SEARCH RESULTS

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...

becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...

However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...

Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...

prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...

ordinary and therefore the townspeople find it frightening. They have tried on several occasions to discover why the minister wear...

Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...

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...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...

he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...

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...

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...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

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 ...

which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...

nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...

that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...

My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions. I was especially fond of animals, and was ...

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

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

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

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...