YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Stories by Adam Haslett
Essays 61 - 90
by some mysterious external power, capable of turning a man into a giant insect, is virtually ignored by the characters: their foc...
his otherwise dull life. When we meet the woman with the dog we begin to see that she is young and innocent and lonely. She als...
sets out to illustrate how Grace was "a onetime protege of Huey P. Long and virtually the only woman in Louisiana politics" and ho...
not aware enough to have often remembered it. Later she illustrates that when she first had sex she was told, by her friend, to si...
a woman, not a man. In addition, much of the information in the book, while involving the social history of the Italians and the n...
her mother does not always know the time of day. "He just left five minutes ago"; "That was this morning, Mother. Its night now" ...
In five pages this short story is reviewed. There are no other sources cited....
may have perceived myself as a moderate, it has been brought home to me enough times, that I can no longer pretend it is my person...
Education as it is thematically depicted in these Jamaica Kincaid stories is the focus of this comparative analysis consisting of ...
This 3-page paper discusses why "Edna's Hospital" is an important story in the book "Half the Sky."...
concerned that he cant get up and go to work to support his family. Even from the start, he does not want to be a burden on his fa...
studying the nature outside the window, and begins to allow us to see that she is experiencing something far more profound and far...
On the other hand, if the attack is primarily intended as a background setting from which the main character extrapolates their ow...
isolated as a result. In many ways, it is the men...
house, the meals, and my life. Fiona never seemed to bother much with my brothers but she seemed to take a particular interest in...
we have no sense of frustration or unrequited longing in terms of his aspirations....
of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms. She was a revelation in that dim, mysterious chamber; as white as the couch...
an accident with a drunk man. It is the drunks fault that the cars collided but the drunk man is belligerent and begins to hit Dic...
In five pages a synopsis of this story and an analysis are presented....
In five pages the differences and similarities that exist within Salinger's Nine Short Stories are discussed....
In nine pages Kafka's 1913 short story 'The Judgment' is compared with his classic 1915 work 'The Metamorphosis.'...
In five pages the violence associated with ritual is examined in this comparative analysis of these stories by Kaplan and Jackson....
in a language that, though poetic, little resembles modern English: "By very force he raft hir maidenheed, / For which oppressioun...
himself as comfortable as he wished" (Kafka 145). During those terrifying early days, when Gregor was uncertain what was overtaki...
In three pages this paper examines the primary characters in these two stories in terms of society's treatment of them and human p...
This paper examines how symbolism enhances Abner Snopes' characterization in William Faulkner's short story 'Barn Burning' in five...
In five pages the exciting and tragic story of Cabeza and his Florida colonization efforts on behalf of Spain are discussed....
In seven pages this essay considers transformation within a comparative context of these short stories....
In five pages this paper presents an original short story romance which is followed by an explanation of the narrative form used....
In five pages this essay discusses this amusing short story by Sherwood Anderson....