YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Family Stories
Essays 481 - 510
whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument" (Faulkner I). In this one im...
her emotions to get the better of her. But, then again, if one looks back in history, at the time this story was written, that hea...
This essay pertains to "My Kid's Dog," a short story by Ron Hansen. The writer discusses how the story reflects the therapeutic ap...
unnamed narrator in this short story. First of all, Oates employs a postmodernist structure in order to convey this girls story,...
A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...
to be reducing altitude; since they were on combat patrol they assumed it was an attack (Schank 305). He finished by saying he tho...
(variously called Teocipactli) and Xochiquetzal survived to repopulate the earth (Leon-Portilla). In the Toltec version of ...
grows a bit fearful. "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully...she felt it, creeping out of the s...
alcoholism. That essential plot is one filled with a powerful sense of seeking ones identity and a sense of loneliness. In...
viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...
period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...
socialism (Stone 14). The story is one that shows the societal structure and the flaws of the bourgeoisie and the reasons behind...
that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...
Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...
a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...
(Melville The Piazza). In this one sees that the narrator values her life perhaps, but not his own, while she values much. This na...
of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...
the end, of her heart and a possible "condition" and so the reader may well dismiss this fact in a first reading. But, at the same...
Each morning he waits for her to leave for school, then follows her, passing her at the point where their paths diverge, where the...
this right away. The author begins by writing: "At first, it appears that Paul is, perhaps, simply filled with the arrogance that ...
own. But there is a version of Cinderella that is commonly known. This version, or compilation of versions, contains fundamental e...
conversation between the bartenders as they speak of how he had tried to commit suicide. The older bartender indicates that it mus...
the change from their boring and traditional lives as parents and spouses. They are independent creatures in a society that does n...
When this story was first published "India was highly visible in the international arena for the cultural conflict among its relig...
the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...
earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...
involved. Julians mother takes center stage as a black woman enters the bus wearing the same hat as his mother. While race certain...
for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...
- and still is to a great degree - the focal point of cultural existence speaks to the way in which Silko (1989) reveals the strug...
has been missing in his life and that his values and priorities are backward and unfulfilling. For example, by the time Milkman jo...