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Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was one such man and he wrote of his times, first for a renowned city newspaper (The New York Evening Sun),...

some people spend their whole lives asserting that innate desire; it is this quest for improved social, economic, political and cu...

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

was very young, so young in fact that he had only a couple of fleeting memories of him. His mothers life was hard yet she managed...

such a position where this is his best hope. His entire family seems thrilled that he can have such a good job with good pay, neve...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...

not been fulfilled as she soon learned that many of the columns in the paper originated from a central syndication network and the...

ended as they could have logically ended. So, too, it must be stated that this spelling out of the ending of the mysteries is a ...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

is mystical and unexplainable, in the house. They understand that they cannot necessarily see what is taking place, or truly put t...

as just another aspect of his wife who is indeed beautiful. Clearly God created everything about Georgiana and that birthmark is ...

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...

and private places; the divisions which existed between regular days and festive days; the divisions which existed between the vil...

no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...

who they had both known was sent to the hospital after the game that day. Grimes, not realizing the Lardner is a reporter, and Lar...

great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...

to the concept of monotheism and from that point on, every Jew born is considered to be "a son of Abraham" (Nyrop). Abraham and h...

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...

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

her, it is apparent that his "real" life is with his wife and children, and that Nadine is only on the periphery. It is ironic, of...

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

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

be left with a limp as a reminder of his close call, however. However, because of this illness, he would often be sent to live ...

books. They always had a good time, and the bad boys had the broken legs; but in his case there was a screw loose somewhere; and i...

the end are shown to have empty, meaningless lives. "It was the very perfection of quiet absorption of good living, good drinking,...

and the girls eyes [stop] rolling. At this point Mrs. Turpin asks her, What have you got to say to me?" (Bernardo [3]). This of...

speaking with the man directly, or setting about to use his mind to figure out a logical answer, he resorts to unethical behavior....