YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Short Story Voice of Alice Walker
Essays 151 - 180
In five pages this short story examines the theme of identity within the context of this short story. Four sources are cited in t...
our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...
because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...
When this story was first published "India was highly visible in the international arena for the cultural conflict among its relig...
the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...
century and also well into the twentieth, what historian Barbara Welter refers to as the "Cult of True Womanhood" characterized ho...
In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...
In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the conflicts in the short stories 'The Other Foot' and 'All Summer in a Day' by R...
makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...
In nine pages reader empathy and understanding of Imani is considered through access to the protagonist's deeply personal emotions...
In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...
In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...
the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...
This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...
circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...
1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...
she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...
later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...
see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...
marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
of these characters. Particularly insightful, Demirturk sums up the novel by stating that Tashi sacrificed her gender identity to ...
style. It is with this strength and power that Walkers women are able to cope with extreme situations and make their lives more w...
only to curse out and insult each other?) On TV mother and child embrace and smile into each others faces... Sometimes I dream a d...
anyone who has read the book, there are some disturbing scenes in the book that are so powerfully written and detailed that the re...
Ultimately, "It is through their friendships, their love, their shared oppression... that they collectively gain the strength to s...
without struggle: she recognizes that if she chooses to participate in this damaging physical ritual that she will define herself...
shacks they were forced to live in to the yield from their crops. From a very young age, Walker experienced the racism of the Sout...