YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Three Short Stories Set in the American South
Essays 391 - 420
Especially when he speaks of Stoksie, in this example: "I forgot to say he thinks hes going to be manager some sunny day, maybe in...
My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was ...
likely remain lost for the rest of his life. Analysis When we look at the very beginning of the story we can clearly see an an...
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...
of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...
his poor little puppet-like body" to be rather pathetic and ridiculous. Nevertheless, he is intrigued and he becomes "wildly anxio...
tend to our own affairs, doing what has to be done and then relaxing as reward or for regeneration enabling us to repeat the proce...
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 graduated student of philosophy she has the knowledge and the wisdom to rise above the ridiculous and find truth. But, it is her...
now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...
the line, asking if he can remain there till the storm passes. "He expressed an intention to remain outside, but it was soon ap...
him to the hospital. After a short while on the road they stop for coffee, then later, they stop for pancakes. All the while their...
to be dealing with the religious beliefs that he held and those he was questioning at the time. When Young Goodman Brown...
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...
of the narrators gender importance. It is suggested -- by a woman, no less -- that something be said to Emily in an effort to rid...
Her husband has only used her sexually for that is his nature, and is representative of the oppressive patriarchal culture. But, s...
human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...
the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...
of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...
standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...
lost. This brings us to one of the differences in the story, yet it also involves a similarity. With Mabel we have a woman who ...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...
In six pages the emotional undercurrent that pervades this horrific short story by Edgar Allan Poe is examined. Three sources are...
A 5 page review of the short story that was included in the book And We Sold the Rain.The three mysteries presented by the author ...
In six pages this essay presents a modernist interpretation of this short story by Katherine Mansfield. Three sources are cited i...
In five pages this report discusses how Hemingway's short story presentations are typically merely 'the tip of the iceberg' with t...
In five pages this essay provides a character analysis of Gregor as featured in Kafka's short story. Three sources are cited in t...
on his knee, leans over him, putting his ear first higher then lower, and performs various gymnastic movements over him with a sig...
Carter's 1979 short story is the focus of this report consisting of five pages in which marriage as a social institutuion is criti...