YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Six Short Stories Summary and Analyses
Essays 181 - 210
she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...
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...
it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...
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 ...
nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...
the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...
this keeps them interested even more, thus providing us with the dual nature of formal religion as it teaches one thing but does a...
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...
BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...
with typical Christian values, and most of them wanted to grow up to become policemen, firemen, or doctors. Being average did not...
than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...
prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...
the condition of the nineteenth century woman in marriage, and has been more recently rediscovered and recognized as an overtly fe...
be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...
such a position where this is his best hope. His entire family seems thrilled that he can have such a good job with good pay, neve...
great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...
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...
becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...
to business places that had long since been closed" (Henry 69). In this particular line we see that the area in which the hardw...
However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...
small town life where everything is simple and seemingly perfect and content. But, in reality they are nothing more than a symboli...
he tells her that he never loved her when she asks: Dont you love me?" to which he replies "No...I dont think so. I never have" (H...
through several short stories, including those of his victims and their families. In the novel we meet the Dew Breaker later in ...
Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...
Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...