SEARCH RESULTS

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

2002). The emphasis was on the "us" word, and the author was struck by how the rigorous detail to customer service is so strong at...

ages of 25-44; they live alone; most are Caucasian; "38% had been homeless for less than one month" but 32% "had been homeless for...

viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...

Each morning he waits for her to leave for school, then follows her, passing her at the point where their paths diverge, where the...

this right away. The author begins by writing: "At first, it appears that Paul is, perhaps, simply filled with the arrogance that ...

of "Desirees Baby," Teresa Gibert observed, "The number and the intensity of the surprises that provoke astonishment in the highly...

friend have many things they are experiencing, one of the most important being the changes they are facing in junior high school w...

May, Rev. Sanders decides to take a drive to her house to check on her. Mrs. Lyle has been keeping a very low profile since the s...

boy fell from the car platform, and two years prior to that, a youngster lost his life when he slipped while walking the tracks an...

Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...

that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...

of trance, or opens himself to whatever psychic power he possesses at these times. But lets go back to the beginning. One of the ...

character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...

the change from their boring and traditional lives as parents and spouses. They are independent creatures in a society that does n...

push her towards men who come from these rich families. There is a sense that like marries like and that the money must be kept wi...

and prose, examining her world, and the beauty of nature, in her writings (Munro). She was not a woman that was perhaps normal in ...

earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...

This essay pertains to "My Kid's Dog," a short story by Ron Hansen. The writer discusses how the story reflects the therapeutic ap...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

play, wants this to the exclusion of reality. At the beginning of the play it becomes apparent that Willy is in trouble. Suffering...

that many writers have used familiar themes and offered a new way of seeing the traditional elements of plot and character; howeve...

the reader is actually living the life of Offred, seeing and making the same assumptions she is making. This style of approach to...

did something after it was over. The fact that he did not help is an idea that plagues him and so one can go on to look at more me...

student researching "Macbeth" should understand that there is virtually no relationships in the play in which people or a group of...

Parkins (2001), this marked a period of growth and prosperity for the country. It is true that the colonial administrati...

pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

the conditions of life. If he were a young boy with no responsibilities he would have been focused on his environment in a very im...

a story about Jimmy who runs the store near Two Bridges, or the one about Billy Frank and the dead-river pig, but Napiao assures t...