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Beth Lordan's 'The Man with the Lap Dog'

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

'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe, 'Shooting the Elephant' by George Orwell and the Human Heart

to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...

'The Poor Relation's Story' by Charles Dickens and What It's Like to be an Outsider

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

Donald Barthelme's 'The Balloon' and Irony

keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'A Descent into the Maelstrom' and 'MS Found in a Bottle'

of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...

Blindness in 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver

asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...

'Good Country People' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldnt answer to my conscience if I did" (OConnor). II. HULGA & THE MISFIT: RELIGIOUS FAIT...

A Review of The Red Bow

man who is old, perhaps given up on life, and essentially a man who spends his days watching television and checking the mail. Wit...

Interpretation of 'Araby' by James Joyce

the city contrasts with his depiction of the boys at play, trying gamely to be frolicsome and experience the joy of childhood agai...

Natalie Merchant's Song 'These Are Days You'll Remember' and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...

'The Judgement' by Franz Kafka

protagonist finds his fathers rejection of him to be too much to bear and continue living. Kafka begins "The Judgment" by pictu...

'On the Golden Porch' by Tatiana Tolstaya

a garden. Without end or limit, without borders and fences, in noises and rustling, golden in the sun, pale green in the shade, a...

Writing and Psychoanalysis

my birthday and my parents are throwing a party for me. Its no surprise, but thats just as well. I cant ever remember having a p...

Characteristics of a Rebel in 'A and P' by John Updike

letting the weight move along to her toes as if she was testing the floor with every step, putting a little deliberate extra actio...

'Circular Ruins' by Jorge Borges

other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create...

'I Want to Know Why' by Sherwood Anderson and Symbolism

are pure creatures and seeing them run or even trot, or perhaps even exist, makes this young man incredibly happy and content. The...

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 ...

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...

Gender Stereotypes in Achebe's "Dead Men's Path"

gotten his teaching certificate and then gone on to work for several years in education-at least enough to get noticed and promote...

Gabriel's Spiritual Revelation in Joyce's The Dead

yet, continued Gabriel, his voice falling into a softer inflection, there are always in gathering such as this sadder thoughts tha...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...