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whom he ultimately has no sympathy for, indicating very strongly that the character of Nawab knows that people make their own choi...

view" refers to whos telling the story, and it can be crucial to a readers understanding. This paper compares the point of view in...

an adulterous tryst that ends up happily for everyone connected with it. It is beautiful, charming and - although it sounds strang...

story that provide real insight into human motivation in the space of a very few words. This paper analyses the story. Discussion ...

the last thing he says is "My boots are filling" and hes gone (Erdrich). Lyman jumps in and searches for him until the sun sets, b...

In the OConnor story, a family comprised of a husband and wife, their two children and the husbands mother take a road trip. Altho...

was not a matter of live or die. There was no real peril. Almost certainly the young man would have passed by. And it will alwa...

tries to tell the girl that her physical problems are minor and not noticeable-when the girl has her leg in a brace (Williams). Th...

notes the following: "He wondered why he did not feel some keen agony of fear cutting his sense like a knife. He wondered at this,...

of the idea of adopting a Native baby than is her husband, who "grimaces briefly then smiles" (Alexie). The question arises, why w...

what to plant and where, and so forth, comprehensively covering the major areas of a womans life. Thrown into this long rambling...

point of Hawthornes story, however, is the hypocrisy that riddles society-any society. Its no secret that the author was very fond...

it is encompasses self-sacrifice, pity and compassion for others, who are also suffering through lifes hardships. Essentially, thi...

it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on" (Gilman 11)....

when it overwhelms everything, even the narrator who is trying to avoid being caught. Perhaps the most hideous thing about the sto...

he is anything but a gentleman or stoic. Through this first person narrative the reader is really made to feel as though the nar...

In eight pages this paper analyzes Tolstoy's protagonist and considers how this short story explores the value and meaning of life...

In five pages social and cultural ethnic representations in a Johnson short story, Divakaruni and Clifton poetic themes are discus...

Necklace" is present the narrative within the context of the readers understanding of Mathilde Loisels character, who is described...

comprise Tim OBriens celebrated collection, The Things They Carried. OBrien was himself a "grunt" in Vietnam, and his view of the ...

restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...

is on its way, OConnor emphasizes that the grandmother is totally lacking in any sort of sympathetic or empathetic feeling. The ...

appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...

clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...

tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...

have to occupy the nursery with the horrid wallpaper" (161). As befits a woman who is practically a nonentity, the narrator in "...

sharpness of selfish satisfaction" (217). As this suggests, Dr. Jenkins feelings toward his hoard of art are not completely altrui...

In ten pages this novel is analyzed based upon its underlying themes, plot, and characterization. Eleven sources are cited in the...

In three pages a consideration of the short stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Imp of the Perverse,' and 'Ligeia' reve...

In six pages this paper examines how temptation is featured in the Hawthorne short stories 'Young Goodman Brown,' 'The Minister's ...