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Jean Paul Sartre's 'The Wall' and Existentialism

In four pages Sartre's short story is examined in terms of how existentialism is contained within. There are no sources listed....

Charlotte Pierce Baker and Houston A. Baker's Analysis of Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use' Reviewed

A review of this critical analysis of the short story 'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker is presented in seven pages. There are no ot...

'A Small Good Thing' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this report examines how existential reality and daily life's transitory nature are depicted in the 1983 short story...

American Literary Symbolism

353). Symbols present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Who or what is "Young Goodman Brown" t...

Guest of the Nation by Frank O'Connor and Character Depth

and Hawkins, two Englishmen. The setting is OConnors homeland of Ireland. The time frame is early twentieth century, during the ...

Father's Role and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the author's feelings concerning a father's role by blurring the past and the present in thi...

'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Puritan Beliefs

In five pages this essay presents the argument that Nathaniel Hawthorne uses this short story to reflect his New England Puritanis...

Ambiguity in 'A Clean, Well Lighted Place' by Ernest Hemingway

was eventually decided upon as a fix-it solution soon turned into a mistake of good intention when, in 1965, Charles Scribner Jr. ...

Symbolic Motifs and Gothic Imagery of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

In six pages this paper discusses how supernatural, dualism, and death motifs are emphasized through Gothic imagery in this famous...

'To Hell with Dying' by Alice Walker

In four pages this paper argues that what the narrative does not say about social prejudices reveals more than the short story say...

Achieving Order in Life Through Language in 'After the Denim; and 'The Bath' by Raymond Carver

In five pages this paper discusses these two short stories in terms of how language is employed by the characters to achieve order...

'To Build a Fire' by Jack London

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the creatures featured in this short story with the dog representing instinct and man symbolizing i...

Raymond Carver's 'Cathedral' and the Symbolism of Blindness

In a paper consisting of 8 pages the symbolism of blindness in this short story by Raymond Carver is discussed in terms of insight...

Flannery O'Connor's Works and the Symbolism of Stairs

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses the symbolic importance of stairs in Flannery O'Connor's short stories 'The Geraniu...

A James Joyce Brief Biography

In two pages a biographical overview along with reviews of Joyce's short story collection Dubliners is presented. There is a bibl...

Works of Tennessee Williams and the Theme of Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses how sexuality is thematically portrayed in Tennessee Williams' short story 'Desire and the Blac...

Comparison of Ethel Wilson's 'The Window' and Joyce Marshall's 'The Enemy'

In five pages the similarities and differences that exist in these two short stories are contrasted and compared. Two sources are...

Matryona's Home by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

In 5 pages a short story analysis that features the effects of government corruption upon rural Russia is presented. There are no...

First Encounter With Death in Joyce's The Sisters

The focus of this three page paper is a young boy's first experience with death as it unfolds in the short story in James Joyce's ...

Goodman Brown 'Dark Side'

In five pages this paper discusses how human nature's dark side is portrayed by Nathaniel Hawthorne in his short story 'Young Good...

Ernest Hemingway's Life and Writings

war, his writing talents waned but soon a short novel, The Old Man and the Sea, would emerge in 1952 ("Hemingway" PG). He won the ...

'Boule de Suif' by Guy de Maupassant

In 5 pages this famous short story by Guy de Maupassant is examined. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliography....

Evil in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado' and Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares how evil is thematically depicted in these short stories. There are 2 sources cited ...

Ernest Hemingway's 'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place'

1). Author, F. Scott Fitzgerald once said that Hemingway will be remembered for his great studies in fear. If you look at s...

Symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Birthmark'

In three pages this paper discusses the wide ranging symbolism associated with 'The Birthmark' in the short story by Nathaniel Haw...

The Sundown Bar & Grill

A 9 page essay exploring St. Paddy's at the Sundown Bar and Grill, a short story that illuminates the differences in love and sex ...

Pinckney Benedict's Town Smokes

This collection of short stories is summarized in a paper consisting of five pages. There are no other sources listed....

Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street

In five pages the short stories featured in Cisneros' volume and the continuity that exists between them are analyzed. There are ...

Turn of the Century Feminism as Seen in Chopin and Woolf

This paper compares and contrasts two short stories by Kate Chopin and Virginia Woolf, written around the turn of the Twentieth Ce...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' and the Technique of Magic Realism

In 6 pages this paper discusses how Marquez employed magical realism in his famous short story. There are 7 sources cited in the ...