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Analysis of Alan Lightman's “The Diagnosis”

has a serious neurological breakdown of his own. Bill has a sudden and disturbing memory loss - he is unable to remember the name...

Science Fiction Writing and Ray Bradbury

realms that were considered science fiction. For example, one looks at his work "The Martian Chronicles" and immediately assumes...

The Awakening and Gender Criticism

page of fax.) Likewise, Teresa de Laurentis argues that Edna, in rejecting the "biological" definition of the feminine gender, al...

Gates and Jobs and Hewlett and Packard

he met his soon to be arch rivals, Bill Hewlett and David Packard. Bill attended MIT part time after a stint at Stanford ( "Agilen...

Circumstance and Characterization

from his self induced stupor. Chris stood and glared at the man. The dim light offered little definition to the mans face, but the...

'Ideal' Parson in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales

Its almost as if Chaucer chose to include the Parson as a character in order to foil the other characters. In other words, its as...

Philosophy of Forrest Gump

Forrests mother has been able to instill a quiet sense of self worth in Forrest. Despite what anyone says to him, Forrest knows wh...

The Color Purple and Catcher in the Rye Compared

allows Holden to be dismissive of material concerns. After running away to spend some time in New York City on his own, which is...

Historical Accuracy of Hard Times by Charles Dickens

inflexible educational system is accurate in his attempt to reveal his own educational experience and also does well in his attemp...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and the Character Cyclops

instead decides they should be dinner. According to Odysseus, "He clutched my companions / and caught two in is hands like squirm...

Literary Fiction and Self Discovery

they move to a town that Joe commences to alter. He opens a store and becomes incredibly prosperous, but insists that Janie never ...

Cinema and Time's Role

human being he is. This comes as a shock to Oliverio who is as bad as the rest in assuming that prostitutes have no brains. Actu...

Albuquerque by Rudolfo Anaya and an Historical Introduction Sample

One of the foremost scholars on the Southwest, Charles Wilkinson, has written a book entitled, The Crossing of the Meridian. The v...

Feminism and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale'

"a shrewd businesswoman in an emergent bourgeoisie, a master of parody providing a corrective to the truths of conventional autho...

Literary Depiction of Cultures

but complications arise. Not one, but two suitors join them on their trip. During the trip both men vie for her affections. In the...

What is Hypertext Fiction?

to culminate in a conclusion. The purpose here is to find that middle ground in complaints that hypertext allows writers to impar...

An Inside Look at the Labor Union in Thomas Bell's 'Out of This Furnace'

American history. Bell provides an interesting outline of the regional history of Pittsburgh but through "Out of This Furnace" he...

African American Poetry and Fiction Analysis

gender. In fact, according to what Ms. Jacobs writes, women were discriminated against by white and black men alike. Here, though...

Fiction of the 20th Century and the City

the city may appear attractive and it certainly attracted Nick, it is hollow. He expresses this by returning home to the midwest. ...

Goodbye Tsugumi and N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto

narrates her story with forthright honesty. She explains that--while she is named after the Virgin Mary--she is far from saint-lik...

Element of Horror in Fiction Stories 'The Monk' by Matthew Lewis and 'The Castle of Otranto' by Horace Walpole

style presented in this story, a style that clearly speaks of a dark and foreboding reality, we present some of the opening paragr...

A Ficticious Literary Panel Discussion

its extreme, I pointed out the evil being perpetuated against the Irish." Lady Macbeth interrupts, "I am familiar with this wo...

Supporting Characters and Foils in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

serves to foil Nora in Acts I and II by tearing down Noras optimistic attitude with her own weighty pessimism. Mrs. Linde has not...

Author's Word Choices and Altered Impressions of Characters

his speech has often included long pauses with "ummm" or "well" or some other phrases to fill the void, the actual speech between ...

'Roman Fever' by Edith Wharton and the Author's Deception Cover the Uses of Control and Formality

formality and propriety was incorrect and not only have the main characters deceived each other, but Wharton has been successful i...

Miss Brill's Character in the Story by Katherine Mansfield

(Mansfield NA). We see her as a sensitive and imaginative old woman as she thinks of the fur as a living creature, as her littl...

Characters and Structure of Hamlet by William Shakespeare

with what is purported to be the ghost of his father. It is this ghostly confrontation that also serves as the plays trigger scen...

Women of Different Eras. Comparing Pride and Prejudice with Bridget Jones Diary

this, then, there are two very different interpretations of the movies effectiveness and its cinematography. And, yet, it achieved...

An Artificial Intelligence Overview

in the form of mere "intelligence." Their bodies were physically dead, but they were supposedly alive in cyberspace. This brings u...

Alice Munro's Fiction

perspective it is not always easy to analyse Munros work, since the layering of different narrative threads draws the reader into ...