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Hearts of Darkness: Wolfe and Connell

an intelligent form of prey offers, in comparison to tracking animals. At the end of the text, Rainsford is forced to use all of h...

CSI, the Detective Genre, and "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe

This paper examines how crime scene investigations and the detective fiction genre (particularly Sherlock Holmes) are attributed t...

'Experiment' by Julian Barnes and Postmodern Fiction

In three pages postmodern fiction is defined and then considered within the context of 'Experiment,' a short story by Julian Barne...

Overview of Postmodern Science Fiction

mind. For example, the "flowers" of Edo is a term that refers to the citys tendency to have many fires. Within this reality frame...

Critical Reception to Alice Adams's Fiction

In eight pages the varied critical responses to Adams's fiction particularly as it portrayed class is discussed with reference mad...

The Writing Techniques Alice Walker Uses to Address Her Concerns

In six pages the ways in which Walker employs fiction to express her concern about specific issues and love of humanity are consid...

Thematic Comparison of Short Stories ‘Newton’s Gift’ by Paul J. Nahin, ‘Absolutely Inflexible’ by Robert Silverberg, and ‘Meddler’ by Philip K. Dick

decided to travel back in time and mercifully ease Newtons burdens with a state-of-the art nuclear powered calculator that will ef...

Comparative Analysis of the Poetry of Sharon Olds and Short Fiction of Raymond Carver

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the Sharon Olds' poem 'Sex Without Love' with Raymond Carver's short story 'What W...

The Short Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut and Conformity and Appearance

IN ten pages the author's contention that conformity interferes with self understanding is examined within the context of three st...

H.G. Wells/The Time Machine

on the nature of the fourth dimension, i.e., time, as well as the astronomical features and evolutionary development that he obser...

Fiction and the Depiction of Women

of winning her own way in the larger society and from the beginning, the character generally takes herself very lightly (19). She ...

Science Fiction Shakespeare

possible, but have not been invented yet. This will sound strange, because science itself is just getting started, but really, all...

Fiction and Non-Fiction Narrative

literature, for he is only telling his story. For example, he states such things as "I began thinking about my friend the other da...

Howard Fast's April Morning

alive to confirm conversations nor recording equipment to verify accuracy. However, an author writing historic fiction must do a g...

Short Stories 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' by Flannery O'Connor

be the natural order of things, with themselves and those like them, of course, were divinely placed atop this orderly universe, g...

'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway

conforming to gender role expectations in other areas, such as his taking the bags to the train. It is not that she is portrayed ...

Carol Henning and John Steinbeck's 'The Chrysanthemums'

In 9 pages this paper analyzes the short story by John Steinbeck in order to determine whether or not his wife Carol Henning was t...

'The Dead' by James Joyce

In five pages this essay analyzes James Joyce's short story and the meaning of 'dead' within the characterization of Gabriel. The...

'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...

Symbolism and Setting in 'Revelation' by Flannery O'Connor

In seven pages this paper analyzes this short story in terms of meaning and characterization but focuses primarily upon the 2 sett...

Tessie Hutchinson/The Lottery/Shirley Jackson

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

Zhang, Lahiri/Memoir and Short Story

was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...

Analysis of Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard To Find'

criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...

Comparing 'Two Kinds' with 'Bartleby'

ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...

'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou

looked down upon. Many religious groups look down upon the upper classes, who have great wealth, but do not give to the poor. Gran...

The Necklace/Guy de Maupassant

Necklace" is present the narrative within the context of the readers understanding of Mathilde Loisels character, who is described...

"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant: Short Story Analysis

the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...

A Film Adaptation/Soldier's Home

adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway short story, directed by Robert Young and produced in 1997. The protagonist of this short film ...

Descriptive Language in Fiction

always been in Raleighs room, presumably, but he had never noticed it, hidden as it was behind a chest of drawers, until he was te...

Running in Place by Pamela C. Joern

This essay offers analysis of Pamela C. Joern's short story "Running in Place." The writer focuses on Joern's skill in regards to ...