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Irony in the Short Stories 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor and 'The Birthmark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Therefore, Aylmer is destined to live a life of unhappiness, based not upon any inherently horrible thing about his life, but base...

Realism and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

seen in literature of her time, but clearly something that existed in the real world. She was fortunate to have married a man w...

Sample of Creative Writing, 'Wild Strawberries'

it looks like a Holstein calf, and she is waggin her finger at me and sayin, "Child, you got to grab hold of the things you want i...

Language and Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

about it in the morning paper on the subway on his way to work. Sonny "had been picked up, the evening before, in a raid on an apa...

American Horror Writing and the Influence of British Authors

fantasy), horror has generated the most serious study. Fright master Stephen King credits this to the acclaimed literary trilogy...

Eleven As Modernist Literature

suggests that it belongs to Rachel, the teacher, Mrs. Price pounces on this piece of knowledge and insists that Rachel accept the ...

'Shadows on the Rock' by Willa Cather

sack of flour, no gunpowder, or leather, or cloth, or iron tools" (Cather). He would see, "Not a letter, even -- no news of what w...

Hendel: "Apples in Honey"

country seems to be in a perpetual state of war with its neighbors, and on the fact that this eternal war has become the norm. Th...

Comparative Analysis of 'Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?' by Joyce Carol Oates and 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

a young woman who feels that beauty and frivolity are the most important things in life. She does not see that life is not as simp...

Setting in 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Raven' and 'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe

tales. While "The Oval Portrait" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are distinctive in setting they share certain simil...

Symbolism in Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills Like White Elephants'

"girl" in reference to this female, a choice which would appear to indicate that she is somewhat younger than her companion yet He...

Readings on Family Reunion Theme

generation, perceiving life and important family relationships very differently. They do not come from the same position, in terms...

'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?' by Joyce Carol Oates

appearance, her style, and her young sexuality. She plays with it in a very dangerous manner that she is completely unaware of for...

Cause and Effect in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

is on its way, OConnor emphasizes that the grandmother is totally lacking in any sort of sympathetic or empathetic feeling. The ...

Women, Heart Disease, and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...

Literature about the Blues and Jazz

where responses were made, which in turn may also be seen to have cross overs with gospel music. The aspect in which blues...

Critical Reception to Alice Adams's Fiction

In eight pages the varied critical responses to Adams's fiction particularly as it portrayed class is discussed with reference mad...

Prejudice in Education Confronted by Langston Hughes and Toni Cade Bambara

In five pages education and its prejudices are captured in the poem 'Theme for English B.' and the short story 'The Lesson.' Ther...

Gothic Romance Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In five pages this paper discusses how in her novel debut, Jane Austen parodied the Gothic literary genre with a comparison with o...

A Review of African Short Stories

A review of short stories which originated in various regions of Africa. This paper has five pages and one source in the bibliog...

Setting in 'Araby' by James Joyce

In five pages this paper examines how the author effectively utilizes setting in this moving short story. Four sources are cited ...

Nature and Naturalism in The Open Boat by Stephen Crane

In eight pages this paper discusses how nature and naturalism is depicted through powerful imagery in this famous short story by S...

Comparative Analysis of Trifles and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

In two pages this play and short story by Susan Glaspell are contrasted and compared in terms of themes and characterization. The...

Communication Lacking in the Fiction of Eudora Welty

son, but upon closer examination he realizes the woman is not as old as he first thought, and Sonny is her husband. In fact, the w...

Happiness Struggle and Conflicts in 'Shiloh' by Bobbi Ann Mason

In a paper consisting of four pages character conflicts as they exist in this short story are considered and through an examinatio...

Conflict in Frank O'Connor's 'Guests of a Nation' and Bobbi Ann Mason's 'Shiloh'

In four pages the ways in which conflict functions in these short stories are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in ...

American Romanticism and the Writings of Washington Irving

This paper discusses how American Romanticism is represented in 'Rip Van Winkle,' a short story by Washington Irving in three page...

What Life Is

In five pages this paper examines life and humanity in a comparison of the short stories Paul Fussell's 'Thank God for the Atom Bo...

Pain and Healing in Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin

brother. This is where Baldwin sets up another beautiful metaphor: the ice. "A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept...

Suffering in 'Sonny's Blues' by James Baldwin

In a paper consisting of three pages the theme of suffering is considered within the context of the short story written by James B...