YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Truth About Stories by Thomas King
Essays 3541 - 3570
it has been going on for so long that nobody remembers why or how it started (Jackson). We also know that this village is not the ...
substantiates this position by indicating that the origins of Job can be found in folk poetry, but also believes that the beauty o...
as director. This Catholic perspective is also quite evident in the fact that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most prevalent c...
narratives opening reveals. Hesiod pictures the "Void or Chaos" as primordial environment, then comes Earth (Gaia) and then Ero...
History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...
flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...
as those for whom this book pleads, and who has consecrated his life to the evangelization of his people" (Walters 5-6). In many w...
most convoluted example of relationships that get mixed up and end badly, only to have things reverse in a startling turn of event...
fact. In "The Black Cat," the narrator tells readers that he was "docile" and "tender of heart" as a youth, and that he retained t...
long as he can maintain he position of self-imposed eminence. Because Samia cannot remember where she left her very valuable ring...
she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...
in society, regardless of time. In the time period of Chopins work one assumes it takes place towards the end of the 19th century...
the Russian culture has long remained something of a mystery as well. Even despite the seemingly mysterious nature of Russian l...
When Jing-Mei fell short of achieving the lofty goal her mother set for her, her insecurity intensified. After seemingly endless ...
possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...
opens the story by saying that he has heard that when people go through some sort of strange or supernatural experience, they usua...
been a scruffy collection of shabby hirelings and rich macho playboys who were footing the bill" (Hoaglund). Schaller is someone q...
"Big Tall Goony-Goony," but is the third girl with whom he is instantly smitten. She is "Queenie" in Sammys mind and he associates...
"develop a healthy sense of omnipotence which will naturally be frustrated as the child matures" (D. W. Winnicott). Because Pu Yi...
of her character. Just after she marries Charles, Flaubert tells us that before they had married she thought she was in love, but ...
only author struggling with this issue; the subject is frequently explored today by people of many ethnic backgrounds. For instanc...
many years, that she hardly heard them at all" (Lawrence). In these references it is quite clear that Mabel is essentially...
are not so lucky; they remain in Afghanistan under Soviet rule and then later are subjected to the tyranny of the Taliban regime d...
United States, and the troops suffered significant losses from problems that had nothing to do with the Viet Cong. In "Days," the...
eating disorder can affect those who are average-sized, as well. It is estimated that one to two percent of American adults are b...
are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...
the magnificent colors that surrounded me in his studio. This room was filled with colorful quilts and shelves filled with fabrics...
then again in later episodes: specifically, when Cinderella comes home from the balls (there are two in most stories; Disney is th...
in the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...