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2 Short Stories, Identity

This essay pertains to The short stories "Bible" by Tobias Wolfe and "Virgins" by Danielle Evans. The writer discusses the theme o...

"Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This essay offers a summary and discussion of themes and characters in "Winter Dreams," a short story by Fitzgerald. Three pages i...

Communication Lacking in the Fiction of Eudora Welty

son, but upon closer examination he realizes the woman is not as old as he first thought, and Sonny is her husband. In fact, the w...

Suffering in 'Sonny's Blues' by James Baldwin

In a paper consisting of three pages the theme of suffering is considered within the context of the short story written by James B...

Comparative Analysis of Three Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway

having their baby. His act was accomplished so quietly, no one knew it had happened despite the fact he was lying on the bunk abov...

'Indian Camp' by Ernest Hemingway

A short story analysis consisting of three pages is presented in terms of the relationship between father and son and the elements...

Poetry, Recreation, Cinema, and Ethnicity

In five pages social and cultural ethnic representations in a Johnson short story, Divakaruni and Clifton poetic themes are discus...

Material Worth in 'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant

that the fact that Maupassant was completely able to represent his characters in such a fashion as to give the reader a sense of c...

Themes in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,' 'Revelation,' and 'Greenleaf' by Flannery O'Connor

In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...

A Comparison of The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and The Yellow Wallpaper

his insistence that he does not love her, is accounted for by the delirium which is affecting his mental faculties. However, the g...

Themes of Hemingway's Short Story Collection In Our Time

End of Something," "Cat in the Rain," and "The Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II)." First well describe the stories, than anal...

Literary Analysis of Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

to convince her that having the abortion is no big deal. PATTERN OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH MODERN WORLD It is an interesti...

Theme of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Analyzed 2

well enough to write some thousand words at a stretch. She describes the view from her window quite lucidly, as well as the pretty...

Edgar Allan Poe's Works and the Themes of Evil, Insanity, and Guilt

been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?" (Poe [3]). In this the reader is immediately told that the narrator is mad becau...

Thematic Comparison of Short Stories ‘Newton’s Gift’ by Paul J. Nahin, ‘Absolutely Inflexible’ by Robert Silverberg, and ‘Meddler’ by Philip K. Dick

decided to travel back in time and mercifully ease Newtons burdens with a state-of-the art nuclear powered calculator that will ef...

Aging in 'Minuet' by Guy de Maupassant

his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...

Symbolism and Theme in 'A Worn Path' by Eudora Welty

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 ...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and Love

living with Emily, which is certainly not proper but the town accepts this because there is sympathy for Emily who is a sad and lo...

'If You Touched My Heart' by Isabel Allende

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

'Drink My [Red] Blood' by Richard Matheson

with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...

3 Expert Tales of Death

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff

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...

Three American Short Stories

Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...

Three Short Stories on Love

in Gilbs narrative is that Jake really doesnt know how to be anything other then deceptive and manipulative, the small-time con ar...

Three Short Stories by Anton Chekhov

In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...

Short Story Analysis: Three Literary Works

way his eyes move continually to the fact that he cannot stand to be touched: "Once, when he had been making a synopsis of a parag...

Poe's Cask of Amontillado

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

Three Short Stories and the Nature of Love

this relationship, which is entails infidelity and, therefore, mistrust and lies. Similarly, miscommunication and infidelity pla...

Short Fiction Characterization

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....