YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Three Short Stories Set in the American South
Essays 451 - 480
and gather a crop. "Good or bad fortune for owners of smaller farms would inevitably be shared by their tenants," Carter noted....
very fast and uncontrolled manner - all signs of the narrators questionable mental state. The narrators obsession with th...
"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...
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...
of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...
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...
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...
a graduated student of philosophy she has the knowledge and the wisdom to rise above the ridiculous and find truth. But, it is her...
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 ...
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...
of his own family history." At this point the critic moves into examining the history of Hawthornes ancestors and the developme...
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...
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...
workings of identity, however, there are grand variances that separate one person from the next when it gets past a superficial le...
The obvious conclusion that many students come to when considering this encounter was that Connie in effect encouraged Arnolds pur...
educated, for most people are in the future, and they just live a life that is filled with criminal activity. It is the norm and t...
to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...
at the same time he is not successful, such as the relationship with his grandfather and a wife. In terms of three specific events...
End of Something," "Cat in the Rain," and "The Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II)." First well describe the stories, than anal...
to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...
asked her if he could feel her face. He felt every detail of her face and it touched her to such a degree that she felt compelled...
and pure joy was leaping in her being and she was perhaps experiencing a very subtle and simple joy at life itself, something that...