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lends variety to a work that otherwise might become monotonous. But in short stories, only one point of view is generally used, a...

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

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

events because one parent or the other couldnt take them there. Most of all it would mean that there would be a constant tug of w...

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

She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...

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...

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

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...

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

ways that any change would be impossible for her. But when Mary Grace whispers her venomous insult, the message strikes home and R...

deathly lit environment gives the mention of rose a very sad and lonely tone. While people may, at first, immediately think the ...

short story A Good Man is Hard to Find is a horrific narrative of delusion, lies and mass murder. It is also anthologized constant...

in this sort of limbo (Carver). He seems to be dealing with it, but he knows how hard it is on the children, who are crying themse...

every night to a battlefield" (Cheever 73). Later in the story, at a party, Weed recognizes the maid serving canap?s, as a woman...

with human emotions, as the sea is described as being "nervously anxious." This conveys to the reader the way in which the men per...

of the story escalates the tension that is associated with this part of the narrative. There is considerable irony in the attitu...

In five pages these short stories are compared in terms of the community importance that exists in each of them. Four sources are...

This 3 page paper discusses the short story “A Fifty-Year Old Man” by Shusaku Endo and answers questions about it. Bibliography li...

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

the Old South and the New South which further complicates the matter. In the Old South, the South ruled and supported by slavery...

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...

Uncle Sam finally entered the First World War in 1917, Hemingway tried to enlist, but was constantly rejected because of his poor ...

The thematic representation of the American dream in two literary genres (1 poem and 2 short stories) is discussed in 9 pages. Th...

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

and wanted more than she had. The result was that she ended up with less than she had. If Mathilde had immediately told her frie...

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...