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Alice Walker’s Coming Apart

pleasure he has enjoyed is a violation of his rights" (Walker). As a man he is ignorantly assuming that he has the right to have s...

Rhys: "Let Them Call It Jazz"

In her story Let them call it jazz, Rhys "assumes the personality of Selina, a black West Indian in London, whose struggles parall...

Symbolism in Yasunari Kawabata’s The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket

does he reach in and grab the insect and hand it to her. She is delighted and states it is not a grasshopper but a bell cricket, o...

Explication of the Theme of "The Yellow Wallpaper"

"Dont worry your pretty little head about it" and sending her to bed with milk and cookies. He treats her like a child. We also b...

Glaspell: "A Jury of Her Peers"

and indeed she is the most likeable person in the story, because she is the one who solves the mystery and suggests its resolution...

Character Analysis: Lyman in "The Red Convertible"

car deliberately so that Henry would work on it, and thus be restored to his old self. This doesnt seem to match up with the idea ...

Graham Greene: "The Destructors"

to do with self-preservation. We know that the house stands next to their playground, and that it is the only structure left stan...

Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

has ultimately nothing to do with emotions. Although Mel is obviously a learned man, and a doctor and perhaps arrogant to some ext...

An Analysis of The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara

This 3 page paper analyzes Toni Cade Bambara's short story The Lesson, which deals with a group of young children learning first h...

'On the Road' by Langston Hughes

In one page the character of Sergeant featured in 'On the Road,' a short story by Langston Hughes, is analyzed. There is no bibli...

Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston on Female Power

In six pages this paper examines women's power and how it is portrayed in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Are Watching God and Ric...

Barn Burning by Faulkner

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

Theme of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Analyzed 2

well enough to write some thousand words at a stretch. She describes the view from her window quite lucidly, as well as the pretty...

Analysis of Two D.H. Lawrence Characters

The characters of Mabel and Elizabeth that were featured in one of D.H. Lawrence's short stories are analyzed in four pages. Ther...

'Telephone Call' by Alifa Rifaat

In four pages this short story from Distant View of a Minaret is analyzed in terms of the call's symbolism. There is 1 source cit...

The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre

In one pages this short story by Existentialist philosopher and writer Jean Paul Sartre is summarized. There are no sources inclu...

Character Analysis of Gregor in 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka

In two pages this paper examines Gregor as featured in Kafka's short story with the emphasis upon his loneliness. There is no bib...

'The Hunger Artist' by Franz Kafka

In four pages Kafka's effective tongue in cheek literary style is examined within the context of this humorous short story. There...

Life's Meaning in 'Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy

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

Death Perspectives of Leo Tolstoy and Dylan Thomas

This paper contrasts the death perspectives articulated by Dylan Thomas in the poem 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night' with t...

Short Stories and Rounded Character Building

The ways in which rounded characters are constructed within short stories are considered in a six page examination of Guy de Maupa...

Latino Family Images in Iguana Dreams

In seven pages this short story collection is examined in terms of how Latino families are represented within. There are no other...

A Comparison and Contrasting Analysis of Sholem Aleichem's 'Fiddler on the Roof' (a.k.a. 'Tevye') and 'Tevye the Dairyman'

only one of 21 collected stories. However, it was the force of Tevyes energetic personality which made him appear dominant in the...

Ernest Hemingway's Primary Literary Themes

he presents. There is pain and violence and death in Hemingways world, and he struggles to show his readers this aspect of life....

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and Revenge

that "The Cask of Amontillado" centers more around the theme of revenge than do any of Poes gruesome works. "The Cask of Amontill...

Four Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorn and Puritan Thought

culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Nathaniel Hawthornes wo...

Conflict in the Relationship Between Mother and Daughter in 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan

an article entitled "Every Womans Dream," which appeared in April 7 edition of The Weekly (1954, p. 59). The student researching t...

Literary Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...

Analyzing 'The Train' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

that if they go to Florida, where it has been rumored that there is an escaped murderer loose, they will all be killed. The family...