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John Barth's Use of Allegory in 'Giles Goat Boy'

There is, as is the case with any novel, a clear power of theme behind this comical tale of ones journey as a goat. Many have argu...

Renault: "The Persian Boy"

man with a dreadful face. Its center was red and empty; blood streamed from it into his mouth and beard ... both shoulders dripped...

Ishmael Beah/A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

verge of being reunited with his family, only to have this chance taken away by another rebel attack. He is changed by his experie...

The Witch of Black Bird Pond and The Silent Boy

who were also religious, like the Puritans, but also very different. This is the ultimate setting of the story. It is, however, al...

An Overview of Dirty White Boys

is somewhat of Pyles slave. His name is Richard and he is a clearly psychopathic killer as well as an artist. He draws pictures th...

The War Against Boys How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers

In five pages this report considers Sommers' 2000 text and the assertion that in contemporary America boys are having a more diffi...

'Bad Boy' Image of Harley Davidson Motorcycles

In nine pages Harley Davidson's corporate history is chronicle in an attempt to expose the 'bad boy' image it has acquired over th...

Baby Boy Film by John Singleton

vulnerable in all their humanity - authentically reveal their most personal hopes and aspirations. Ten years after Boyz N T...

Golden Boy by Clifford Odets

has some boxing success, the protagonist Joe Bonaparte hurts his hands enough that he can no longer play the violin. In this work...

Gus Lee's China Boy

Relationships in Lee's text are considered in terms of those between Edna and Kai and Toussaint and Kai. There are no other sourc...

Rian Malan's My Traitor's Heart and Mark Mathabane's Kaffir Boy

In five pages the South African apartheid experiences in these texts are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources list...

The Brothel Boy and Other Parables of the Law by Norval Morris

cars during the 1970s. But while for many of the terrible crimes committed the severity of the penalty would not have mattered, it...

Fitzgerald's Short Story, The Rich Boy

This paper analyzes Fitzgerald's short story, The Rich Boy in terms of the protagonist's behavior and refusal to grow up. This si...

Boys, Girls, and Gender Differences

birth through their interactions with their parents. They learn how to engage in eye contact, how to take turns, how to go up and ...

Inner City African American Boys in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

Soon after meeting Kotlowitz, Lafayette told him that "if" he grows up, he wants to be a bus driver. Kotlowitz notes that the adol...

Early Japan and Korea's Boys and Girls Education

In 7 pages this paper discusses the educational systems of these countries between 260 B.C. and 1600 A.D. in terms of how boys and...

A REview of Black Boy by Richard Wright

A 5 page overview of the religious and supersticious perspectives that interlace this book. 2 sources....

Josh A Boy With Dyslexia by Caroline Janover

In two pages this book concerning a learning disorder as it affects a young boy is discussed in a brief overview. There are no ot...

'Black Boy' by Richard Wright

In six pages this paper discusses the text's intended audience, content, and focus....

Identity in No No Boy, The Invisible Man, and Beloved

In a paper consisting of five pages the shared theme of an identity search as reflected in these texts by John Okada, Ralph Elliso...

Athol Fugard's 'Master Harold' and the Boys Life Epiphanies

In six pages the epiphanies learned along the life journeys of Hally, Sam, and Willie throughout the course of the play and how th...

An Analysis of Twain's, The Story of the Bad Little Boy

This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...

Autobiographical 'Black Boy' by Richard Wright

hunger and pain on a visceral level. One sees that Wright was oppressed not only by racial issues, but also by issues of gender. W...

William Blake's Poem 'The Little Black Boy'

In three pages this paper presents a thematic explication of this William Blake poem as it portrays lacking worth, faith, and inno...

Elementary Aged Boys and Self Esteem Project Proposal

In ten pages a project proposal to evaluate these self esteem issues as well as suggested intervention measures are discussed. Th...

Comparative Thematic Analysis of Boys and Girls by Alice Munro and Doe Season by David Kaplan

In five pages the themes of these works are contrasted and compared regarding gender differences, sexuality, and coming of age. T...

Daniel Kindlon and Michael Thompson's Raising Cain Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys

emotional lives are squelched, and what can be done about this without the longstanding fear of "turning boys into girls." In the...

Ernesto Galarzo's The Barrio Boys and Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club

These two novels are contrasted and compared in five pages with references made to Richard B. Rice, William A. Bullough and Richar...

Postmodernism and White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty

In five pages this research paper examines the postmodernist views expressed in the novel The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty. F...

Racism as Depicted in Black Boy by Richard Wright

In five pages this paper examines how author Richard Wright depicted racism in Black Boy. Four sources are listed in the bibliogr...