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And another tells how widespread it is: 31% of American women, that is nearly one-third of all women, report that they have been p...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

of his people, and growing into a man prior to his becoming a slave. In these respects the reader gets a very different look at sl...

the epitome of stereotypical masculinity almost to the point of caricature. Skilling once said that he had thought about it a lot ...

funny. The boys arrive at Uranyas beach shack, which is "straight out of Fellini," on their bicycles (Young). One boy ventures for...

(which could mean anytime between the early 1990s and today, Coetzees "spare" novel (as some critics have called it) concerns Davi...

death in The Great War. Unlike classical protagonists, Jacob exists not in the center of the action but always on the periphery (...

a recognized authority on the social setting of the new Testament (Powell, 2002). Although this is a work of fiction, Theissen ass...

on that he believes in the Presbyterian concept of Predestination -- "From my childhood up, my mind had been wont to be full of ob...

entertain with his biting sarcasm. The author has a long history of reaching out and inviting his audience to experience with him...

knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in...

to promote his ideas being a printer and prospering in his business, his actions also promoted his ideal for constant improvement ...

asks David directly whose son he is, when in the previous chapter, it appeared that David was Sauls favorite and the Saul was ver...

as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

"I Have a Dream" speech, in which King lambasted the United States for forbidding the Negroes to be free people (King). "We can ne...

as her Gran, her brother and several aunt and uncles (Perez-Stable 24). When the Old Mistress in the house dies, Jacobs comes unde...

on the outside. Her only exposure to American lifeways, in fact is that she sees infiltrating her home through my daughter and in...

Both items are gone, never to be replaced. Each of the fruit and the lock of hair in and of themselves are of little or no conseq...

1817. While a master could lawfully punish a slave, using his own discretion and judgment, state law established a limit and that ...

to break down from involuntary inactivity. I now recognize the increased muscle weakness in both my legs and arms, as well as dif...

that she had organized her wards to the utmost efficiency. At the same time, her best friend Jessica had written to her brother in...

the student was supposed to learn for himself. Concrete Experience Not all recognize this collective and monumental lesson,...

them, the more the author desperately wanted to remove himself from such circumstances. "In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-...

benefits which had been gained from the experience, since this would be counter-productive in terms of the effect on the reader....

an "observant Jew," which means that he is at odds with his own culture because "observant Jews do not paint at all" (Potok 3). H...

that his novel is not fictitious, but, on the other hand, he also states that everything only happened more or less thus restricti...

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

24 apartments had been filled. Owners were concerned that they had misread the local market (Knoxville, Tennessee) and that perha...

structure. "First Confession" recounts the events of a brief period in Jackies life. Therefore, Jackies perspective does not alter...

Boston, After Having Been Absent Almost Thirteen Years" was published and Hammon was considered not only the earliest known Africa...