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the cultural and curiositys sake. Not everyone opts for the traditional costume, opting more for the backpack and walking stick. ...

son, Hally, who is young and in desperate need of both attention and guidance. In this regard, Sam plays the role of a surrogate ...

limited means to make a living. The fires he sets may be construed as the rage that burns inside of him. This arsonist is continua...

son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...

conservative who is on a regular CNN television show debating issues with liberal commentator Evan Turner. As Ted is on the escala...

When Pelayo discovers an old man sporting wings in a sandy marsh and summons his wife Elisenda to take a look to assure he is not ...

her life caring for her mother" (McCarthy 34). She has quite obviously had no life of her own. While we do not necessarily know th...

of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...

tone to the story that keeps the reader from fully empathizing with Emily or her situation. However, it is this distancing from Em...

of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...

concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...

from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there w...

an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...

tale was reduced to feeding pigs in order to survive. Augustine writes, "Where then, wast thou and how far from me? Far, indeed, w...

that her father is dead. Therefore, she reasons that he is merely resting and is still capable of making decisions for her. She wo...

to that of a man and saw womens role in society as being purely to serve men. When they were "no longer willing to fill that role,...

representative of the many generations of Church representatives that have pummeled the Ojibwe with its Christian doctrine. Endri...

experience, clearly illustrating how her lack of inner strength and fortitude is what stands in the way of her finding true happin...

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

is a story about change - the change in a man, people he recognizes and knew his entire life did not recognize this man who Garl...

a graduated student of philosophy she has the knowledge and the wisdom to rise above the ridiculous and find truth. But, it is her...

indicative of a disdain for authoritarian institutions. Vathek is a powerful man who indulges in vast excesses. Beckford makes it ...

seen in any other character in the novel. He began to see that he was different, and not human. Then he came upon a bundle that...

nine Books relate Augustines life up to the death of his mother and then, the story takes an abrupt turn as Augustine puts forth h...

as the term is defined. They use and are used in like fashion. Neos character is more of the classic hero archetype. However, Bu...

he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...

originate in the collective unconscious of the race as a whole, saying that they were "primordial images which have always been th...

Edgar Allan Poe. According to Dr. Carl Goldberg, "In creating these tortured souls from the crucible of his own difficult life, P...

other words, through the words of the author, the Aborigines are no longer just a group of people in Australia, but rather they ar...

Carol is seeking help from her professor, but also knows how to manipulate the situation for her advantage. John provides Carol w...