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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...

flowing calligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all" (Faulkner). This is a clear indication that Em...

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 ...

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...

are learning that every living being sometime, somehow, some way ultimately dies. Fairy tales have long utilized this concept as ...

day to trip me up" (Updike). This is a line that also suggests he may be judgmental as well. But, in essence, he is very much symb...

United States, and the troops suffered significant losses from problems that had nothing to do with the Viet Cong. In "Days," the...

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...

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...

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...

man called each living creature, that was its name" (Genesis 2:19). Adam gave names to all of them "But, for Adam no suitable help...

of her character. Just after she marries Charles, Flaubert tells us that before they had married she thought she was in love, but ...

then again in later episodes: specifically, when Cinderella comes home from the balls (there are two in most stories; Disney is th...

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 the Broadway Journal (Magistrale 81). Steeped in Gothic tradition, the theme involves one mans descent into total madness, whi...

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...

is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...

of a mother or a sister; and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had perhaps sheltered the graver brow ...

87). They dont see Alisoun for who and what she is, but instead act out some sort of romantic fantasies that have little to do wit...

History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...

itself, and how, in relationship to its being a rich location, many different people lived there and desired to be there throughou...

some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...