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Successful Short Story Characteristics

not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...

Miles' Death in Henry James' The Turn of the Screw

alternates between believing him an angel and, conversely, possessed. Thus, Krieg, in his criticism, suggests: The governesss per...

The Wealthy and American Criticism

"aggregate" was benefiting in this period, however, others were flailing desperately in the ever-deepening economic waters just tr...

White Values versus Values of Native Americans

include any consideration of an alternate opinion to their worldview. They fully expected the Native Americans to accept that it w...

Book Banning

in the Odyssey, though on a modern scale. Additionally, Molly is patterned after the strong and determined character of Penelope, ...

'The Dead' and Dubliners by James Joyce

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

Family Dysfunction in James Barrie's Peter Pan

story when Peter comes back to Neverland with Wendy and her brothers we see that in his absence the creatures and people were gene...

Effective Democracy Developed by Ordinary Americans

so the development of the three branches of government and the distribution of power reduces the chances of too much control falli...

Conformist or Nonconformist Characterization of Ruth in James McBride's The Color of Water

and being a woman in general. In many ways she clearly was a non-conformist because of these realities. She did not follow the t...

10 Aztec Culture Questions

that life is a dream (Leon-Portilla 7). The Aztecs reasoned that, eventually, everything vanishes, even things such as rocks and p...

An Analysis of a Gun Control Article

policy has followed. They discuss each law in more detail, relating it to the historical events that propelled each piece of legis...

Literature and Epiphany

drug addict living a life very similar to Sonnys. : "Thats right, he said quickly, aint nothing you can do. Cant much help old Son...

'The Boasrding House' by James Joyce and Power

this point, the determined Mrs. Mooney obtains a separation from her husband, gains control of her remaining inheritance, custody ...

Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

This is a very unique place in our society and people who grew up in Harlem often have experiences and stories that most people co...

Martin Frye's Views on Sexism

"an instance of a general tendency to make sex relevant where it need not be, which she takes to be a key feature of sexism" (Saul...

God's Existence and Morality

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

Can Utilitarianism Be Considered a Sound Ethical Theory?

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...

Psychological Realism and Henry James

reflection. The concept of psychological realism is based on the belief that man reacts in certain ways that are a direct extensi...

James Tent's E Boat Alert

the author also discusses the origins of the E-Boat, providing the reader with a deeper understanding of the Germans at war, Germa...

An Analysis of Henry James' Story, The Real Thing

thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...

Estelle James' 2005 Report on Social Security

contrast the U.S. system with other social security systems abroad, perhaps in an attempt to gain new insights in respect to refor...

James W. Felt's Making Sense of Your Freedom

that everything that happens, happens necessarily because of events that came before it" (Currie ). Felt also makes mention of cau...

Comparative Analysis of Henry James' Portrait of a Lady and Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie

show business, and also very well liked in this particular field. As such she does better than make a living yet does not tell Hur...

What Defines Americanness in American Literature

great master and not presented anything really new. As this illustrates, among other points, Emerson present a distinctly American...

Washington Community's Importance According to James Sterling Young

that is often referred to with awe and reverence. The framers are still held high in esteem. In fact, they are called "framers" wi...

Letter of James and Martin Luther

the discovery that "the just person," who is referred to in scripture (such as Roman 1:17) lives by faith and justification pertai...

James Conlon's Commentary on Plato's 'Scala Amoris'

individual to the spiritual and the universe. According to the scala amoris, then, love is that which in its highest and purest se...

The Transformational American Literature Between the Years 1865 to 1914

shows how the Huck was socialized by his culture to look on slavery as an economic and moral necessity, not as an evil. In so doin...

Nineteenth Century Authors James, Davis, and Twain

Smiley, knowing full-well that this would set the old gentleman off on a rant about Jim Smiley and the celebrated jumping frog. Th...

Literary Portrayals of Lost Innocence

to a degree and ultimately comes to recognize that there is indeed a certain undercurrent of evil in the world. In doing so he de...