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who suffered a serious ax wound and is lying on the top bunk, above his laboring wife. When he heard this comment he "rolled over ...

Mr. Henderson; Sheriff Peters and his wife and Mr. Hale and his wife Martha. The five of them go to the Wright place the morning a...

camps, and symbolic of the true need to survive, something not really seen in the mother or the infant who all but seem to accept ...

end of the story, because the man whose son was killed appears to be handling it well. He notes that life is difficult, and that w...

that I was strong enough and violent enough to kill somebody in a fit of anger" (Allen 24). There is an unsettling undercurrent o...

in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...

is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...

man called each living creature, that was its name" (Genesis 2:19). Adam gave names to all of them "But, for Adam no suitable help...

many years, that she hardly heard them at all" (Lawrence). In these references it is quite clear that Mabel is essentially...

"Big Tall Goony-Goony," but is the third girl with whom he is instantly smitten. She is "Queenie" in Sammys mind and he associates...

day to trip me up" (Updike). This is a line that also suggests he may be judgmental as well. But, in essence, he is very much symb...

History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

opens the story by saying that he has heard that when people go through some sort of strange or supernatural experience, they usua...

she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...

the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...

she retreated into security of the family homestead, which like the lady of the house, was also dying a slow death. Before the Ci...

major role in shaping our behavior, temperament, and intelligence" (PBS). While nature plays important roles in ones life, the env...

women: "During the early 20th century the term new woman came to be used in the popular press. More young women than ever were goi...

understanding of the lottery is the same as her neighbors. She complacently believes that it will never touch her family. This goe...

applied to literature in terms of presenting visual imagery in words that does not need to make sense and involves the subconsciou...

persona, observing early in the narrative, "He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, b...

is true of the character Joy/Hulga in "Good Country People." Joy/Hulga has a heart condition, which prevents her from living the...

he says, that our protagonist was assigned by his parents. The name in itself is an ironic reflection of the impact of the white ...

clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...

he recognizes this. They are a challenge and women have always been drawn to him. But, with this one woman he begins to become far...

and inwardly becomes free, realizing that what they have done is not wrong, but natural, and that she is truly, in her heart and s...

are the American couple and they are simply trying to get in an adventure before Mark dies. They have always wanted to see Ireland...

that there is really little true proof and the atheists will argue that there is only scant knowledge on this subject. There is no...

But Ichabod has a problem, in the form of "Brom Bones," the nickname the locals have given to Abraham ("Brom" Van Brunt, a strong ...