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Essays 1981 - 2010
Although "The Secret Sharer" was not written until 1909, some thirteen years after his last sea voyage, it is considered one of Co...
and brother, "If a physician of high standing, and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing th...
they have somehow missed the spiritual dimension which they purport to seek, and have been sidetracked instead into seeing materia...
for all, for life itself. And Linda has a heart full and hands outstretched to give back to life the love it gives her" (OBrien Bi...
unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...
opens through the view of the narrator, a young man who ends up spending the night at Ethans house because of a chance blizzard. H...
forever hovering overhead beckon to the fleeing people that their safety exists in the off-world colonies, demonstrating that eart...
in a most hideous way, Yossarian pleads with Doc Daneeka to ground him on the basis of insanity. Doc Daneeka replies that Yossaria...
while in other ways in a project such as this, it could spell disaster, and very nearly did. When peoples lives are at stake such...
of one of the children we hear about that is constantly abused as a child, but seems to understand what responsibility is, what lo...
that there is always a tidy or satisfactory resolution to the womens dilemmas. In fact, in the case of the intentionally ambiguou...
born on July 18, 1926 and died on January 5, 1987 (Margaret Laurence). Laurence was married in 1947 and then moved to London with...
Godfather realizes that his son, Michael, has yet to arrive. He refuses to take the picture until Michael arrives. In thi...
overrule her inherent independence as a strong, black woman by telling Phoeby she can "tell em what Ah say if you wants to. Dats ...
depression from time to time (Types and Causes of Depression). Another type of depression is bipolar disorder, which is also refe...
men who are "warriors", who have won distinction on the battlefield. Achebe comments that "in Umuofia...men were bold and warlike"...
dialogue that provides the reader with a strong sense of awareness regarding the speech and attitudes of those he was portraying. ...
is there that she first experiences the Lintons. At first, it seems as if nature will be the victor in the constant sparring and ...
entertain with his biting sarcasm. The author has a long history of reaching out and inviting his audience to experience with him...
that they are constantly losing, for many losers keep plugging away. And, if they constantly plug away, with good intentions and p...
the people that they are there to convert, that they find peace for themselves, and are able to build a presence for the Church wi...
is old enough to evaluate her life and find it wanting. She has two small children and is pregnant with a third. Her husband is la...
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe(Carroll, 4)....
to life, he rejects it, hoping that the life he has brought into the world will simply die, erasing his mistake (Madigan 48; Franc...
where Moll informs workers that she wants to grow up to be a gentlewoman. What this means is that she wants to support herself and...
student to determine what their perspective is in relationship to the various characters discovery or pursuit of meaning. Our f...
One of the main themes in this Dickens novel is that of disillusionment, and we see this theme emerge on many different levels wit...
some of lifes toughest questions, questions that are still asked by todays family. Those questions include family values, abuse an...
the street, / Rubbing its back upon the window-panes; / There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the fac...
visit time and again, or which makes the reader have a strange sense of foreboding for the characters as the story unravels. Autho...