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'Experiment' by Julian Barnes and Postmodern Fiction

In three pages postmodern fiction is defined and then considered within the context of 'Experiment,' a short story by Julian Barne...

Life's Meaning in 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka and 'Ivan Ilyich' by Leo Tolstoy

In 4 pages this paper examines how life's meaning is conveyed through physical and spiritual changes in a contrasting of these two...

'The Cask of Amontillado' Fiction and the Real Life of Edgar Allan Poe

In seven pages this paper discusses how Poe's real life experiences can be connected to the short story 'The Cask of Amontillado.'...

James Joyce's 'The Dead'

Gabriel learns that the song brought to Grettas mind a recollection of a young man from her home county. Pressing her further, he ...

Phyllis Bentley's 'Love and Money' and Virginia Woolf's 'The Legacy' Compared

on what his wife has written reveal details of his opinion regarding her. While granted Gilbert loved his wife, his attitude towar...

Comparative Analysis of the Short Stories 'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote, 'The Rocking Horse Winner' by D.H. Lawrence and 'The Child by Tiger' by Thomas Wolfe

in him. While this unnamed relative (Capote calls her simply his "friend") is childlike and somewhat simple minded, she is also n...

Nonconformist Americans in 'Hills Like White Elephants' and 'A Man of the World' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this report discusses the American nonconformism Hemingway represents in thest 2 short stories. Three sources are c...

An Unnecessary Ending in Amy Tan's'Two Kinds'

This paper consisting on 5 pages focuses on the last paragraphs of the short story and argues that for the reader these are unnece...

'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this short story by Eudora Welty is analyzed from a sociological perspective. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Religion in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

In seven pages this paper examines the short story in terms of how it expresses the author's attitudes about religion. Six source...

American Society and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

which seemed only willing to accept White Anglo-Saxon Protestants into its exclusive membership. The narrator of "Sonnys Blues" r...

Setting in The Lamp at Noon by Sinclair Ross

effectively touches upon marriage, its meaning within the social backdrop, as well as the requirements necessary to maintain its e...

'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor and Symbolism

OConnor utilizes the central theme of Christianity is as a subtle, symbolic plot to convert her readers, whom she had envisioned a...

'Sorrow Acre' by Isak Dinesen and Parallels Between Christianity and Judaism

In five pages this paper examines the religious parallels that exist within this short story by Isak Dinesen. Four sources are ci...

Carol Henning and John Steinbeck's 'The Chrysanthemums'

In 9 pages this paper analyzes the short story by John Steinbeck in order to determine whether or not his wife Carol Henning was t...

Comparison of A Jury of Her Peers and A Respectable Woman

In five pages these Susan Glaspell and Kate Chopin short stories are contrasted and compared in terms of common threads of social ...

Gothic Author Mary Shelley

In seven pages this paper considers the Gothic characteristics of Mary Shelley's writings in an analysis of short stories 'Transfo...

Relationships Among Spouses in 'The Girls in Their Summer Dresses' by Irwin Shaw and 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages these short stories are analyzed in a contrasting and comparison of spousal relationships. There are no other sourc...

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

In five pages the deceptive novel that is short on story but high on characterizations and vignettes discussing the neighborhood a...

Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything that Rises Must Converge'

In eight pages this paper examines the mother and son relationship that is featured in the short story by Flannery O'Connor. Seve...

'Fathers and Sons' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages Hemingway's 'reminiscent narrative' and tone are examined within the context of this short story. Two sources are c...

William Faulkner, Stephen Crane, and Family Values

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...

Kate Chopin Tackling Taboo and Controversial Subjects in 'The Story of an Hour, 'A Respectable Woman,' and 'Desiree's Baby'

This paper examines how women's sexuality, divorce, and miscegenation are addressed by Kate Chopin in this trio of short stories i...

'The Lightning Rod Man' by Herman Melville

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of contrasting points of view between the salesman of lightning rods and a pro...

Symbolism and Setting in 'Revelation' by Flannery O'Connor

In seven pages this paper analyzes this short story in terms of meaning and characterization but focuses primarily upon the 2 sett...

What it Takes to Change

5 pages and 2 sources. This paper provides an overview of what it might take to change the future and improve a life. Though man...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Symbolic Imagery

In seven pages this short story is analyzed in terms of the author's use of symbolic images. There are two other sources cited in...

Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle' Analyzed

The narrator's reliability in each of these short stories is analyzed in a paper that consists of five pages. There are no other ...

Revelation of Colonel Sartoris Snopes in 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

or not he should warn the de Spains illustrate the strength of family loyalty or as Faulkner calls it "the old fierce pull of bloo...

A Review of I Am Rene Espronceda de la Barca

A 5 page review of the short story that was included in the book And We Sold the Rain.The three mysteries presented by the author ...