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Flannery O'Connor and Comedy

in complete truthfulness, "a man" (OConnor, 1972, p. 255). When the pair become hopelessly lost in Atlanta, they find themselv...

'Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka and Symbolism

way that he feels about himself is not overly shocking to Gregor. His determination to make his train, the fact that he would even...

Man v. Nature in The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols

with immediate commercial success, however, it was later transferred to screen with a film adaptation, indicating the real value t...

Oppression of Women in Shirley Jackson's 'The Tooth' and 'The Lottery'

In five pages this paper discusses how women are subjected to oppression by men in these 2 short stories by Shirley Jackson. Seve...

Society and the Individual in the Writings of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Edgar Allan Poe

In 8 pages this paper considers how society and the individual is thematically portrayed in the stories 'The Masque of the Red Dea...

Short Stories of Jack London

In 8 pages the Social Darwinism and naturalism that are featured in the Jack London short stories 'The Whale Tooth,' 'The One Thou...

Blaine - The Gentleman Burglar

away they show the secretary and another partner who has arrived on the scene a warrant to search Blaines office and will be seen ...

Ralph Ellison/The Dream at the end of "Battle Royal"

the leading black American of his era, gave at a primarily white audience in Atlanta in 1895. This speech became known as the "Atl...

Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" And O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" - Evil

some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...

Endo: “A Fifty-Year Old Man”

This 3 page paper discusses the short story “A Fifty-Year Old Man” by Shusaku Endo and answers questions about it. Bibliography li...

Murder and Its Link to the A&P

In the OConnor story, a family comprised of a husband and wife, their two children and the husbands mother take a road trip. Altho...

Tim O’Brien and the Man He Killed

comprise Tim OBriens celebrated collection, The Things They Carried. OBrien was himself a "grunt" in Vietnam, and his view of the ...

Representations of Taiwan

legitimate government of both Taiwan and China began to change in the 1990s when democracy was introduced and new leaders were ele...

John Ford/The Quiet Man

and he refuses to do so. Mary Kate abides by her brothers wishes, which confuses and frustrates Sean. The plot complications tha...

Identity: “The Story of an Hour”

she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...

John Updike/The Rumor

circle. It soon becomes apparent that everyone with whom Sharon and Frank come into contact know the rumor and believe it. This cr...

'To Build a Fire' by Jack London and Literary Style

In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...

'The Pit and the Pendulum' by Edgar Allan Poe

In five pages the representation of the author in this short story is considered with an analysis of the story's plot, setting, ch...

Sad Stories of Love: Tristan and His Parents

one last time. As this indicates, the love of Tristans parents is similar in intensity to that of Tristan and Isolde. As with the ...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Grandmother's Changes

that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...

"No Easy Answers"

1997). She attributes the warnings to some sort of liberal conspiracy: "I believe those Republicans who think that theres been a c...

'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

A section from this story is analyzed and then considered within the whole story's context in a paper consisting of five pages. T...

Section Five of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Symbolism

In five pages this story's 5th section is analyzed in terms of the wallpaper symbolism, what it projects, and how it relates to th...

Comparing Chekhov, Nabokov & Viramontes

that reveals to the reader a great deal about the characters involved. Pelagea is deeply in love with her husband, Yegor Anton Che...

Goethe: “The Sorrows of Young Werther”

sanctuary, I throw myself down among the tall grass by the trickling stream" (Goethe). Even if we didnt know that Werther was an a...

Small Fires: Developed Perceptions with Readings

see some good in forced change such as this narrator suggests, and initiates. She simply feels impersonal and as though she is n...

Sinclair Ross/2 Short Stories

Ross describes Isabel is similar to the way in which Martha, the narrative voice in "A Field of Wheat" endows this cash crop on wh...

Cathedral by Raymond Carver

more poignant due to their downtrodden setting. The approach of the characters is generally reacted to events which are around th...

3 Expert Tales of Death

later in the story, Montressor relates that his family was once "great and numerous" (Poe 146). The use of the past tense indicate...

An Analysis of Twain's, The Story of the Bad Little Boy

This paper analyzes thematic elements of the short story, The Story of the Bad Little Boy by Mark Twain. The author compares this ...