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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...

unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...

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

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

when they enter it. Fortunato has a bad cough and so, on their way to the wine cellar, Montressor keeps giving Fortunato more wine...

It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...

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

which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...

her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...

of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...

his studies had no definite object, either of public advantage or personal ambition; a gentleman, high bred and fastidiously delic...

the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...

Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...

can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...

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...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

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

prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...

no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...

becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...

Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...

Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put i...

nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...

death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...

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