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

journey, he prefers to run from the prophecy. He thinks he is doing the right thing, much like Ruebens belief that he is doing the...

a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...

this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...

other words it compels the reader to say, "What?!" or "Whoah. What happens next?" or "Wow, how did this happen?" Any combination ...

a lady....

she is known for. This particular compilation of stories was written prior to her incredible fame and would thus indicate that she...

woman who is significant, but rather how she makes the male character feel. This is particularly true of young women, who almost f...

era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...

anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

life is at stake as the narrator expresses the fact that a man will actually freeze to death if he cannot get a fire going. The ...

Puritan religion, culture and education along with the setting of his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, is a common topic in Natha...

as just another aspect of his wife who is indeed beautiful. Clearly God created everything about Georgiana and that birthmark is ...

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...

and private places; the divisions which existed between regular days and festive days; the divisions which existed between the vil...

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...

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...

great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...

ended as they could have logically ended. So, too, it must be stated that this spelling out of the ending of the mysteries is a ...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

is mystical and unexplainable, in the house. They understand that they cannot necessarily see what is taking place, or truly put t...

as he encounters people he believes to be good Puritans his innocence is slowly being threatened with a truth he cannot understand...

still places on the planet where nature is more important than man and his machines, and where nature actually "knows best" and sh...

this relationship, which is entails infidelity and, therefore, mistrust and lies. Similarly, miscommunication and infidelity pla...

Her neighbors believed she never married because "none of the young men were quite good enough" (Faulkner 437). It was only when ...

enough cotton over the next summer to buy her a new coat. However, it is also clear that his mother feels compelled to hold James ...

were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...

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

life must endure social intolerance at one time or another; however, certain groups face prejudicial persecution on a regular basi...