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shows the dilemma of those who seek to build a new life for themselves, at the cost of betraying their heritage. This paper discus...

This paper presents discussion of "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, ...

struggle to find her identity, an African American identity, is obviously influenced by the white society. This is noted when her ...

that what is white is beautiful, lovable and normal, while black facial features, skin color and everything else associated with b...

the story, the children would be summoned, and the narrators father would let them go, saying something to the effect of "to hell ...

This essay discusses the influence of Zora Neale Hurston in regards to Alice Walker's perspective on black oral tradition and femi...

word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...

used to scrawl after our stories, marked, "the end." This is true in the "thinking piece," Am I Blue. It is important for the st...

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

therefore, essentially belongs in their childhood and not in their position as women. Sofia is a very strong woman and not a wom...

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

realities that Celie is born into and must grow up with. She is poor and must essentially raise children that are not hers, give u...

earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...

pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...

willing to relegate to someone elses power. In Walkers essay, however, the focus is on pornography and the subtle way in which it ...

viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...

Each morning he waits for her to leave for school, then follows her, passing her at the point where their paths diverge, where the...

In nine pages this paper examines how women's changing roles are reflected in the literary works Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, A S...

Tony Hillerman's collection of stories are discussed in an analysis of historical detail with 'The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo' b...

End of Something," "Cat in the Rain," and "The Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II)." First well describe the stories, than anal...

a stake in his hen-pen and like any cock, his hair was up about it" (Head 70). He returns home to reestablish his "claim" on his "...

A 6 page essay that discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which continues to capture and fasci...

it is in a few words: "The sun was risen above the frost mists now, so keen and hard a glitter on the snow that instead of warmth ...

which he attended from 1917-1921 (Merriman). In 1922, Blair went to Burma, apparently following his fathers inspiration, and join...

potential, or realistic, loss of children during the war. War has always taken children from the parents and this is simply a very...

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the stories Good Country People and A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor. This ...