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for him, lift his spirits, and perhaps bring him a bit of distraction and joy as he descends. This narrator is very powerful and...

country seems to be in a perpetual state of war with its neighbors, and on the fact that this eternal war has become the norm. Th...

trouble getting through the fences. Frank and Kenny could have helped him; they could have lifted up on the top wire and stepped o...

with that in mind it becomes obvious that religion is such an important part of this story that one cannot ignore it. In first l...

she was saying many bad things about America and Americans. There were many others who were simply confused by the story and appar...

OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

time reader knows the story may move on logically from her death to another consecutive event. However, after a couple of paragr...

is actually an "angel of light," as he serves as the "unwilling instrument of grace," by stealing Joy/Hulgas leg and leaving her s...

was much different.) There are other aspects to the mum that remind us of Kin. First, a flower of any kind is beautiful, but pra...

and indeed she is the most likeable person in the story, because she is the one who solves the mystery and suggests its resolution...

to do with self-preservation. We know that the house stands next to their playground, and that it is the only structure left stan...

has ultimately nothing to do with emotions. Although Mel is obviously a learned man, and a doctor and perhaps arrogant to some ext...

Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...

Johnson muses about the past and, in so doing, tells the reader a great deal about both herself and her daughters. Mrs. Johnson ...

she has moved to the city and been educated. One sees perhaps the only conflict this mother has in her life because it is a confl...

But the memory of the house is misleading, because the author also says that much of the time they lived there she was angry, hope...

bursts" (Vonnegut, 1961). George, her husband, was brilliant and as such represented a threat to the status quo and so he was forc...

the physical setting and the Vasilievichs thoughts and emotions with exquisite clarity, though he doesnt tell us what Varinka is t...

she should behave. She goes to a home where she is treated very well and ultimately has a puppy of her own and this makes her life...

by her husband and left to raise four small children alone. In order to do so she had to work, so she had to find people to take c...

(Stam 54). While these terms seem extreme, they convey the disappointment of the critic, or the general viewer, towards a film tha...

is happening to her, but yet she heeds his advice and rules nonetheless because she was a good and dutiful wife. But, she knows sh...

is always used and told what to do with no credit to his character. No one shows him kindness and yet Alyosha is still a good natu...

it has been going on for so long that nobody remembers why or how it started (Jackson). We also know that this village is not the ...

cultures," and is always a figure of evil (Champion). Delia is busy working, when she is frightened out of her wits: "Just then so...

enough to truly consider them a hero. For example, Miranda is one who is strong and determined. She wants to change the world and ...

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

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

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