YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Six Short Stories Summary and Analyses
Essays 331 - 360
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...
each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...
home. That ended their affair and the couple saw each other only one more time, for "one sorrowful and bitter drink" (Ford, 2009)....
wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...
events because one parent or the other couldnt take them there. Most of all it would mean that there would be a constant tug of w...
She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...
The Awakening is a brilliant study of a womans gradual realization of how stifling her life is, and what happens when she refuses ...
story is a folktale, and begins with a farmer who promises his employee he will give him a heifer in exchange for his work, then t...
with the famous line: "None of them knew the color of the sky" (PG). The introduction is chilling. Why would no one know the color...
In 5 pages this paper analyzes the creatures featured in this short story with the dog representing instinct and man symbolizing i...
Mr. Mooney because of his atrocious act of violence. One must conclude that Mrs. Mooney was not only in fear for herself, but als...
In five pages this paper examines how social and religious values collide in a contrast and comparison of the short stories 'The S...
In 5 pages this paper examines the short story's structure in terms of building the suspenseful foreboding and the plot that contr...
In 5 pages this paper argues that analyzing the short stories of Flannery O'Connor from sociological as well as Catholic religious...
In three pages Raymond Carver's last short story is analyzed in terms of culture and setting. There are no other sources cited....
In 5 pages a short story analysis that features the effects of government corruption upon rural Russia is presented. There are no...
Dave's perspectives on masculinity are examined in this analysis of 'The Man Who Was Almost a Man' short story by Richard Wright c...
Gabriel learns that the song brought to Grettas mind a recollection of a young man from her home county. Pressing her further, he ...
effectively touches upon marriage, its meaning within the social backdrop, as well as the requirements necessary to maintain its e...
beating his wife which illustrates a theme of the helpless, and perhaps primarily the helplessness of women in society controlled ...
by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...
and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...
a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...
there is the suggestion that Elsie is a good mother. OHara writes that the "only thing," that Elsie "held against" her children, i...
as "tiny jewels glowing behind the cover," which weave a "tapestry of transformed lives." This point is exemplified by the first s...
barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...
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...
human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...
some of the local women, but he does not follow through on this desires because - above all else - he wishes to avoid consequences...
standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint ...