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Merry Go Round in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

face the truth and become a more aware young man or he will find a great deal of trouble in running from truth. Holden leaves his ...

Irish Folklore in the Poetry of William Butler Yeats

strife. The folklore of the country became an important vehicle for recording that turmoil and strife and Yeats was a critical pl...

A Compendium of Four Essays on Religion

and some of the verses were sung. It was explained to me later that the members of the congregation that perform this part of the ...

Controversy Over Schools Being Open All Year

15 days of vacation. * The 60/20 plan. The year is divided into three equal groups, with 60 school days followed by 20 days of va...

The Quest for the Holy Grail and the Round Table Disintegration

before the knights can embark upon such an undertaking, they must first prove themselves to be a true knight of the Christian fait...

The Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an Hour and the Female Characters they Include

world that she is a success. This character then stands as a powerful example of women from that era who were given few choices b...

Ondaatje and Lee, Immigrant Experience

in the only way that is culturally significant, as he would link her present to that "golden chain of male to male" (Lee 31). As...

Faulkner/Knight's Gambit

starting point by which to judge his slow drift away from this position towards enforcing justice as he sees it. In "Monk," Faul...

Explication of the Theme of "The Yellow Wallpaper"

"Dont worry your pretty little head about it" and sending her to bed with milk and cookies. He treats her like a child. We also b...

Glaspell: "A Jury of Her Peers"

and indeed she is the most likeable person in the story, because she is the one who solves the mystery and suggests its resolution...

Literary Analysis: Flannery O'Connor; Three Works

his mother. Sheppard fails to see the depth of the boys grief, and Norton hangs himself in despair. His suicide is an attempt to b...

Symbolism in Yasunari Kawabata’s The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket

does he reach in and grab the insect and hand it to her. She is delighted and states it is not a grasshopper but a bell cricket, o...

Graham Greene: "The Destructors"

to do with self-preservation. We know that the house stands next to their playground, and that it is the only structure left stan...

Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

has ultimately nothing to do with emotions. Although Mel is obviously a learned man, and a doctor and perhaps arrogant to some ext...

Literary Analysis: "A Late Chrysanthemum"

was much different.) There are other aspects to the mum that remind us of Kin. First, a flower of any kind is beautiful, but pra...

Barn Burning by Faulkner

testify, to lie for his father he can "smell and sense just a little of fear because mostly of despair and grief, the old fierce p...

Organization of Plot in A Rose for Emily by Faulkner

time reader knows the story may move on logically from her death to another consecutive event. However, after a couple of paragr...

Flannery O'Connor's Unique Style

is actually an "angel of light," as he serves as the "unwilling instrument of grace," by stealing Joy/Hulgas leg and leaving her s...

Flannery O'Connor/Good Country People

OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...

The Lottery by Jackson: Violence or Tradition?

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

Religion in “A Good Many is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor

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...

The Evil in Humanity: Jackson’s The Lottery

a coveted prize! However, the prize is anything but coveted. The Lottery begins in a simple community, a little town that ...

Updike: "A&P"

after all, they are completely covered, even if they are pushing the limits The second ironical situation is Sammys resignation. ...

Identity and Cultural Borders in The Red Convertible by Erdrich

subtle and strong ways. It is something that connects the two, and means something to the two of them. It is a material object, an...

Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie and Portrait of a Girl in Glass

visit is an old school friend of the son and daughter. In the play there is a similar sense of expectation involving this man as T...

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...

Alice Walker’s Coming Apart

pleasure he has enjoyed is a violation of his rights" (Walker). As a man he is ignorantly assuming that he has the right to have s...

'I Want to Live!' by Thom Jones

a surprise! She ... knew. Of course, you always hope for the best. She heard but she didnt hear" (Jones 166). There are several ...

Interpreting 'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty

path reaches a dead end a new one begins. By choosing a poor elderly African-American woman as her tales protagonist, Welty is ab...

Themes and Criticism of 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

Iin four pages this combination research paper and essay discusses the critical thematic interpretation of this famous short story...