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This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

utterly free. When Emily discovers that her boyfriend is gay, her instant fear of what the community would think of her leads he...

ironically named Faith) participating in what appears to be satanic rituals, Brown is so psychologically damaged by all he sees he...

kills them when hes trying to pet them, not realizing his own strength. His strength, in fact, is his downfall - when he first mee...

being. But, she is a fighter it seems, represented by the fact that she has many missing teeth due to struggles with the white man...

(Faulkner). In the story of Miss Brill one does not see her as a tradition of the people, a sort of monument to an Old South bec...

fourth section is told by their black servants who give an outsiders look to these individuals who are undergoing change and obvio...

While this may be one way of looking at the story, and the character of Emily, it seems to lack strength in light of the fact that...

child, which is further emphasized by his stiff nature. All of these symbolic descriptions lay the foundation for understanding th...

necessarily as depressing as one could envision in relationship to the process of dying and the construction of a coffin outside h...

conversation between the bartenders as they speak of how he had tried to commit suicide. The older bartender indicates that it mus...

mention this to any of the townspeople, as she does not want the past "brought up against" her (Lawrence 128). Frank agrees and hi...

If the reader proves victorious at ascertaining the entire concept as a whole, while comprehending the connection of the detailed ...

viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...

are similar to Emilys. The characters discussed are Carrie, from the film "Carrie," Norman Bates from the film "Psycho," Eleanor f...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

a feeling that his ferocious conviction in the rightness of his own actions would be of advantage to all whose interest lies with ...

lives, and all this really comes out as people and their relationships to the place that formed them (Smith ppg). Duality shown i...

In twenty pages twentieth century family dysfunction is considered in a comparative analysis of its portrayal in the characterizat...

literary criticism entitled, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction, Judith Fetterley described "A Rose for...

great deal of literature there is a foundation that is laid in relationship to a community. The community is a part of the setting...

had died, the reader recognizes that Emily must always live in that Old South because of her father and his demands. But, at the s...

through several short stories, including those of his victims and their families. In the novel we meet the Dew Breaker later in ...

In five pages this pape examines how William Faulkner's splicing montage techniques are applied to presenting a family's many comp...

In six pages this paper examines the opposing critical perspectives of Adams and Eldridge on William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. F...

In five pages this paper examines the moral value and depiction of women in William Faulkner's Sanctuary, The Unvanquished, As I L...

oppressed. Later in the story the reader learns of how Emily was not allowed to have male suitors and how her only responsibilit...

there are certain things a person must do, certain things a man must feel and never turn away from. So many men were lost in their...

he will bring the excitement back into her life. When she gives him a cutting from her prized mums to give to another woman (its a...

coming of age and seeking an enlightened path, in the Freudian lens the boy is clearly trying to somehow come to terms with himsel...