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Effects of PTSD on Louise Erdrich’s ‘The Red Convertible,’ Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Soldier’s Home,’ and Tim O’Brien’s ‘How to Tell a True War Story’

are particularly harrowing in soldiers that were at some point POWs (Dikel et al 69). Furthermore, the age of the traumatized per...

Father/Son Relationship in Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”

judge asks if he can produce the black man, Harris said no, he was a stranger; then he says "Get that boy up here. He knows" (Faul...

If Shakespeare Wrote Science Fiction, Ariel Would Use a Transporter

machine, and cannot understand why his mother doesnt really seem to love him. Among the science fiction elements are the followi...

Alice Walker/Everyday Use

Johnson muses about the past and, in so doing, tells the reader a great deal about both herself and her daughters. Mrs. Johnson ...

Amy Tan’s Two Kinds: Mothers and Daughters

Mothers and daughters are perhaps, first and foremost, women. And, as women they are often stuck in many social categories as well...

Alice Walker’s Everyday Use

she has moved to the city and been educated. One sees perhaps the only conflict this mother has in her life because it is a confl...

Alice Walker: “The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart”

But the memory of the house is misleading, because the author also says that much of the time they lived there she was angry, hope...

“Harrison Bergeron”

bursts" (Vonnegut, 1961). George, her husband, was brilliant and as such represented a threat to the status quo and so he was forc...

The Impact of Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper

is happening to her, but yet she heeds his advice and rules nonetheless because she was a good and dutiful wife. But, she knows sh...

Canaries and Snow Country

have suddenly grown weak" which symbolizes also the weakness in the man as well through the death of his wife and the memory of hi...

Trail of the Green Blazer by R.K. Narayan

In five pages an analysis of this short story by R.K. Narayan is presented. There are 6 sources cited in the bibliography....

Tone of Sammy in 'A and P' by John Updike

sheep-like qualities of the old maids in the store and the unattainable status of the girls he so desires, Sammy is caught between...

Protagonist and Antagonist in 'A and P' by John Updike

In one page this paper examines the short story by John Updike in an identification of its protagonist and antagonist characters. ...

'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson

and commonplace New England town for the event. It could serve as the model for a Norman Rockwell painting that could be titled "T...

American Cultural Connection and 'The Celestial Railroad' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages this paper examines how American culture is reflected in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Eight sources are ...

Setting in 'Old Mortality' by Katherine Anne Porter

can be emphasized that it is the psychological landscape that matters, not the physical one in this use of setting. Porter begin...

'Daughters of the Late Colonel' by Katherine Mansfield

two women that reveals a great deal about their lives while simultaneously showing the effect of their fathers tyranny through the...

'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' by D.H. Lawrence and Motivation

In four pages this paper analyzes the D.H. Lawrence short story in terms of determining the young doctor's motivations. There are...

Jean Paul Sartre's 'The Wall' and Existentialism

In four pages Sartre's short story is examined in terms of how existentialism is contained within. There are no sources listed....

Raymond Carver's 'So Much Water So Close to Home'

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of setting and character development. There is no bibliography included....

Open Ended Revenge in 'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe

In seven pages this paper examines how the revenge theme is developed in this short story and how whether or not it was Fortunato ...

'To Build a Fire' by Jack London and 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages these 2 American short stories are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

Comparative Analysis of 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor and 'Barn Burning' by William Faulkner

In five pages the tone and style of these short stories are compared in terms of similarities and differences. There are no other...

Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk Film and Joyce Carol Oates' 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?'

attracts someone she doesnt anticipate -- an considerably older man named Arnold Friend. Vaguely sinister from the beginning, Arno...

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 ...

Everyday Use by Alice Walker

This essay presents an analysis of "Everyday Use, " a short story, by Alice Walker. Nine pages in length, seven sources are cited....

Hawthorne and Poe

This essay discusses short stories Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," contrasting...

"Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This essay offers a summary and discussion of themes and characters in "Winter Dreams," a short story by Fitzgerald. Three pages i...

Two Novels and Gender Roles

This paper pertains to "We So Seldom Look on Love," a short story by Barbara Gowdy and It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, a g...

Junot Diaz, "How to Date a Brown Girl..."

This essay pertains to "How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)" by Junot Diaz. Referring to a description if...