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Joan Aiken's Children's Story The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

so unmanageably cruel to go so far as to sell the girls toys, which marks only the beginning of the unconscionable way in which th...

Satanic Verses and Haroun and the Sea Stories/Rushdie

This research paper offers a close comparison between the characterization and themes that Salman Rushdie use in his Satanic Versu...

Plot and Stories of Dubliners by James Joyce

In six pages this paper provides breakdowns of Childhood, Adolescence, Maturity, and Public Life in a consideration of story plot ...

'My Son's Story' by Nadine Gordimer

In four pages this paper analyzes the work in its representation of the society and politics of South Africa and also considers th...

A Review of African Short Stories

A review of short stories which originated in various regions of Africa. This paper has five pages and one source in the bibliog...

The Portrayal of Women in the Stories of Gawain and Beowulf

The writer argues that the women in these two works are portrayed as passionate but uncontrollable forces that must be tamed by me...

Daru's Dilemma 1 in Albert Camus's Short Story, 'The Guest'

In three pages Daru's dilemma and choice to allow the Arab prisoner to select his own destiny are questioned. There are no other ...

Horror Story 'Carmilla' by Sheridan LeFanu

In three pages this paper discusses the horror and vampire influence of this tale and Bram Stoker's Dracula. There are 2 sources ...

Future Lessons in the Past Story of Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

since the first European stepped foot on Native soil. Since its "discovery", most often credited to Columbus in 1492, to the curr...

Terry Williams' Refuge A Story of Adaptation to Disaster

In five pages this paper compares the death of the author's mother to the natural disaster of wildlife refuge flooding. There is ...

Symbolism and Theme in the Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor

In five pages a contrast and comparison of O'Connor's short stories 'Everything That Rises Must Converge' and 'Good Country People...

Gender Relationships in the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

even Hemingway himself consciously does not, that "blowing things heads off" is not the way to prove a mans masculinity. "What imp...

Short Stories by William Faulkner Compared

of her life. One of the children asks her whats wrong: " I aint nothing but a nigger, Nancy said. It aint none of my fault " ("Tha...

Short Stories of William Faulkner and Southern Life

In eight pages this paper discusses how Southern life, history and geography are depicted in the short stories 'A Rose for Emily,'...

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...

Comparative Analysis of Short Stories by John Cheever and John Steinbeck

In five pages Steinbeck's 'The Chrysanthemums' is compared with Cheever's 'Country Husband' in an argument that each are about aba...

Ernest Hemingway's Life Reflected in the Short Story 'Hills Like White Elephants'

driver, and at last he made it to the front in Europe during the height of World War I (Roth, 450). He was seriously wounded in It...

Content and Structure of Kenneth H. Jackson's Translation of The Story of Deirdre

It can be argued that this connection provided significant insight to the concepts about which the writer wrote. When one conside...

Robert Perske's Show Me No Mercy A Compelling Story of Remarkable Courage

In five pages this paper presents an overview of the text by Robert Perske in a consideration of families with Down Syndrome chi...

War Stories of Edith Wharton

In six pages the ways in which Edith Wharton drew upon her experiences living in France at the start of the First World War as ins...

Feminist Perspectives on Guy de Maupassant's Short Story 'The Necklace'

In six pages this paper presents a feminist critical analysis of this famous 19th century short story. Two sources are cited in t...

An Analysis of Ernest Gaines Short Story, The Sky is Gray

This paper addresses Gaines' story as the events that unfold develop the character of the protagonist, James. This seven page pap...

Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Theme of Guilt

In five pages this paper examines the presentation of the theme of guilt in a consideration of the short stories 'My Kinsman, Majo...

Joseph and Julia Quinlan's Karen Ann The Quinlans Tell Their Story

In five pages this paper presents a book review that features a parents' firsthand perspective on the 'right to die' ethical contr...

John Cheever's 'The Swimmer' Short Story and Frank Perry's Film Adaptation

This paper consists of 5 pages and discusses the film's inability to transfer Cheever's internal monologue visually on the big scr...

19th Century Literature A Comparison of Heroines from Two Stories

This paper compares Charlotte Bronte's heroine of Villette with Jane Austen's heroine of Persuasion. It discusses the roles of the...

Retelling the Story of 'Bambi'

the spring, Bambi is surprised by his own reflection in the water. He has become a buck with antlers?like his father. The conflict...

Encapsulated Story of Babe Ruth

In five pages this paper critiques an article that appeared in U.S. News and World Report in 1994 on Babe Ruth in terms of the inf...

Stories of the Great Deluge and Noah's Ark

In seven pages this paper examines these stories in a consideration of theory and scientific evidence that this flood actually too...

Short Stories and Cultural Attitudes

In five pages the cultural attitudes reflected in John McMurtry's 'Kill'em, Crush ‘em, Eat ‘em Raw' and Roland Barthes...