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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 ...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

ended as they could have logically ended. So, too, it must be stated that this spelling out of the ending of the mysteries is a ...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

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

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...

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...

who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...

Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...

of twenty she had received a proposal, which she had promptly declined, and at the age of fifty she had not yet lived to regret it...

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

In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...

a lady....

life is at stake as the narrator expresses the fact that a man will actually freeze to death if he cannot get a fire going. The ...

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 "...

were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...

In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...

in Gilbs narrative is that Jake really doesnt know how to be anything other then deceptive and manipulative, the small-time con ar...

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

from Londons story which illustrates how the man is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But a...

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

In this paper consisting of five pages the 'voice' Walker uses in constructing her short stories as expressed in sentence structur...