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"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marb...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

In 5 pages this paper examines the short story's structure in terms of building the suspenseful foreboding and the plot that contr...

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 ten pages this research paper compares Crane's short story to the author's own actual experience following the Commodore sinkin...

In five pages the symbolism featured in this 1987 short stories' collection is analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliogra...

In eleven pages Lee K. Abbott's quirky exploration of human nature in the short stories collection Living After Midnight is examin...

In five pages the short stories 'The Catbird Seat' and 'The Unicorn in the Garden' by James Thurber and 'Hihlls Like White Elephan...

quality, and that is indeed the way she first appears. However we will soon see that she has many qualities, which add to her str...

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

In eight pages a search for meaning and the literary transition from modernism into postmodernism is presented in a discussion of ...

the characters, the entire thing is related as though it were the most normal thing in the world, and this contributes to the stor...

In four pages the short story's conflicts are examined in terms of their character implications. There are no other sources liste...

pin curlers even looked around after pushing their carts past to make sure what they had seen was correct" (Updike, 1274). The st...

in Salem, Massachusetts, forever immortalized as the scene of the Salem witch trials, and those supposed covens did meet in the fo...

Kansas City Star, Hemingway himself "left Kansas City in the spring of 1918 and did not return for 10 years, [becoming] the first ...

The focus of this five page paper is the storyline of two specific short stories in The Bird in the House. The writer compares an...

In five pages this paper examines how men and relationships are portrayed in this short stories' collection by Pam Houston. One s...

This paper explores various elements of the short story, including character and story development. This seven page paper has no ...

In five pages this paper discusses the similarities between the journey into the woods and the Puritan journey into the wilderness...

800 already in operation (Srikanthan 24). The U.S. is in the process of establishing surveillance cameras in cities acros...

In five pages this paper discusses the author's unsympathetic characterization of the protagonist in 'Young Goodman Brown.' One s...

In five pages this paper examines how this short story features the author's powerful use of symbolism. Five sources are cited in...

In five pages this paper presents a biographical profile of the author and also provides a brief analysis of his popular literary ...

In eleven pages this paper presents a thematic comparison of the novels by Faulkner and Hawthorne and the common threads of family...

In four pages this paper examines these authors' perceptions of women as they are represented in characterizations of sin and good...

In five pages the American legacies of Emerson and Hawthorne are considered in a contrast of their lives and writings. Four sourc...