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'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker and Revelation

to her" (2274). Maggie had a disfiguring accident as a child, the result of the familys home burning to the ground. As her mothe...

'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In five pages this paper examines the social and economic implications of this short story in a character analysis of Bartleby. T...

'The Old Chief Mshlanga' by Doris Lessing

thematic motif, relating individuals to others, themselves, and, particularly in the African stories, to the land. "The Old Chief...

The Open Boat vs. The Snows of Kilimanjaro

injured while enjoying an African hunting adventure with his wife, Helen. The primary theme is death, and how man often puts off ...

'Shiloh' by Bobbie Ann Mason

In a paper consisting of six pages the thematic cycle of beginnings and ends is discussed within the context of this short story. ...

'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant

reminiscent of real people experiencing real social pain and suffering, in spite of the fact that Mathilde chose to wallow in what...

Analysis of Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat'

In five pages this paper presents a short story analysis of Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat.' There are no other sources listed....

US Civil War Women

In nine pages the stories of Captain Sally and Dr. Mary Walker's spy activities are chronicled in this overview of the US Civil Wa...

Analysis Cinderella

In one page this much loved children's story is analyzed in terms of its retelling that is based on the film by Walt Disney as it ...

William Faulkner's Light in August

In five pages this paper examines racial prejudice and gender issues within the context of William Faulkner's story. There is one...

U.S. Society and Cinematic Stereotypes of Hispanics

In five pages this paper considers how Hispanics have been stereotyped by American society and how cinema has perpetuated this dis...

'The Youngest Doll' by Rosario Ferre

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of women's desires and their positioning in the aristocratic patriarchy of Pue...

'The Purloined Letter' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages this paper examines the detective story as it relates to the life of its author Edgar Allan Poe. Nine sources are c...

'The Machine Stops' by E.M. Forster

In five pages this research story explores how only communication breaks through the isolation of the people. Four sources are ci...

Bessie Head's 'Maru' and the Characters of Moleka and Maru

In five pages these characters featured in Bessie Head's story are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

Turn of the Century Feminism as Seen in Chopin and Woolf

This paper compares and contrasts two short stories by Kate Chopin and Virginia Woolf, written around the turn of the Twentieth Ce...

Steinbeck's Novels and the Depiction of Alcoholism

A paper containing five pages analyzes how Steinbeck views alcohol and alcoholics rather ambivalently but finds a value in using t...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' and the Technique of Magic Realism

In 6 pages this paper discusses how Marquez employed magical realism in his famous short story. There are 7 sources cited in the ...

Conflicting Dreams and Reality in 'Miniver Cheevy' by Edwin Arlington Robinson and 'Araby' by James Joyce

pain and suffering endured for each one. The primary focal point is the young mans love for a completely unattainable girl who un...

Alice Walker's Sudden Trip Home in the Spring

In six pages this paper analyzes the background and meaning of this autobiographical story and the importance of symbolism. Six s...

Comparison of 'The Cask of Amontillado,' 'The Tell Tale Heart,' and 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages these famous short stories by Edgar Allan Poe are summarized and compared in terms of similarities and differences, ...

Analyzing John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Pearl

In five pages these stories are analyzed in terms of their similarities and differences and literary elements such as themes, char...

An Analysis of Rabbi Kushner's Book, How Good Do We Have To Be?

Garden of Eden (12). His basic premise is that if we, as a society, can change our basic notion of God as a force that punishes pe...

Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street

In five pages the short stories featured in Cisneros' volume and the continuity that exists between them are analyzed. There are ...

'Signs and Symbols' by Vladimir Nabokov

sense to their world. In fact, the lack of sense serves as the only unifying factor that does, in its own twisted way, make sense....

'The Odyssey' by Homer, the Book of Genesis, Retribution and Faith

In a paper consisting of six pages this paper examines how the themes of faith anf retribution are reprsented in the 'Noah and the...

Charlotte's Web and Relationships Between Children and Adults

In this paper that consists of five pages the relationships between adults and children are explored within the context of two chi...

Updike, Hawthorne, and de Maupassant Characterizations

In a paper consisting of six pages these character driven short stories Updike's 'A and P,' Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' and...

Narrator and Protagonist's Relationship in 'Bartleby the Scrivener' by Herman Melville

In three pages Bartleby and the narrator's relationship are examined within the context of this Herman Melville short story. Ther...

Comparing Rudyard Kipling's Prose with John Huston's Cinematic Narrative in The Man Who Would Be King

In five pages the voices used in these very different ways of telling the same story are compared and contrasted in terms of artis...