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Vo Phien: "The Key"

ship dropped anchor "at 3 a.m. July 5, 1975" and passengers began to disembark (Phien). The first thing that greeted them was a ho...

Crash, A Cinematic Parable

his motivation for stealing Jean and Ricks car. However, in committing grand theft auto, Anthony objectifies Jean and Rick just as...

Walker: “Everyday Use”

as the fact that Dee has left home and created a new persona for herself, thus trying to deny who and what she is. She is no longe...

Joyce, Faulkner, Poe, and Their Short Stories' Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...

Analysis of Kate Chopin's Short Story 'The Story of an Hour'

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...

Comparative Analysis of Ray Bradbury's Short Stories' Conflict

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the conflicts in the short stories 'The Other Foot' and 'All Summer in a Day' by R...

'Sugar and Other Stories' by A.S. Byatt

goes on behind its sheltering walls. The central point to the story deals with making both moral and literary judgements and how t...

Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour' as a Good Short Story Example

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

Dan Story's Engaging the Closed Mind

always been lovingly evangelistic and compassionate Christians have not always been critically discerning. An apprpriate analaogy...

'Grim Fairy Tales and Gory Stories' by Aviva Layton

to see if they had a certain picture book, the librarian informed her that the book was in their collection, but was not suitable ...

“Everyday Use” - The Importance of the Story’s Title

charming and funny and sad, all at the same time. This paper explains the significance of the title by examining it using the diff...

The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo

reviewer also points out, there is simplicity and beauty to this prose that is not evident in Puzos later work. In the...

Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals, and 'It's a good day to be indigenous'

determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...

Mark Twain's 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg' and Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown'

wronged by the people sets out to uncover just how dishonest they truly are, how they do not possess righteousness and that they a...

Mordecai: An Early American Family (Book Report)

North. The business this family chose to engage in, at least eventually, was education. They started a school. The school would be...

Tokyo Story as a Reflection of Conditions in Post World War II Japan

such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...

How Ralph Ellison’s Life Affected His Writing

that I was strong enough and violent enough to kill somebody in a fit of anger" (Allen 24). There is an unsettling undercurrent o...

Poe's Cask of Amontillado

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

The Bluest Eye & The Color Purple

that what is white is beautiful, lovable and normal, while black facial features, skin color and everything else associated with b...

Review of An Article on a Text on “The Yellow Wallpaper”

marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...

Zhang, Lahiri/Memoir and Short Story

was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...

American Cultural Connection and 'The Celestial Railroad' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages this paper examines how American culture is reflected in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Eight sources are ...

'To Build a Fire' by Jack London and 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages these 2 American short stories are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

U.S. Society and Cinematic Stereotypes of Hispanics

In five pages this paper considers how Hispanics have been stereotyped by American society and how cinema has perpetuated this dis...

Colin Powell's 1995 Text My American Journey

and judging the enemy. I therefore advised Cheney to accept Norms (Schwarzkopf) recommendation." What he is referring to in this ...

Culture of the American South in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner'

In six pages this paper discusses the profound impact of the culture of the American South upon Emily Grierson in the short story ...

The Afrocentricism of Dee in 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker

then her family and has been divorcing herself from them for quite sometime. When Dee arrives she is decked out in bright...

Social Mobility in Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger

In five pages this paper examines the importance of social mobility in this Alger tale that defined the story of the American conc...

American Romanticism and the Writings of Washington Irving

This paper discusses how American Romanticism is represented in 'Rip Van Winkle,' a short story by Washington Irving in three page...

Analysis of Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

In five pages the success story that was Benjamin Franklin and his American Dream of a life from his 1706 birth until 1757 is dis...