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thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...

in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...

as "a fantastic figure: he is Death, he is the elf-Knight of the ballads, he is the imagination, he is a Dream" (Easterly 543). As...

he says, that our protagonist was assigned by his parents. The name in itself is an ironic reflection of the impact of the white ...

applied to literature in terms of presenting visual imagery in words that does not need to make sense and involves the subconsciou...

her that he likes arguing for it makes the time go faster, but then he berates her for who she is and how she is attempting to mak...

which is considered to be one of his best (Jack London). The 1902 juvenile version As London intended this version of the story f...

mind. For example, the "flowers" of Edo is a term that refers to the citys tendency to have many fires. Within this reality frame...

to pay her for her sexual favors. They are, however, friends it seems. He tells her, "Stephanie, its very simple. I have a lot of ...

a chicken farm. Of his life there and the annoying chickens he writes:" It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny...

really did what he wanted to do. As one critic notes, he is "a disillusioned writer" (Arthur). But, in reality he is far more than...

pleasure he has enjoyed is a violation of his rights" (Walker). As a man he is ignorantly assuming that he has the right to have s...

visit is an old school friend of the son and daughter. In the play there is a similar sense of expectation involving this man as T...

he likes the fact that his wife is confused and thinking he is a homosexual. Frank takes advantage of her confusion and...

subtle and strong ways. It is something that connects the two, and means something to the two of them. It is a material object, an...

after all, they are completely covered, even if they are pushing the limits The second ironical situation is Sammys resignation. ...

expression. He had no desire to become an actor, any more than he had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of thes...

yet, continued Gabriel, his voice falling into a softer inflection, there are always in gathering such as this sadder thoughts tha...

path reaches a dead end a new one begins. By choosing a poor elderly African-American woman as her tales protagonist, Welty is ab...

otherworldly and immovable. She is not a fully functioning human being. Louise Mallard is also damaged, but her weakness is physi...

In one such commentary, "Managing political dissent," she offers up a look at Singapore from many perspectives. In this essay one ...

his mother. Prior to the war, Hemingway lets the reader know that Krebs was in tune with small town life. He attended a Methodist ...

against Mrs. Hutchinson, and they only wanted to get through quickly so they could go home for lunch" (The Lottery: Shirley Jackso...

gotten his teaching certificate and then gone on to work for several years in education-at least enough to get noticed and promote...

a man they dislike, saw it and pulled it so that they would not be exposed with the rest (Twain, 2006). The entire town is convuls...

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...

serious illness. The five stages are generally thought to be denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance ("The stages of ...

This essay discusses short stories Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," contrasting...

his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...

This essay presents an analysis of "Everyday Use, " a short story, by Alice Walker. Nine pages in length, seven sources are cited....