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way his eyes move continually to the fact that he cannot stand to be touched: "Once, when he had been making a synopsis of a parag...

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at three short stories including "The Cranes", "Carnal Knowledge", and "The Necklace"....

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...

decision to commit suicide. Others, who dont understand why anyone should have to suffer intolerable pain when theyre going to die...

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

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

The focus of this five page paper is the storyline of two specific short stories in The Bird in the House. The writer compares an...

This paper explores various elements of the short story, including character and story development. This seven page paper has no ...

blue hotel against the "dazzling winter landscape of Nebraska," so that the comparison of the two makes Nebraska appear to be a "g...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

This paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, Babylon Revisited and addresses the themes of characterization and addiction. Th...

This paper addresses Gaines' story as the events that unfold develop the character of the protagonist, James. This seven page pap...

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

lament: "Of everything that is alive and has a mind, we women are the most wretched creatures. First of all, we have to buy a hus...

being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...

1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...

she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...

circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...

their native primitive cultures and European colonial modernization. Back in the 1940s, few Nigerians were accorded the opportuni...

see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

Secure in the knowledge that his origins are unknown, Max joins a white supremacist group and allies himself with their bigotry. S...

In 5 pages this paper discusses the thematic connection between the stories of Cass Mastern, Willie Stark, and Jack Burden in this...

In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...

Material objects and work as intrinsic and extrinsic values are discussed in a comparative analysis of these stories consisting of...

of course being to illustrate Christian mysteries of faith. In other words, through the everyday, mundane workings in her characte...

the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...

meant to be - mixing with society people and being decorated with fine jewelry. However, she ends up losing the necklace...