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Human Nature and Conflict in 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages this paper discusses human nature and the conflict that exists between social expectations and human needs within th...

'The Bear' by William Faulkner

terms, the trancendentalist is occupied with the natural over the synthetic. He uses vivid images in his explanation of what natu...

Zhang, Lahiri/Memoir and Short Story

was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...

Short Stories by Jack London and the Weather Protagonist

from Londons story which illustrates how the man is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But a...

Agape, Eros, Philios, and Storge Types of Love

that man and woman should be attracted to each other, fall in love, marry, and produce new life. This is Eros love" (Eros. Philios...

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...

Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff

the bank while there is a line of people waiting for service, but rather than agree with a fellow human being, he is caustic and s...

Irvin D. Yalom's Love's Executioner

revealing aspect of "Loves Executioner" which makes the book a tremendously useful and constructive resource to practicing psychot...

Poe's Cask of Amontillado

33). This quotation indicates the precision with which Poe crafted his stories. Each word and image is chosen with care and, coll...

'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin and Freedom from Love

the weight,/ the weight we carry/ is love" (Ginsberg 1-9). In this poem we do not necessarily see love as an uplifting real...

Love in The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D.H. Lawrence

many years, that she hardly heard them at all" (Lawrence). In these references it is quite clear that Mabel is essentially...

Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

has ultimately nothing to do with emotions. Although Mel is obviously a learned man, and a doctor and perhaps arrogant to some ext...

Love and Death in William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and 'A Rose for Emily'

The ways in which Faulkner portrays the themes of death and love in these two short stories are considered in five pages. There a...

Literature and Love

In five pages this paper examines how short stories depict love in terms of similarities and differences found in Susan Minot's 'L...

Life and Short Stories of Ring Lardner

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...

Ernest Hemingway's Primary Literary Themes

he presents. There is pain and violence and death in Hemingways world, and he struggles to show his readers this aspect of life....

'Song' by Allen Ginsberg, 'Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin, and Love

those around her surely believe that she loves her husband and is grieved by the news. The characters slowly approach her, planni...

The Sundown Bar & Grill

A 9 page essay exploring St. Paddy's at the Sundown Bar and Grill, a short story that illuminates the differences in love and sex ...

The Writing Techniques Alice Walker Uses to Address Her Concerns

In six pages the ways in which Walker employs fiction to express her concern about specific issues and love of humanity are consid...

Two Views of Murder

because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...

'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane

the tiny little life boat. At one point they believe they see land in the distance, and then they realize it is land. However the ...

Creative Writing on First Love

enjoy each others company, happy to but there, not feeling any awkwardness at the absence of words, just feeling contented. Thes...

Chitra Divakaruni's 'Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter'

When this story was first published "India was highly visible in the international arena for the cultural conflict among its relig...

Love Defined and Described

this paper by describing what love is NOT. For one thing, there is a vast difference between physical desire and love. Physical de...

Concept of Love Defined

not get angry or confused and it does not mean that we even need to like our children. We love them no matter what they do. This m...

'Emilie Plead Choose One Egg' by Paule Barton

In six pages this short story considers the author's diagnosis for what is ailing the Caribbean culture and how it can be cured as...

Contrasting and Comparing "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien with "Luck" by Mark Twain

A seemingly reliable third-person narrator tells these stories. In "Luck," a clergyman tells Mr. Clemens about a revered Crimean ...

Elements of Short Stories

Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...

Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving

to what love really is because they approach it from the wrong perspective. They believe that love is something to be found house...

Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

of gaining knowledge in a sole purpose of gaining friends. As the book progresses, Charlie goes through dramatic changes mentally,...