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"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...
realistically presented (Tyson 155). For example, after reading Fly Away Home (E. Bunting, 1991), a story that concerns a homeless...
the standard framework for a mystery detective novel, each of these works share similar themes that are indicative of current Amer...
different elements together to speak of ancient Aboriginal beliefs as well as a modern world. In As Long as the Rivers Flo...
detail to demonstrate the point that war is negative. The fact that the mother is crying is aligned with the tonality in relation ...
for Breast Cancer in June 2008 with the target of raising $300,000 and work with the Bill Wilson House in August 2008 where free T...
the night of a grand ball, an unexpected and unwelcome guest appears: the "mummer" is wearing the shroud normally put on a corpse,...
is ale to jump "the highest," succeeding to high office (Swift). As this suggests, Swift was lampooning the machinations require...
to each other only by code names ("Mr. Pink," "Mr. White", etc.). They relate to each other mainly by wisecracks ("Do I have to be...
Tsun says no one can know his "innumerable contrition and weariness" (Borges). What does Borges mean when he claims the world is ...
was coming, and that was the main thing. For Robbie MacDonald, it was the only thing. Robbie and Sheila had grown up together, an...
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...
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 ...
when we get to Birmingham. The freedom ride is certainly a part of it, but not the whole thing. Birmingham is important right now...
perspective it is not always easy to analyse Munros work, since the layering of different narrative threads draws the reader into ...
Austen and Cesaire present two very diverse approaches to the notion of time, in that ones perspective takes the form of British v...
narrates her story with forthright honesty. She explains that--while she is named after the Virgin Mary--she is far from saint-lik...
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...
to culminate in a conclusion. The purpose here is to find that middle ground in complaints that hypertext allows writers to impar...
but complications arise. Not one, but two suitors join them on their trip. During the trip both men vie for her affections. In the...
in the shadow of Irelands Iron Mountains, a few locals have populated a bog and settled into their ways" (Freeman, 2002). The enti...
Tituba is viewed as the first witch--black or white-- to actually confess (Anderson). This makes this black woman quite an interes...
(Garrison, 1988). Garrisons book chronicles his investigation into what was perhaps the most notable murder case in America. Gar...
conditioned to blindly follow the directives of Big Brother. For the people, double-speak was perfectly acceptable, and soon they...
has a serious neurological breakdown of his own. Bill has a sudden and disturbing memory loss - he is unable to remember the name...
inflexible educational system is accurate in his attempt to reveal his own educational experience and also does well in his attemp...