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In five pages Walker's short story is analyzed in a focus on quilt symbolism but with a thematic and story synopsis also included....

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...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...

The conflict between mother and daughter and the importance of the last paragraph of the short story are the focus of this paper t...

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...

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

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

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

cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything ...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

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

Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...

Some of the most obvious similarities between A Lesson Before Dying and The Sky is Gray reflect the core thematic elements of both...

the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...

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

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

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

society and no one wants to talk about it, much less have it in the backyard. The solution here is to offer the clinic as a direct...