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workings of identity, however, there are grand variances that separate one person from the next when it gets past a superficial le...

the city contrasts with his depiction of the boys at play, trying gamely to be frolicsome and experience the joy of childhood agai...

are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...

a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldnt answer to my conscience if I did" (OConnor). II. HULGA & THE MISFIT: RELIGIOUS FAIT...

man who is old, perhaps given up on life, and essentially a man who spends his days watching television and checking the mail. Wit...

other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create...

and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...

himself during this period (Ross, 1999). He began writing soon after his arrival in Canada, and won the "Canadian Fiction Magazin...

to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...

persona, observing early in the narrative, "He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, b...

keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...

in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...

a part of the childhood experience. But then, a girl referred to only as Mangans sister (obviously the sister of one of his frien...

and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...

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

asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...

a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...

we are all but immediately taken to a place where the boy is completely betrayed by that adult world. In the beginning he is proud...

is true of the character Joy/Hulga in "Good Country People." Joy/Hulga has a heart condition, which prevents her from living the...

But Ichabod has a problem, in the form of "Brom Bones," the nickname the locals have given to Abraham ("Brom" Van Brunt, a strong ...

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

Like White Elephants" we have a man and a woman, although the characters are an American Man and a Girl, wherein the man is seemi...

her training in society was different, for her focus was on religion and the proper way things should be done. While the mother in...

(Chopin). This image clearly drives home the fact that the heart was a symbol, a symbol of her confinement and of her hope. The he...

clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...

he recognizes this. They are a challenge and women have always been drawn to him. But, with this one woman he begins to become far...

and inwardly becomes free, realizing that what they have done is not wrong, but natural, and that she is truly, in her heart and s...

are the American couple and they are simply trying to get in an adventure before Mark dies. They have always wanted to see Ireland...

gotten his teaching certificate and then gone on to work for several years in education-at least enough to get noticed and promote...

expression. He had no desire to become an actor, any more than he had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of thes...