YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Short Stories of William Faulkner and Southern Life
Essays 931 - 960
Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...
ending is quite compelling, letting on that the narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is no...
white, and all of the men knew the colors of the sea. The horizon narrowed and widened, and dipped and rose, and at all times its ...
types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...
of food, loud noises upset him, strong scents, such as from flowers disturbed him. In every sense of the word, he was neurotic. Us...
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 ...
walls, the ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies which rattled as I strode, were but matters to w...
in complete truthfulness, "a man" (OConnor, 1972, p. 255). When the pair become hopelessly lost in Atlanta, they find themselv...
live. "In this theory, Madeline and Roderick (who are twins) represent the unconscious and the conscious, and when Roderick denies...
The rural citizens depicted in the story are average, everyday people who indulge in senseless human sacrifice that they never que...
of the boys life are not filled in , the reader is left to surmise the basic facts from what he says. For example, the boy mention...
equivalent of playing Russian roulette, was popular in Japan, but his mother always refused to eat fugu, but decided to do so rath...
about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...
unfortunate accident, and they do run into the notorious Misfit. Both the grandmother and the Misfit are concerned with the quest...
like Poe: "TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe NA). The narr...
fundamentally selfish and mean-spirited. In fact, OConnor repeatedly demonstrates to the reader how similar Fortune and his grandd...
In six pages this paper discusses the symbolism of the cask that appears throughout Edgar Allan Poe's compelling short story. Eig...
and isolation intensifies, and suffers what Professor Rita K. Gollin refers to as "the penalties of isolation (Nathaniel Hawthorne...
In five pages this paper discusses how Poe expertly employed satire in a mocking of romantic conventions in 'The Spectacles' short...
In six pages these two short stories are compared and contrasted in terms of girls' roles in each tale. There are no other sources...
In five pages this paper discusses Edgar Allan Poe's writing style in this analysis of his 'The Tell Tale Heart' short story. The...
in the story where a judgment is made concerning the validity of revenge. The argument is made that a killing will not restore ...
In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...
In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of perspective, setting, tone, style, and symbolism. Seven sources are cited ...
of such an objective that one becomes labeled as selfish and intolerant of commonly accepted methods. This negative connotation o...
close, as truly intimate with his wife as he is with this group of friends. Nick does not run away from his responsibility, but th...
Sonnys Blues, Sonny is the protagonist who is a recovering drug addict. He tries to begin a new life with the help of his brother,...
In five pages this research paper presents a character analysis of the brothers featured in this short story by James Baldwin. Fi...
formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him" (An Occurrence...). The third person point of view is d...
to try heroin in the first place. To him it must equate with a death wish. The irrationality of Sonnys habit is quite evident at t...