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ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

said that it eventually becomes the story of the city versus the country. On their first night to make camp, Ed Gentry and Bobby g...

in the reigning powers influence over art. In addition, art was commonly used to glorify those in control at the time, a reality n...

inner soul of a woman to be appreciated for the ways in which she makes the lives of her family easier and more pleasant. A native...

definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...

fresh-faced innocent youths of before, but they are beginning to see life as a struggle. John Cole learned the first of these les...

life that one would want to aspire toward. And, typically, as in a religious painting, the consequences of not choosing the faith ...

the far corners of the globe, and also describes the whaling operations. Queequeg becomes ill and is so convinced he is dying tha...

his dealings with those who are not Indian, or his dealings with his children, and in his treatment of his wife. His pride is wo...

accuse the owners son, Johnnie, of trying to kill him. Threatening to leave the hotel, the owner (Scully), convinces him that to g...

feels about herself. Mable, left to pretty much fend for herself after her fathers death, must struggle to maintain the household...

asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...

and social expectations define how individuals act, and these elements are significant to determining the social view in the story...

in humanity until he hears the voice of his wife. When he stumbles out of the woods the next morning, he is a changed man. He ha...

We can see that he is panicking because he has killed a man and there is blood on him that he cannot wash off. Even though his wif...

and is confused by his grandfathers sudden rejection of this template of behavior as "treachery." The grandfather says to live wit...

significant loss. Examining the examples of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Fall of the House of Usher,...

where she needs to go. Klara is taught from an early age that art is a very powerful thing. Her grandfather, a master carver, t...

line assures us that we are in this world" (Ogilvie et al.). There is a very relaxed, yet very introspective, tone to the lines as...

her well" (lines 4-8). This substantiates the forgiveness and understanding that the speaker already has indicated towards his fat...

behavior. The influence of such forces can seem so over-powering that the parent eventually stops trying, emotionally abandoning c...

intelligent. She is made to remain aloof from all people in this relationship. The buzzards at this point could well be related to...

portrayal of some shocking events of the thirties" (French 43). Its various conflicts consider the downside of American capitalis...

of passion in their lives, this somber existence. The mood is also set by the tone as it develops along with the plot. In Lawrence...

houses are representative of two "different modes of human experience--the rough the genteel" (Caesar 149). The environments for c...

and possibly guilty over Luxs reaction to her initiation to sex. Lux is extremely young and a strictly raised and sheltered Cathol...

this man, had sufficed to make her believe that she at last felt that wondrous passion which, till then, like a great bird with ro...

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

usually considered a teacher, or guide. The point is that the stories in this book use a great deal of symbolism, perhaps because...

life, becoming bitter and angry. In essence they could well become poisonous to themselves and others around them because they hav...