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Religious Commentary in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...

Setting and its Significance in 'Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

such as "bleak walls" and minute fungi overspread on the whole exterior" to describe the place of which he speaks. There is defin...

'The Tell Tale Heart ' by Edgar Allan Poe

very fast and uncontrolled manner - all signs of the narrators questionable mental state. The narrators obsession with th...

Central Themes of 'A and P' by John Updike

clerk in the store, he has no respect for his boss or the people who use his services. At the same time,...

Defiance in 'Sweat' by Zora Neale Hurston

and the house that she purchased with sweat and labor. However, Delia makes it clear that she will not be driven out. She tells hi...

Sigmund Freud's Oedipal Theories and 'The Rocking Horse Winner' by D.H. Lawrence

him and who has lawful access to the mother" (Oedipal trajectory/Oedipal complex, 2004). As the boy develops he begins to realize ...

Tales of Devious Caribbean Women by Hispanic Authors

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

Short Storie Elements in Works by John Updike, Flannery O'Connor, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Mark Twain, and Nathaniel Hawthorne

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

William Faulkner's Short Story 'Dry September'

beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...

'The Sculptor's Funeral' by Willa Cather

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

'Shadows on the Rock' by Willa Cather

sack of flour, no gunpowder, or leather, or cloth, or iron tools" (Cather). He would see, "Not a letter, even -- no news of what w...

'I Stand Here Ironing' Short Story by Tillie Olsen

BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...

'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...

Comparison of 'Survival' by John Wyndham and 'The Son's Veto' by Thomas Hardy

above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...

Generation Representation in Amy Tan's Short Story 'Two Kinds'

a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...

Summary and Analysis of 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

of Brown. It is essentially natural worshipping, however, with many different types of people coming together in a more ritualisti...

'The Ideal Man' by John O'Hara

there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...

'A Phase of Life' by John O'Hara

he used to own and wear while he was working. The fact that Tom wore a tuxedo while performing suggests that he played at the best...

Man's Nature in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Ethan Brand,' 'The Birthmark,' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

'Do You Like It Here?' by John O'Hara

and monitoring others. He does not merely sit back in his office, but likes to possess the power that can make the young boys crin...

'Over the River and Through the Wood' by John O'Hara

a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...

'The Cask of Amontillado' by Edgar Allan Poe and Revenge

an ever-present element in "The Cask of Amontillado", Poe manages to keep it just below the surface of the plot until that final ...

Flannery O'Connor's Moment of Grace in 'A Late Encounter with the Enemy,' 'Greenleaf' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...

Louise Erdrich's 'The Red Convertible' and Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...

Arranged Marriage by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...

An Analysis of Katherine Mansfield's 'Miss Brill'

this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...

Good and Evil in 'Araby' by James Joyce and 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

reality of humanitys cruel heart. True to Hawthornes nature of portraying both the worst and the best humankind has to offer, he ...

'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 ...

Symbols Used in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne

of symbolism can be seen in Melvilles "great white whale in Moby Dick; Dantes journey into the underworld in The Inferno" and many...

Analysis of 'The Man Who Was Almost a Man' by Richard Wright

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...