YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis and Synopsis of Gaines Short Story The Sky is Gray
Essays 151 - 180
(2002) argument is based on his experiences as first a federal prosecutor, then a trial judge, and finally a California Superior C...
the world. Their identities were constantly negated and they were devalued for nearly everything which they were. Contra...
whether "everything" needs to be "explained," Gray developed an interesting working premise: if you learn what the other side is ...
In five pages the literary style in this short story is analyzed in terms of the story's direct and indirect evidence, deductive o...
is until he has suffered pain and unhappiness, concepts that are foreign to David, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth....
being owned by "Her Jim" (Porter). As Della contemplates her options, she considers her reflection and O. Henry introduces the f...
the state. He is quite logical also in denying the charge that he has been influenced by "foreigners or communists," as he makes i...
This 4 page paper gives an overview of the story The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. This paper includes a discussion of ho...
Lucio and Nora, and so forth until all of the players in the drama have been introduced. In addition to the teachers, there is Med...
she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...
her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...
can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...
prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...
which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...
death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...
of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...
his studies had no definite object, either of public advantage or personal ambition; a gentleman, high bred and fastidiously delic...
nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...
Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put i...
Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...
especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...
ordinary and therefore the townspeople find it frightening. They have tried on several occasions to discover why the minister wear...
However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...
Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...
becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...
Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...
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...
great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...