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Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...

of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it...

In seven pages this paper examines knowledge, time, and truth in this thematic analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's stories 'The Balloon ...

the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...

In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

is mystical and unexplainable, in the house. They understand that they cannot necessarily see what is taking place, or truly put t...

this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

such a position where this is his best hope. His entire family seems thrilled that he can have such a good job with good pay, neve...

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...

and private places; the divisions which existed between regular days and festive days; the divisions which existed between the vil...

who they had both known was sent to the hospital after the game that day. Grimes, not realizing the Lardner is a reporter, and Lar...

great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...

ended as they could have logically ended. So, too, it must be stated that this spelling out of the ending of the mysteries is a ...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

books. They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the broken legs; but in his case there was a screw loose somewhere; and i...

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...

be left with a limp as a reminder of his close call, however. However, because of this illness, he would often be sent to live ...

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

not been fulfilled as she soon learned that many of the columns in the paper originated from a central syndication network and the...

clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...

beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...

BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

not strain her mental state. She must not write in her journal, she must not be in a room she finds more pleasant than the one cho...

room do not hear, the "hypocritical smiles" that are not there. He screams and tells them the heart is under the planks. He believ...

End of Something," "Cat in the Rain," and "The Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II)." First well describe the stories, than anal...