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the glory when the farming goes well. Of course, this bitterness is something felt by most housewives of an earlier generation and...

stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...

right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...

the skill they once had, but rather their passion for that subject matter. For example, an opera singer such as Leoni may well hav...

This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...

This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...

hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...

has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...

in luck. The boy associates luck with money because his house seems to speak constantly of needing more money. He tells his mother...

(Coale 43). In the story, the newlywed Brown leaves Faith, his bride of three months, to take a walk into a forest that no decent...

such as "bleak walls" and minute fungi overspread on the whole exterior" to describe the place of which he speaks. There is defin...

very fast and uncontrolled manner - all signs of the narrators questionable mental state. The narrators obsession with th...

as well as the physical need (Hooley et al, 1998). A product is rarely bought for what it is but for the need that it will satisfy...

and we do see a wonderful complexity that is both subtle and descriptive. We see this in the opening sentence, which is seems to b...

he would not be getting any scholarships for furthering his education, he "joined the Indian Imperial Police Burma" (George Orwell...

or perhaps the ability to appreciate the verse even if they do not recognize the poet. His insecurity also shows in that this judg...

makes it clear that the house is not a privilege, as a necessity. This is because if Remire lived in the camp, the other prisoners...

him and who has lawful access to the mother" (Oedipal trajectory/Oedipal complex, 2004). As the boy develops he begins to realize ...

inner most desire is that God would "notice and...talk to him also" as he did to men in the Old Testament (55). Bentley comes to s...

In five pages this paper analyzes the short story by Stephen King in terms of character, setting, theme, and point of view. There...

and fascinates her. The wallpaper is described as having "sprawling flamboyant patterns" that commit "every artistic sin" (13) co...

In five pages this essay considers the narrative action and the main theme's implications within the context of the short story. ...

This paper discusses how women are socially perceived and how gender conflict due to miscommunication and misunderstanding are exp...

him and them" (Barna 324). The true source of the authors inner torment was never revealed, but there was little doubt that "evil...

In five pages this short story by Raymond Carver is examined in an analysis of the blind character Robert and what he symbolizes. ...

all, it appears that the author addresses social stratification by putting the protagonist in this particular setting. What the p...

was a message for his people, and for the reader as well. What did the black veil symbolize? The story ends as follows: " The gras...

In six pages this paper examines how intent and meaning are enhanced by literary symbolism and settings in Eudora Welty's short st...

In five pages this research paper presents a character analysis of the brothers featured in this short story by James Baldwin. Fi...

do with her own ambitions and determination to be acknowledged as a meaningful writer than it has to do with her ability to write ...