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

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

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...

no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...

freed black man and has just hopped onboard a slaving ship headed for Africa. The ships captain is a dwarf named Ebenezer Falcon, ...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

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

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...

journey, he prefers to run from the prophecy. He thinks he is doing the right thing, much like Ruebens belief that he is doing the...

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...

a lady....

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

other words it compels the reader to say, "What?!" or "Whoah. What happens next?" or "Wow, how did this happen?" Any combination ...

woman who is significant, but rather how she makes the male character feel. This is particularly true of young women, who almost f...

the intent of the writer. Might he have an agenda hidden under the ghost story? At the same time, this is a classic supernatural t...

she is known for. This particular compilation of stories was written prior to her incredible fame and would thus indicate that she...

life must endure social intolerance at one time or another; however, certain groups face prejudicial persecution on a regular basi...

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

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