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The Short Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut and Conformity and Appearance

IN ten pages the author's contention that conformity interferes with self understanding is examined within the context of three st...

Willa Cather's 'Paul's Case'

down, pistol in hand, and he had cried out in time to save himself, and his father had been horrified to think how nearly he had k...

Themes and Criticism of 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

Iin four pages this combination research paper and essay discusses the critical thematic interpretation of this famous short story...

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In five pages this story is examined in a discussion of the importance of identity in American society and its problems with racis...

Once and Forever by Kenji Miyazawa

In five pages these stories as translated by John Bester are analyzed in an overview the concentrates primarily upon 'Kenju's Wood...

'Errand' by Raymond Carver

In three pages Raymond Carver's last short story is analyzed in terms of culture and setting. There are no other sources cited....

Critique of 'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane

In seven pages the indifference represented by this famous short story by Stephen Crane is critiqued. Four sources are cited in t...

'A Father' by Bharati Mukherjee and Irony

In five pages this paper examines the importance of irony to Mukherjee's story with other thematic components considered as well. ...

'The Man Who Was Almost A Man' by Richard Wright

Dave's perspectives on masculinity are examined in this analysis of 'The Man Who Was Almost a Man' short story by Richard Wright c...

Life of John Updike in 'A and P' and 'Pigeon Feathers'

In ten pages this paper examines how autobiographical glimpses of author John Updike can be seen in these stories. There are 15 s...

Hiring Practices and Gender Prejudice

not hold these prejudices, it appears that they do. Reverse stereotyping is prevalent in the workplace today. In order to underst...

'Leaf By Niggle,' Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Language Meaning

In five pages this paper examines the meaning of the language used in this story and novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Four sources are ci...

Repression and Restriction in Dubliners by James Joyce

of disguise by existing within a relationship under the illusion of love. Indeed, the Conroys address the issue of marriage in ve...

Floods in the Koran and the Bible

In a paper containing 5 pages the stories of the great flood featured in these religious texts are examined. There are two source...

Overview of Female Writers from the Post Colonial Era

In six pages this research paper considers post colonial women writers in a discussion of Rosario Ferre's 'The Youngest Doll' and ...

D.H. Lawrence's 'The Horse Dealer's Daughter' and Sigmund Freud

In five pages this short story by D.H. Lawrence is subjected to a Freudian psychoanalytical interpretation with the character of M...

Descartes and Heidegger in Samuel Beckett's Rockaby

In five pages this paper discusses how the philosophies of Descartes and Heidegger manifest themselves in this short story by Samu...

Life's Meaning in 'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka and 'Ivan Ilyich' by Leo Tolstoy

In 4 pages this paper examines how life's meaning is conveyed through physical and spiritual changes in a contrasting of these two...

Motivation Behind Cult Membership

Recent stories of mass suicides of cult members has led to an interest in the people who join cults and their rationale. Tis paper...

'Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe and Irony

In 3 pages the author's employment of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony in this short story is analyzed. There are 2 source...

Richard Wunderli's Peasant Fires The Drummer of Niklashausen

In five pages this paper discusses Hans Behem's peasant story as it is presented in this fifteenth and sixteenth century German hi...

Nonconformist Americans in 'Hills Like White Elephants' and 'A Man of the World' by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this report discusses the American nonconformism Hemingway represents in thest 2 short stories. Three sources are c...

An Unnecessary Ending in Amy Tan's'Two Kinds'

This paper consisting on 5 pages focuses on the last paragraphs of the short story and argues that for the reader these are unnece...

'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this short story by Eudora Welty is analyzed from a sociological perspective. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Religion in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

In seven pages this paper examines the short story in terms of how it expresses the author's attitudes about religion. Six source...

Phyllis Bentley's 'Love and Money' and Virginia Woolf's 'The Legacy' Compared

on what his wife has written reveal details of his opinion regarding her. While granted Gilbert loved his wife, his attitude towar...

Comparative Analysis of the Short Stories 'A Christmas Memory' by Truman Capote, 'The Rocking Horse Winner' by D.H. Lawrence and 'The Child by Tiger' by Thomas Wolfe

in him. While this unnamed relative (Capote calls her simply his "friend") is childlike and somewhat simple minded, she is also n...

An Analysis of a Third Grade Lesson Plan

This paper analyzes a third grade lesson plan for what is known as an Inclusion Class, for students with learning or mental disord...

Do Humans Control Their Own Lives?

This 7 page paper asks to what degree humans control their own lives. It uses three literary works, Metamorphosis by Kafka; The Lo...

'The Crowd' by Ray Bradbury

works of Ray Bradbury, the face of the crowd is death, the death of a more spacious, easier-paced world that has been sacrificed t...