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she is known for. This particular compilation of stories was written prior to her incredible fame and would thus indicate that she...

this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...

who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...

were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...

In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...

in Gilbs narrative is that Jake really doesnt know how to be anything other then deceptive and manipulative, the small-time con ar...

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

life must endure social intolerance at one time or another; however, certain groups face prejudicial persecution on a regular basi...

from Londons story which illustrates how the man is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But a...

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...

the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...

In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...

In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...

of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it...

Realist writers "were more or less in open revolt against [society]," and naturalism combined the theories of Charles Darwin to co...

In five pages this essay analyzes the short story in order to determine that it is an example of feminist literature. Three sourc...

End of Something," "Cat in the Rain," and "The Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II)." First well describe the stories, than anal...

domestic tendencies in their society. In "The Lottery" there are many characters and in "After You, My Dear Alphonse" there are ...

The grandmother thinks she has the answers and is saved, religiously or otherwise, but yet she perhaps seems to realize that this ...

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

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

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

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

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 ...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...

this relationship, which is entails infidelity and, therefore, mistrust and lies. Similarly, miscommunication and infidelity pla...

not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

a "filmy" eye, and in the narrators mind, it became an "evil" eye (Poe). The narrator, who is obviously mentally ill, decided he ...