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brother. As with all female orphans, she becomes a "servant" in her uncles household (Emecheta, 1983, p. 17). Her uncles family co...

find and rescue her. Early on, the reader is also introduced to Cap Huff, an adult friend of the Nason family, and Phoebe Marvin, ...

in an internment camp and two years in prison. It charts his efforts at reintegration into American society. From this perspective...

and "one day could not explain some term of horsemanship to her that she had come across in a novel" (Flaubert 29). Emmas disappoi...

makes an impression is the plot and specifically the incident when Huck could turn Jim in to the men who are hunting runaway slave...

(1983) Religion and sexuality in Walker Percy, William Gass and John Updike: metaphors of embodiment in the androcentric imaginati...

of the school" are clear presentations of this perspective. Another powerful element in the story, and one that is mentioned onl...

it seemed to be the only way open to me" (Celestial 63). Mary wishes to avoid the "single narrow path" outlined by her parents liv...

checker board and play checkers till dark. He comments on how reassuring that game was in which the rules were known and observabl...

though that ideal does not exist. The society that Julian West leaves behind is capitalist; like modern society, its ugly, strati...

the serious topics addressed. Above all, this is a story about a search for family. As Okinaway goes through life, he does seem t...

to drive to reach Las Vegas and they were both clearly feeling the affects of drugs, with the narrator claiming it would be hard t...

her to school in Nashville when she was 15; finally, when she was 16, her mother told her "to make her own way in the world" (Sull...

to use looks as an anchor. The other thing that Jane is not is greedy. When Edward offers her all kinds of clothes and jewels, she...

he must. The titled of the book clearly refers to lessons being learned by both Jefferson and Grant. Jefferson, as noted, is a v...

law to help people, deep down they knew they just wanted to make a lot of money. He is a man who sees that his life is going wron...

alive and as intact as possible. In many ways this is also reflective of the title, symbolic of "The Things They Carried." They ca...

instructions from a police inspector, who states, "Give the bozo some electric shocks and hell swear he killed his aunt, if necess...

make sure that isolation is maintained from the rest of the city. However, the controlling gaze of the soldiers is also negated be...

when a man and woman become married they become one person, but that one person was the man, the husband, thus indicating that a w...

reader, who has the benefit of hindsight, to wonder why German Jews, such as the Oppermanns, did not react earlier to the Nazi thr...

yourself some wonderful fellow, thats a sure deal, too. Just make sure hes got class, like my man" (p. 30). Adulthood This statem...

shelf. Even boxed and locked into storage should the need arise. But, of course not. Childhood isnt a book and it doesnt end. My c...

slavery and freedom. The main character is Huckleberry Finn and he simply wants to help out his friend, the runaway slave. But, ...

blood that is shed on the battlefield. The novel opens when the rumor runs through a Union camp that the army is finally going to ...

commanding warrior, whose exploits had become legendary among the Igbo villagers. Unfortunately, Okonkwo was more successful on...

few minutes I was going to enter into their lives, and no one would ever know or disapprove" (Fitzgerald 61). He soon finds that...

beautiful or charming as her sister. Her charm lies in her honesty, openness and her wit. Darcy is a man who, at first, seems take...

in for what she sees as the opposite with is sensibility. Her sister, Marianne, however is filled with emotions and is very much r...

This paper analyzes Madame de Lafayette's book, Princess of Cleves and the French court during the sixteenth century. This five p...