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but a poor teacher, and we learn this more and more as the story unfolds. We further see this important theme, that being which...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

and the job of teaching the children fell to the grandparents" (Social Revolution and Students), which forced people to become mor...

the white citizens who have been occupants of the landmass for generations but still consider themselves to be part of the "Wester...

is mystical and unexplainable, in the house. They understand that they cannot necessarily see what is taking place, or truly put t...

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

the April sky was not a thing of air and gas. Rather, it lay like a solid ceiling of slate, pressing the living down into the prai...

between the races worsened in the 1920s" (pp. 64). Information from the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Associatio...

life is at stake as the narrator expresses the fact that a man will actually freeze to death if he cannot get a fire going. The ...

In Samuel, the story begins with Hannah and her husband. The woman had prayed to the Lord for a child and soon she was blessed wit...

she is known for. This particular compilation of stories was written prior to her incredible fame and would thus indicate that she...

both a Russian perspective and a U.S. perspective. Scholars tell us that the intent of the Cold War was to stabilize world politi...

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

a lady....

job. Though the headlines from these dates varied significantly in terms of their focus, one element was shared by all of the s...

and A Canary for One are three such pieces that are a reflection of Hemingways typical nature in that they befit the very essence ...

storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her" (Chopin p. NA). She retires ...

that there is really no future in India, especially with current political and economic problems. The family gathers together enou...

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

from Londons story which illustrates how the man is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But a...

the house that they are staying in, her husband corrects her, saying that what she felt was a draught and he shut the window (Gilm...

had faded. Everyone was frightened when approached" (Weinberg 11). The result of their labors, the years of painstaking resear...

this one man. It begins with the death of the gladiator and winds its way back into the meaning his life had to others and to Rom...

to marry considering she is dead. Yadwiga and Herman live in Coney Island where he continues to take care of Yadwiga out of obli...

woman who is significant, but rather how she makes the male character feel. This is particularly true of young women, who almost f...

meant to illustrate the dichotomy between and among all the interwoven traits attributed to a girl of her age. On the one hand, s...

other words it compels the reader to say, "What?!" or "Whoah. What happens next?" or "Wow, how did this happen?" Any combination ...

that many writers have used familiar themes and offered a new way of seeing the traditional elements of plot and character; howeve...

childs experiences in her own fantasy. A few impressions stand out vividly from the first years of my life; but "the shadows of th...