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Survival Stories

This man, stranded on an island, also living there for 4 years, like Selkirk, and also managing to survive on what he could find a...

"My Own Country: A Doctor's Story"

system (Verghese). "It was clear, though no one had yet seen a case, that he was Johnson Citys first case of the acquired immune d...

Toni Cade Bambara's Community of African American Women’s Identity in ’s Gorilla, My Love Short Stories

a political fundraiser with a blind man named Bovanne. She shocks her daughters by behavior they regard as unbefitting for a woma...

Concepts in Short Stories

cases from the point of view that the person on trial is guilty. There is no presumption of innocence until proven guilty-he start...

“The Story of Mathematics”

killed in battle. Whatever the precise thing or event they represented in that hazy chapter of mans early history, one thing is c...

Rob Reiner's Movie The Story of Us, Making Decisions and Relationships

for. There is less time for the couple to enjoy each other, and Ben especially resents the lack of sexual spontaneity. In one fl...

Analysis of Flannery O'Connor's Short Story 'Good Country People'

cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything ...

'Sonny's Blues' A Short Story by James Baldwin

why he became an addict; he also express great uncertainty about his life after hes released from prison (Class lecture on "Sonnys...

Analyzing Guy de Maupassant's Short Story 'The Necklace'

she is the sort of woman who would love to go to such an event, but could not possibly go to such without looking regal and wealth...

Response to Outside Influence in Two Short Stories

of superstition that he is there to stamp out. He suggests that the villagers build a new path skirting the school grounds; he rem...

"The True Story Of Ah Q" by Xun Lu

He is a thoroughly unpleasant character. Despite this, he is amusing (in a sick way) because he always convinces himself that wha...

Kate Chopin’s Women: “Desiree’s Baby” and “The Story of an Hour”

As the race of the infant becomes more obvious, its race being obviously partially African, she becomes confused. Her husband bera...

Weakness: “The Story of an Hour”

In many ways, as the story progresses, the reader essentially forgets her heart condition. But, if one keeps this in mind one can ...

Narrative Writing & Shepherd's Christmas Story

defined point of view, which is often that of the author. By giving "specific and sensory details," the author gets the reader inv...

1917 Petrograd, Russia Fictional Story

the pressure and approved wage hikes, however, they quickly evaporated as inflation crept into the warring city. Gordei and his c...

Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne

as he encounters people he believes to be good Puritans his innocence is slowly being threatened with a truth he cannot understand...

An Analysis and Synopsis of Gaines Short Story, The Sky is Gray

enough cotton over the next summer to buy her a new coat. However, it is also clear that his mother feels compelled to hold James ...

A Short Story 'Alligators 1, Navy 0'

still places on the planet where nature is more important than man and his machines, and where nature actually "knows best" and sh...

Gender Understanding and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...

Reader Response to Kurt Vonnegut’s Short Story ‘Welcome to the Monkey House’

agendas with propaganda and information misrepresentation reportedly in the name of national security. In this story, the governm...

Stories: Japan

boy of 16, was less than polite to the Nakamura family and seemed very racist, constantly telling the family he had wanted to go t...

Story of an Apology

dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...

Book of Genesis and Joseph's Story

processes associated with establishing the structures and constraints of Jewish society, especially in terms of how many members o...

Bharti Mukherjee's Short Story 'A Father'

no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...

Anne's Story and a Shaken Life's Structure

that she had organized her wards to the utmost efficiency. At the same time, her best friend Jessica had written to her brother in...

'It Takes a Village' in Toni Cade Bambara's Short Story 'The Lesson'

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

Working Against the Odds The Story of Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler

originated within themselves. In present-day language, some would have been considered "nerds," because they did not necessarily e...

Masculinity Meanings in the Stories of Ernest Hemingway

and repelled by." This writer disagrees concerning the assumption that there was a "blurring" of sex roles during this period. Hem...

Travel Story That is Subject Oriented

an integral part of the travelogue. These obstacles are met and either overcome, or the obstacles serve as catalysts to propel th...

Story About a Senior Citizen Couple and Their Gradual Memory Loss

I left it on the hall table for you. It had a map from Christine. Where is it? Ill check." "No. I thought you had it. There was n...