are all but immediately taken to a place where the boy is completely betrayed by that adult world. In the beginning he is proud...

desperation or dismay of the narrator whereas Hemingways story leaves us to infer the desperation, but the ending is very similar....

and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...

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

my birthday and my parents are throwing a party for me. Its no surprise, but thats just as well. I cant ever remember having a p...

she is the sort of woman who would love to go to such an event, but could not possibly go to such without looking regal and wealth...

such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...

against Mrs. Hutchinson, and they only wanted to get through quickly so they could go home for lunch" (The Lottery: Shirley Jackso...

to pay her for her sexual favors. They are, however, friends it seems. He tells her, "Stephanie, its very simple. I have a lot of ...

hands of male heads of families and households. Women are disenfranchised" (Kosenko 27). It is the men who are essentially in cha...

She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

This essay presents an analysis of "Everyday Use, " a short story, by Alice Walker. Nine pages in length, seven sources are cited....

This essay offers analysis of Pamela C. Joern's short story "Running in Place." The writer focuses on Joern's skill in regards to ...

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Dry September." The writer offers analysis of the plot and argues that Faulkner use...

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...

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...

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

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...