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

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...

conversation between the bartenders as they speak of how he had tried to commit suicide. The older bartender indicates that it mus...

pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...

did something after it was over. The fact that he did not help is an idea that plagues him and so one can go on to look at more me...

In five pages Walker's short story is analyzed in a focus on quilt symbolism but with a thematic and story synopsis also included....

our morbid curiosity about death continues, and in Hemingways story that curiosity is all too well satisfied. In The Snows of Kil...

his physician father to perform a Caesarean on a pregnant squaw. Dr. Adams describes the serious medical situation in clinical, m...

conforming to gender role expectations in other areas, such as his taking the bags to the train. It is not that she is portrayed ...

Dr. Wayland, was late "and there were no recent newsmagazines in the waiting room" (392), he decided to make what he considered to...

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...

earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...

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

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

This paper contrasts the death perspectives articulated by Dylan Thomas in the poem 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night' with t...

In five pages this paper examines how men and relationships are portrayed in this short stories' collection by Pam Houston. One s...

The focus of this five page paper is the storyline of two specific short stories in The Bird in the House. The writer compares an...

This paper explores various elements of the short story, including character and story development. This seven page paper has no ...

In five pages this report examines how existential reality and daily life's transitory nature are depicted in the 1983 short story...

In five pages a contrast and comparison of O'Connor's short stories 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' and 'Good Country People...

the characters, the entire thing is related as though it were the most normal thing in the world, and this contributes to the stor...