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'The Lady with the Pet Dog' by Anton Chekhov

his otherwise dull life. When we meet the woman with the dog we begin to see that she is young and innocent and lonely. She als...

Strategies to Survive and 'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane

this situation held certain peril for these men. Second, the omniscient view has allowed Crane to describe, in a birds eye...

The 1995 Short Story Winner

This paper discusses and analyses a short story. An alternative ending is written for the story. The writer discusses the main the...

Sense and Sensibility/Novel v. Film

mother, Elinor and Marianne (who are both young women) and younger sister Margaret, by beginning with the death of Henry Dashwood,...

Poe's Cask of Amontillado

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

This is Sparta

Warner Bros. marketed the movie very smartly, relying on its stunning visuals and unique look to entice viewers to the theater; it...

John Cheever’s Writings

Enormous Radio wherein "a young wife in New York who listens to a new radio all day that, strangely enough, is tuned in not to bro...

Film and Book Comparison/Maltese Falcon

primarily morals or values, but rather self-interest and the realization that he would have allowed the attraction he feels for th...

Ordinary in 'A and P' by John Updike

pin curlers even looked around after pushing their carts past to make sure what they had seen was correct" (Updike, 1274). The st...

Norma Rae’s Depiction of Labor

sit down, even when "they are having menstrual cramps" (Giroux). In the film, workers also complain about "plant conditions, speed...

Perry's Model Of Adult Learning

Student, you should also reference the book chapter by Knefelkamp you sent us). B. Multiplicity/Subjective Knowledge. There are ma...

Three American Short Stories

Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...

Sammy Grows Up in the “A&P”

that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...

Views of World War I

Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...

Eight Men Out, Book and Film

widely considered to be one of the greatest teams in baseball history. However, eight of the teams stars lost their brilliance in ...

Novel and Film Versions of The Rainmaker

the hospital commissary where Rudy is studying for the bar exam. In the book, Kelly and Rudy have met previously. Rudy comments ...

3 Short Stories About Growing Up

She has been given the opportunity, or so she thinks, to finally live a life that is solely hers. There is a powerful sense of fre...

Comparing Chekhov, Nabokov & Viramontes

that reveals to the reader a great deal about the characters involved. Pelagea is deeply in love with her husband, Yegor Anton Che...

Sinclair Ross/2 Short Stories

Ross describes Isabel is similar to the way in which Martha, the narrative voice in "A Field of Wheat" endows this cash crop on wh...

The Japanese Quince by John Galsworthy

In four pages the story adaptation relating to The Japanese Quince by John Galsworthy is discussed. There are no other sources li...

The Enormous Radio by John Cheever

the author created characters that were both believable and fully developed, which is a feat not easily accomplished in such parti...

Three films about Jesus

his home, and is confronted by an angel who convinces him that Mary has told the truth. The next scenes dramatize the "birth of Je...

Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals, and 'It's a good day to be indigenous'

determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...

Three Versions of “Madame Bovary”

of her character. Just after she marries Charles, Flaubert tells us that before they had married she thought she was in love, but ...

My Favorite Author: John Cheever

where Cheever first experienced heartbreak. That heartbreak came over the fractionation of his family that occurred when his fath...

Three Adult Education Theories

This essay includes a self-analysis of level of cognitive development based on three theories. The analysis is made at the end of ...

Rollercoaster for 2012 GOP Candidates

to continue this tax advantage for citizens. Roarty also noted that business taxes are lower in Texas than in other states, which ...

John Ford/The Quiet Man

and he refuses to do so. Mary Kate abides by her brothers wishes, which confuses and frustrates Sean. The plot complications tha...

Angela's Ashes

the 1940s when McCourt was a child and young adolescent. It is a story that speaks of how hard it was growing up with no one who t...

California and the 1992 Film Adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

featured performer in the action. It visually depicts why Americans have answered the call to Go West since the pioneer days. In...