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Human Nature in Gulliver's Travels

This 6 page paper gives an overview of the story Gulliver's Travels. This paper includes human nature and corruption as theme with...

Charles Ramsey and the Celebrity Phenomenon

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Charles Ramsey. The piece takes the form of a literary journalistic story. Paper us...

"The Story of an Hour," Effect of Patriarchy

This essay pertains to "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. The writer presents the argument that the principal point that Chopi...

"Murders in the Rue Morgue" and Concepts of Intelligence

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "Murders in the Rue Morgue". The story is analyzed for its philosophical stance on ...

O'Brien and Hemingway - Disconnection in War Stories

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" and O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story". Various ...

Overcoming Fear - A Personal Narrative

quickly made friends, got to know the city, and generally had an excellent time. However, there was one small problem... actually,...

Sacrifice Narratives

son, to God is record in Genesis 22. God instructed Abraham to take "your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the re...

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut: Point of View

The story's meaning as influenced by the omniscient third-person point of view adopted by Kurt Vonnegut is discussed in 4 pages. ...

Family Stories

similarity to the fascinating stories that are in both N. Scott Momadays House Made of Dawn and Anna Linzers Ghost Dancing as the ...

"Girl Who Was Plugged In" by James Tiptree

in "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" provides the author with the means to create a biting critique of contemporary societal values. T...

John Ford/The Quiet Man

and he refuses to do so. Mary Kate abides by her brothers wishes, which confuses and frustrates Sean. The plot complications tha...

"Good Will Hunting" - An Analysis

in Will in order to save him from going to jail after Will assaults a police officer. This in turn establishes the time frame whic...

"Wickedness" and Liberation in Cisneros

shared her names (Cisneros, 1987). This places a poetic emphasis on the lack of personal efficacious power women experienced in th...

The Variety of Personal Influence

so than my other friends my age. Perhaps part of the reason that I was able to get along so well with my extended family instead...

Comparing News Reporting

aged 26 years from Perth, who was a schoolteacher who had been living in Brixton for 16 months, who is quoted as stating she is on...

Crime in the Newspapers: An Anomie-Oriented View

the crime being committed. First of all, the report indicates that the suspect was in his late 20s, had a beard, and wore a sloppi...

The Story of Christianity, Vol. II, Chapter 1 by Justo Gonzalez

1: The Call for Reformation Justo L. Gonzalez begins chapter 1 of his text on Christian history, The Reformation to the Present D...

The Story of Christianity, Vol. II, Chapter 2 by Justo Gonzalez

Chapter 2: Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation Martin Luther Justo Gonzalez begins his discussion of Luther by describing ho...

The Lottery, A Classic Horror Story

anthologized works in literature and for good reason. The story is simple, follows a linear structure, and within that basic frame...

The Importance of Title in Van Der Zee's "A Secret Sorrow"

marriage can never be because of the information she kept from Kai. Kai arrives, however, and impresses upon her that she must tel...

Reality and Old Harjo

story of Old Harjo because clearly there are at least two different realities dealt with in the tale, and both are persuasive. Ho...

Ralph Ellison’s Bingo Game

Invisible Man, a searing portrait of the way in which society ignores the African-Americans in its midst-making them "invisible." ...

The Symbolic Function of Marriage in Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"

literary works of early America, is awash with allegory and symbolic meaning. Ostensibly, the story tells the tale of a somewhat l...

Wangero’s Betrayal

shows the dilemma of those who seek to build a new life for themselves, at the cost of betraying their heritage. This paper discus...

Charles Baxter - The Disappeared

is a classic "quest" tale; the description of a mans journey through a strange new world, in this case, Detroit, Michigan. This pa...

Marketing to the Poor

were lacking in material things. This was viewed specifically as an economic division where certain people had failed to reach a b...

Thinking Makes It So

by the church, works for them. She relents and tells him to remain just as he is, but that he still cannot join her church. The st...

Realism in O’Brien’s Works

in Vietnam. As the war fades further into the past, its important that authors like OBrien continue to remind Americans of the dif...

Women’s Writing and Male Domination

both the other woman and herself. She tells her shocked husband, who faints when he sees her creeping around the wall, that she ha...

2010 World Series Game 5: A Duel for the Ages

perfect record, however, was shattered in Game 1 of the World Series when Lee faced the Giants Lincecum and lost. Going into Game ...