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Canaries and Snow Country

have suddenly grown weak" which symbolizes also the weakness in the man as well through the death of his wife and the memory of hi...

Mark Twain’s The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

A 4 page aper which discusses Mark Twain’s short story The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Bibliography lists 4 source...

Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin

is addicted, pointing out that it was simply part of his wild nature, thus letting the reader see how the brother is being affecte...

Father/Son Relationship in Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”

judge asks if he can produce the black man, Harris said no, he was a stranger; then he says "Get that boy up here. He knows" (Faul...

Jackson: “The Lottery” - Point of View

it has been going on for so long that nobody remembers why or how it started (Jackson). We also know that this village is not the ...

Religious Symbolism in Hurston’s “Sweat”

cultures," and is always a figure of evil (Champion). Delia is busy working, when she is frightened out of her wits: "Just then so...

Small Fires by Helene Littmann

enough to truly consider them a hero. For example, Miranda is one who is strong and determined. She wants to change the world and ...

If Shakespeare Wrote Science Fiction, Ariel Would Use a Transporter

machine, and cannot understand why his mother doesnt really seem to love him. Among the science fiction elements are the followi...

Leo Tolstoy’s Alyosha the Pot

is always used and told what to do with no credit to his character. No one shows him kindness and yet Alyosha is still a good natu...

Edgar Allan Poe's Writing Style

In five pages this paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe's writing style in this analysis of his 'The Tell Tale Heart' short story. The...

Mason’s Shiloh

Norma Jeans development toward individuation throughout the story by relating her relationship to her mother, Mabel, who is omnipr...

Effects of PTSD on Louise Erdrich’s ‘The Red Convertible,’ Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Soldier’s Home,’ and Tim O’Brien’s ‘How to Tell a True War Story’

are particularly harrowing in soldiers that were at some point POWs (Dikel et al 69). Furthermore, the age of the traumatized per...

James Joyce's 'Eveline'

new life are fearful of such change, choosing to live the life they are accustomed to instead. Eveline is a woman who has dreams a...

Human Nature and Conflict in 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...

Themes in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,' 'Revelation,' and 'Greenleaf' by Flannery O'Connor

In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...

William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Gender Controls

In five pages this paper examines how gender conditions controlled the protagonist Emily in Faulkner's short story with reference ...

Literary Works and Socioeconomics

Sonnys Blues, Sonny is the protagonist who is a recovering drug addict. He tries to begin a new life with the help of his brother,...

'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' by Ambrose Bierce

formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him" (An Occurrence...). The third person point of view is d...

Music and Brotherly Love in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...

Feminist Approach to 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

OConnors most controversial and problematic short stories (Clark 66). There are really only two characters in this story-the grand...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Sharon Olds and Short Fiction of Raymond Carver

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Sharon Olds' poem 'Sex Without Love' with Raymond Carver's short story 'What W...

Preferring Individuality, Not Conformity, and its Consequences in 'A and P' by John Updike

of such an objective that one becomes labeled as selfish and intolerant of commonly accepted methods. This negative connotation o...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Minister's Black Veil' and Symbolism

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this essay considers the narrative action and the main theme's implications within the context of the short story. ...

Social Attitudes and Gender Communication in 'he Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck

This paper discusses how women are socially perceived and how gender conflict due to miscommunication and misunderstanding are exp...

A Synthesis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories' The Birth-Mark', 'Lady Eleanore's Mantle,' 'The Minister's Black Veil,' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

him and them" (Barna 324). The true source of the authors inner torment was never revealed, but there was little doubt that "evil...

Cathedral by Raymond Carver and the Blind Man Robert

In five pages this short story by Raymond Carver is examined in an analysis of the blind character Robert and what he symbolizes. ...

Literary Functioning of Symbolism and Setting

In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

Character Analysis of Siblings in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

In five pages this research paper presents a character analysis of the brothers featured in this short story by James Baldwin. Fi...

'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

Poe and his short story are considered in a paper consisting of five pages. There is one other source cited in the bibliography....