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of revelation. Each of these stories begins with opening cryptic epigraphs that lay the ominous thematic groundwork. In "MS Foun...

keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...

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...

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...

desperation or dismay of the narrator whereas Hemingways story leaves us to infer the desperation, but the ending is very similar....

a part of the childhood experience. But then, a girl referred to only as Mangans sister (obviously the sister of one of his frien...

and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...

thinking about making a living. But a predominantly capitalist economy meant that all goods and services, including works of art,...

other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create...

in any real noble cause, he quickly succumbs to the realities that surround him, the bullets and the danger. This man has taken i...

But Ichabod has a problem, in the form of "Brom Bones," the nickname the locals have given to Abraham ("Brom" Van Brunt, a strong ...

this point, the determined Mrs. Mooney obtains a separation from her husband, gains control of her remaining inheritance, custody ...

a well-to-do family. They were quickly blessed with a baby boy, and all seemed well with the family until Madame Valmonde reacted...

Like White Elephants" we have a man and a woman, although the characters are an American Man and a Girl, wherein the man is seemi...

he says, that our protagonist was assigned by his parents. The name in itself is an ironic reflection of the impact of the white ...

her training in society was different, for her focus was on religion and the proper way things should be done. While the mother in...

we are all but immediately taken to a place where the boy is completely betrayed by that adult world. In the beginning he is proud...

clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...

to justify the decision we make that we are uncomfortable with. This is also seen with the consideration of walking up to the elep...

and inwardly becomes free, realizing that what they have done is not wrong, but natural, and that she is truly, in her heart and s...

abilities, illustrating how and why she wears the clothing she does: "I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for wa...

a chicken farm. Of his life there and the annoying chickens he writes:" It is born out of an egg, lives for a few weeks as a tiny...

just like you say. Only when you dont have no dinner, it aint" (Steinbeck). He never says he would love some food or a meal or any...

which is considered to be one of his best (Jack London). The 1902 juvenile version As London intended this version of the story f...

mind. For example, the "flowers" of Edo is a term that refers to the citys tendency to have many fires. Within this reality frame...

the thesis. OConnor, Flannery. "Greenleaf" in Everything that Rises Must Converge. HarperCollins Canada, 1956, p. 24-53. As a ...

a man they dislike, saw it and pulled it so that they would not be exposed with the rest (Twain, 2006). The entire town is convuls...

visit is an old school friend of the son and daughter. In the play there is a similar sense of expectation involving this man as T...

otherworldly and immovable. She is not a fully functioning human being. Louise Mallard is also damaged, but her weakness is physi...

subtle and strong ways. It is something that connects the two, and means something to the two of them. It is a material object, an...