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man who is old, perhaps given up on life, and essentially a man who spends his days watching television and checking the mail. Wit...

are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...

the white race is far superior to all others. Reprogramming such ingrained concepts is not something that will ever be carried th...

the city contrasts with his depiction of the boys at play, trying gamely to be frolicsome and experience the joy of childhood agai...

in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...

love that both lives and dies upon ones overzealous sense of passion. "There was a time when I thought I loved my first wife more...

workings of identity, however, there are grand variances that separate one person from the next when it gets past a superficial le...

and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...

other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create...

why things are so arranged, that women should seize us by the nose as deftly as they do the handle of a teapot" (How the Two Ivans...

Many factual elements of Schmids horrendous crimes and his persona impregnate Oates short story. Schmid is described in the "Life...

Understandably, such an action might be interpreted as a willingness on her part but in reality this action, even though Arnold ne...

The obvious conclusion that many students come to when considering this encounter was that Connie in effect encouraged Arnolds pur...

educated, for most people are in the future, and they just live a life that is filled with criminal activity. It is the norm and t...

his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...

to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...

at the same time he is not successful, such as the relationship with his grandfather and a wife. In terms of three specific events...

himself during this period (Ross, 1999). He began writing soon after his arrival in Canada, and won the "Canadian Fiction Magazin...

stories often reflect the ideals, and the alternative ideals, of this time. While he has written numerous stories this particular ...

to salvage their relationship. When a scratch on his leg goes untreated with iodine, it becomes gangrenous, and as he lay dying, ...

This paper examines the issue of gender in Le Guin's short story, Sur. The author discusses gender roles, symbolism, and thematic...

telephone wire holding her to her duty like a leash. The next time she must telephone, or wait to be telephoned, nailed her to her...

has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...

controlling people, usually against their will and in such a way that escape is impossible without tragedy. We see this, for ...

hearers quaked. An unsought pathos came hand in hand with awe" (Hawthorne). They shuddered and were simply fearful of this man who...

belly pulsed with fear...and the rat emitted a long thin song of defiance, its black beady eyes glittering" (Wright, 10). ...

a famous singer, a woman who appears also quite lonely and powerful. Her name is Madame Tradutorri and she suffers at the hands of...

them on their journey to death are, more often than not, lacking in any sympathy or emotion, just as the characters in the end of ...

he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...

that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...