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Essays 301 - 330
reality of the war, of its physical wounds were to be seen. This had to have had a psychological impact on the people of the count...
without ever becoming preachy. Tim OBrien wrote Things They Carried, and not so coincidentally, the texts narrator was also named...
"Atomic Theory" (Taaffe, 2002). The novel begins with the frank statement "Not everybody knows how I killed old Philip Mathers" (...
may not have gotten married (there is apparently no certificate of marriage ever recorded) (Gelfant and Graver 424). Samuel Lerne...
The Blair Witch Project The Blair Witch Project fits perfectly with the popular conception of what constitutes an independent fil...
realistically presented (Tyson 155). For example, after reading Fly Away Home (E. Bunting, 1991), a story that concerns a homeless...
with the world of tradition, the world of civilization. Huddled within the womb-like interior of the Congo, he retreats ever furth...
the standard framework for a mystery detective novel, each of these works share similar themes that are indicative of current Amer...
American history. Bell provides an interesting outline of the regional history of Pittsburgh but through "Out of This Furnace" he...
gender. In fact, according to what Ms. Jacobs writes, women were discriminated against by white and black men alike. Here, though...
the city may appear attractive and it certainly attracted Nick, it is hollow. He expresses this by returning home to the midwest. ...
narrates her story with forthright honesty. She explains that--while she is named after the Virgin Mary--she is far from saint-lik...
(Garrison, 1988). Garrisons book chronicles his investigation into what was perhaps the most notable murder case in America. Gar...
to culminate in a conclusion. The purpose here is to find that middle ground in complaints that hypertext allows writers to impar...
style presented in this story, a style that clearly speaks of a dark and foreboding reality, we present some of the opening paragr...
in the shadow of Irelands Iron Mountains, a few locals have populated a bog and settled into their ways" (Freeman, 2002). The enti...
but complications arise. Not one, but two suitors join them on their trip. During the trip both men vie for her affections. In the...
conditioned to blindly follow the directives of Big Brother. For the people, double-speak was perfectly acceptable, and soon they...
country" (Wilczynski, 2004). In addition, we find that many times a government or a leader would actually employ the help of pi...
when we get to Birmingham. The freedom ride is certainly a part of it, but not the whole thing. Birmingham is important right now...
Alfonso Heep is an educated Kentucky farmboy who, in agreement with his state government, originally wanted nothing to do with the...
success and leading a happy life. Willys attitude toward being liked and being popular do not change at all. This is evident when ...
In five pages this paper discusses how Quentin Tarantino addresses the human condition in his filmmaking style and in the violent ...
In six pages this report examines the thematic subtleties of the supernatural in these two great works of American fiction. Five ...
entitled Gates of Fire, as well as others, one can get a sense of how the Persians lived at the time. In the novel, Pressfield foc...
related to this period, and some of the socio-political reasons for wanting Pu Yi to take the throne within the constructs of the ...
conflict rages within, there are conflicts aplenty without. The passage of time also brings with it change, often initiated throu...
of Homers great work are a slew of characters. One of those is Odysseus, an unlikely hero. Odysseus is in some ways an antihero...
eyes of the world. It would also elevate Spains own social status in the world. Status and wealth were important considerations ...
In eleven pages this paper examines how author Tim O'Brien intentionally obscures the fine line between real life and fiction in h...