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"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...

such as "bleak walls" and minute fungi overspread on the whole exterior" to describe the place of which he speaks. There is defin...

very fast and uncontrolled manner - all signs of the narrators questionable mental state. The narrators obsession with th...

educated, for most people are in the future, and they just live a life that is filled with criminal activity. It is the norm and t...

Understandably, such an action might be interpreted as a willingness on her part but in reality this action, even though Arnold ne...

The obvious conclusion that many students come to when considering this encounter was that Connie in effect encouraged Arnolds pur...

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

between/among society, family and self. She forces her readers to view and view again tendencies of conflict toward self and soci...

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

his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...

to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...

at the same time he is not successful, such as the relationship with his grandfather and a wife. In terms of three specific events...

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

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

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

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...

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

letting the weight move along to her toes as if she was testing the floor with every step, putting a little deliberate extra actio...

protagonist finds his fathers rejection of him to be too much to bear and continue living. Kafka begins "The Judgment" by pictu...

a garden. Without end or limit, without borders and fences, in noises and rustling, golden in the sun, pale green in the shade, a...

my birthday and my parents are throwing a party for me. Its no surprise, but thats just as well. I cant ever remember having a p...

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

of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...

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...

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

Steinbeck shows this by describing how Lennie copies Georges gestures--"Lennie, who had been watching, imitated George exactly. He...

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

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

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