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of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...

asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...

she should behave. She goes to a home where she is treated very well and ultimately has a puppy of her own and this makes her life...

takes on the persona of Samantha, and Samantha eagerly takes on the persona of Amanda because they seem to be the same. There ar...

with that in mind it becomes obvious that religion is such an important part of this story that one cannot ignore it. In first l...

a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...

she was saying many bad things about America and Americans. There were many others who were simply confused by the story and appar...

desperation or dismay of the narrator whereas Hemingways story leaves us to infer the desperation, but the ending is very similar....

a part of the childhood experience. But then, a girl referred to only as Mangans sister (obviously the sister of one of his frien...

and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...

thinks the woman will die. Arsat is very sad and while he waits out the long night he begins to tell his friend about how he came ...

apply and be accepted into the graduate creative writing program at Boston University; eventually getting her Masters in English, ...

sharpness of selfish satisfaction" (217). As this suggests, Dr. Jenkins feelings toward his hoard of art are not completely altrui...

with this great solitude" (73). Kurtz allows all of his most primitive desires to run rampant. The experience of being away from a...

"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...

which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...

where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...

death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...

with Sykes tormenting her with a whip that mistakes for a snake. This image carries with it the historical weight of slavery, as...

it looks like a Holstein calf, and she is waggin her finger at me and sayin, "Child, you got to grab hold of the things you want i...

restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...

and venture onto "a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow pat...

generation, perceiving life and important family relationships very differently. They do not come from the same position, in terms...

appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...

clear that there are some very mysterious things taking place within the story. We note this first in the presence of the house wh...

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...

sack of flour, no gunpowder, or leather, or cloth, or iron tools" (Cather). He would see, "Not a letter, even -- no news of what w...

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...