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This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" and focuses on the character of Abner Snopes. The writer argues that ...

as a proper Southern lady, with the pretention of adhering to a moral code above that of the common person, but in reality, she fo...

pertinent thematic statement about social conditions in the old South; namely, that the reliance upon a superficial standard of mo...

assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...

reader with an insiders view on the Southern culture of the era because narrator frequently describes the reactions of the townspe...

about the less-than-illustrious Snopes clan of Yoknapatawpha County, a family that appears in most of Faulkners works. In both sto...

the circumstances surrounding their creation and the manifest events of the plot differ quite dramatically. For instance, one migh...

in the midst of an otherwise modern cityscape. In this manner, Emilys eventual psychological breakdown which leads to her murderin...

so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...

strong in any respect, and there is no indication that the bonds are tight within this family. This changes when Caddy really app...

below. The Faulknerian characters viewpoint is that ...of a passenger looking backward from a speeding car, who sees, flowing aw...

that Faulkner is telling. We can only speculate as to his reasons for not allowing her to speak directly and instead relying on ot...

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

fighter due to the story regarding her missing teeth. In that incident she was demanding that an individual pay her for the work s...

chose to make his sentences histories of actual perceptions and thoughts, an accomplishment recognized by biographer Carlos Baker,...

black as synonymous with good and evil that immediately plunges Joe into an emotional turmoil, from which he never completely dise...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

expensive toy store. The children are amazed, as this gives them a glimpse of another world and lifestyle that is totally alien ...

late at night and sprinkling lime around, presumably on the theory that her servant killed a rat or snake and they smell its decom...

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

In all honesty it is not really a poem about abuse but a poem about life and the love that exists between the narrator and the fat...

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

In four pages this paper examines these authors' perceptions of women as they are represented in characterizations of sin and good...

In eight pages this paper discusses how social evolution is represented in the characters of Janie Woods in Hurston's Their Eyes W...

In five pages this paper examines the strong female characterizations of Hemingway's Lady Brett Ashley, Cather's Antonia Shimerda,...

This paper addresses Faulkner's various literary techniques, such as setting, theme, and characterization, in his short story, Bar...

This research paper examines Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and how the characterization of this novel's main character denies thi...

In eleven pages this report considers Ellison's Invisible Man, Faulkner's Light in August, and Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's ...

In 5 pages the young protagonists in Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' short story and Crane's Maggie A Girl on the Streets novel are con...

In eight pages characters from 'Barn Burning,' 'A Rose for Emily,' and 'Percy Grimm' are contrasted and compared and a discussion ...