Essays 151 - 180
above her on the social ladder, Sophy accepts him when he proposes marriage. She marries, not from love, but more from a standpoin...
a person tried hard, anything could be accomplished. Therefore, she saw it as her duty to lead her daughter towards becoming an A...
becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...
memory of past events. He explains that he will not be a narrator, "I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion t...
his insistence that he does not love her, is accounted for by the delirium which is affecting his mental faculties. However, the g...
story is that Chopin also begins to set up the ending. The reader sees the Aubigny estate, LAbri, through the eyes of Madame Valmo...
real motivation or interest. Therefore, to have his body match the way that he has felt about himself for a long time does not gre...
actions related to their sense of community. A small agricultural community generally lives on the edge of survival. What holds t...
he urges Faith to deny the Devil and look to Heaven, he suddenly finds himself alone in the forest. Although Brown has escaped the...
became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...
tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...
concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
or perhaps the ability to appreciate the verse even if they do not recognize the poet. His insecurity also shows in that this judg...
makes it clear that the house is not a privilege, as a necessity. This is because if Remire lived in the camp, the other prisoners...
the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...
she imagines that she is able to rub "the life back into the dim little eyes" (Mansfield 176). On one level, Miss Brill realizes t...
possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...
"Big Tall Goony-Goony," but is the third girl with whom he is instantly smitten. She is "Queenie" in Sammys mind and he associates...
a new life, and emphasizes how people, when tested by circumstances can overcome adversity along their path toward self-respect. ...
who suffered a serious ax wound and is lying on the top bunk, above his laboring wife. When he heard this comment he "rolled over ...
about alcohol. The narrator describes that -- if her parents ever drank alcoholic beverages -- it was outside their home (Munro 43...
of the boys life are not filled in , the reader is left to surmise the basic facts from what he says. For example, the boy mention...
In five pages this essay presents the argument that Nathaniel Hawthorne uses this short story to reflect his New England Puritanis...
official. The letter has been stolen, and the police feel that they know who stole it -- a man who is referred to as "Minister D" ...
In five pages this essay examines how Puritanism and witchcraft contribute to the setting of this short story by Nathaniel Hawthor...
In five pages this essay considers whether the events that transpired in this short story were real or were in fact a dream. Ther...
In three pages this essay examines how women are treated in the symbolic portrayal of Emily as being a rose in this short story by...
In five pages this research essay explores the abortion debate within the context of Hemingway's short story and how important saf...