Essays 301 - 330
a mother to do that. As Granny closes her eyes for "just a minute," Porter us an indication of how her life has been lived. She ha...
is mystical and unexplainable, in the house. They understand that they cannot necessarily see what is taking place, or truly put t...
ended as they could have logically ended. So, too, it must be stated that this spelling out of the ending of the mysteries is a ...
(Cather 68). It became readily apparent that these local men were there more out of a sense of civic duty than out of any love fo...
on charming it much as he believes he has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable...
different we have no possible common ground, we can also justify destroying them. This is why we never consider enemy combatants a...
careful selection of names and how they reflect the personalities of the characters, and in the hypocritical nature of the charact...
men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the Elks Club--that he was not a marrying man" (Faulkner). This can be...
their late mother, who was the familys support system. Of her, the narrator would recall, "I always see her wearing pale blue" (B...
the mind of a murderer, who casually confesses to his crime to an unnamed acquaintance some fifty years after the fact. The narra...
In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that within the short stories 'The Darling, 'The Betrothed,' and 'Th...
comes to bail him out is tied to a tree in the jails courtyard and tortured; finally the ordeal ends when Mr. Chiu signs a false c...
letters and "The letters cover everything from the emptiness Hemingway felt upon completing a novel to their shared loneliness" (P...
were forced to relocate whenever the pyromaniac patriarch, Abner Snopes, would become angry and set fire to his employers barn. T...
who despises her life and dreams of wealth and social status. When she is finally invited to an elegant reception, she complains ...
In five pages this paper examines the themes featured in William Faulkner's short stories 'Dry September,' 'The Bear,' and 'A Rose...
in Gilbs narrative is that Jake really doesnt know how to be anything other then deceptive and manipulative, the small-time con ar...
life must endure social intolerance at one time or another; however, certain groups face prejudicial persecution on a regular basi...
from Londons story which illustrates how the man is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But a...
era has wielded its impact on the mother and her young daughter who moves through the one temporary home after another, for the mo...
It does not necessarily make men evil or bestial, but it does recognize that we live in a patriarchal society and that the structu...
a political fundraiser with a blind man named Bovanne. She shocks her daughters by behavior they regard as unbefitting for a woma...
cases from the point of view that the person on trial is guilty. There is no presumption of innocence until proven guilty-he start...
agendas with propaganda and information misrepresentation reportedly in the name of national security. In this story, the governm...
woman who is significant, but rather how she makes the male character feel. This is particularly true of young women, who almost f...
a lady....
this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...
anxiety. It serves to house the blame for the narrators actions. And, in terms of imagery, the ending of this classic tale speaks ...
life is at stake as the narrator expresses the fact that a man will actually freeze to death if he cannot get a fire going. The ...
she is known for. This particular compilation of stories was written prior to her incredible fame and would thus indicate that she...