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Essays 1471 - 1500

“The Private History of a Campaign That Failed”

History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...

Chinese Storytelling

most convoluted example of relationships that get mixed up and end badly, only to have things reverse in a startling turn of event...

Imperialism in Guanya Pau

as those for whom this book pleads, and who has consecrated his life to the evangelization of his people" (Walters 5-6). In many w...

Theme of Death in William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" And O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" - Evil

some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...

Narratives: Redefinition and Redemption

men in blankets who would sexually use little boys as prostitutes. The boys would receive money and so they would be able to eat a...

Early Christianity

itself, and how, in relationship to its being a rich location, many different people lived there and desired to be there throughou...

Insanity: A Rose for Emily

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

Chopin and Glaspell: Marriage and Society

in society, regardless of time. In the time period of Chopins work one assumes it takes place towards the end of the 19th century...

Society in Chekhov’s The Lady with the Dog

the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...

Jing-Mei Woo’s Personality Traits in Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds”

When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless ...

Hawthorne's "Birthmark"/Lee's Mockingbird

possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...

Hawthorne's "Birthmark"/Lee's Mockingbird

possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...

Mary Shelley: “Transformation”

opens the story by saying that he has heard that when people go through some sort of strange or supernatural experience, they usua...

Alifa Rifaat's "Another Evening At The Club"

long as he can maintain he position of self-imposed eminence. Because Samia cannot remember where she left her very valuable ring...

Catherine Mansfield/Miss Brill's Fur

she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...

Edgar Allan Poe’s Creative Uses of Atmosphere and/or Tension in “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Black Cat”

in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...

Homer Hickam/October Sky

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...

Children’s Perceptions of Adults

is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...

My Kinsman, Major Molineux by Nathaniel Hawthorne

of a mother or a sister; and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had perhaps sheltered the graver brow ...

“Jane Eyre” and “Wide Sargasso Sea”: Rebellion Against Patriarchy

is "large and stout for his age," meaning of course that hes much larger than the girl (Bront?, 2007). He is a glutton as well and...

Walker's To Hell With Dying

the story, the children would be summoned, and the narrators father would let them go, saying something to the effect of "to hell ...

How Ralph Ellison’s Life Affected His Writing

that I was strong enough and violent enough to kill somebody in a fit of anger" (Allen 24). There is an unsettling undercurrent o...

News Articles/Geography

Middle East looks like as well. In returning to what one would assume Iraq looks like it can be perceived as a very organically sh...

A Midsummer’s Night Dream

sign of love for the two, likely having been together for a long time, demonstrate that love is by no means unchanging and without...

Break Down of Three Children’s Books

should get along. Orphan Train Rider Title and Author: Orphan Train Rider by Andrea Warren. Setting (Time and Place): The place ...

Language as a Key to Inner Landscapes

another persons mind and perception. We each live isolated lives with only language as a bridge to understanding the worldview and...

The Hero’s Journey: Moses and Jesus

the hero receives the call to adventure, which he initially rejects before crossing the threshold into adventure. Next comes initi...

Characters in Hemingway's "Indian Camp"

who suffered a serious ax wound and is lying on the top bunk, above his laboring wife. When he heard this comment he "rolled over ...

Writers and Their Times: John Steinbeck and Susan Glaspell

Mr. Henderson; Sheriff Peters and his wife and Mr. Hale and his wife Martha. The five of them go to the Wright place the morning a...