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Essays 181 - 210
my learning and my moving through the world. You may remember that I was the fifth daughter of nine children. My mother loved me...
has weakened him, we cannot be sure - certainly he could be the metaphor for the weakened and suffering male of the South. He is ...
hospital, in another town, with a crushed leg, She talks to her son, "almost as if she were thinking aloud to him, and he took it...
Thomas King's novel Truth and Bright Water and its thematic duality are discussed in five pages....
we see an older man who doesnt sleep well at night any more; his long walks and an old clip of Fred and Ginger dressed in their fi...
in his disguise as the Black Knight, praises Locksley/Robin Hood, as he says that a man who "does good, having the unlimited power...
we are talking of a coming of age story it is appropriate that this character serves as a foil for the young lady in question. The...
This 5 page paper examines some of the themes in Tolstoy's classic novel of love, betrayal, social ostracism and death....
In three pages this novel first published in 1937 is analyzed regarding the author's use of symbolism....
In four pages this paper examines how the theme of corruption is represented within the context of Fitzgerald's 1925 novel masterp...
This paper consists of five pages and examines this novel about the Civil War in terms of its subject matter and characterizations...
In four pages this paper examines how Truman Capote effectively combined the novel form with the real life murder of the Clutter f...
In four pages this novel is summarized and reviewed....
In five pages the twentieth century relevance of Heart of Darkness is considered in this historical perspective of Joseph Conrad's...
This 4 page paper describes Toni Morrison's use of imagery and metaphor in her novel Tar Baby....
give clues as to what is going on in the mind and the past of the person having it. She convincingly creates a context for dream s...
In five pages ethnic and racial bigotry as represented in this novel by John Sanford are discussed....
This 6 page paper discusses the concept of the separation between the Self and Other, as realized by Toni Morrison in her novel Su...
we meet the main characters, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, two boys with similar backgrounds who meet at a baseball game. Dan...
of Hucks and Huck and Tom are often compared and contrasted. While Huck is intelligent and introspective, Tom is adventurous and ...
"a perfect bell, with a perfect pitch" calling worshipers to mass (11). On arriving in Canada, Father Gstir simply changes the loc...
that they were of Japanese ancestry. Less well-known is the fact that Canada did exactly the same thing. Obasan is the tale of t...
weapons of mere humans" (BritMovie). They deem him a god and believe that he is "the incarnation of Alexander the Great, and Danie...
is the protagonist in the story for it is her story we are essentially watching, although we are watching it often through the liv...
over other sleeping drunks as he tottered to the bars of the cell (Baca 2001). He father tried to take his hand, but his mother "y...
is, its probably Elizabeth, a young mother of six who, more than most, seems to have one foot in the strict Kirshner sect and the ...
but throughout the novel in its structure and in the references Eco brings in. The reader thus becomes aware that the novel is wor...
movement, and the technical developments of the 1980s" (Neuromancer, William Gibson). The word "neuromancer" is a compound: "neuro...
Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...
In nine pages this paper examines the writing style featured in this novel in a consideration of characterization structure and de...