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he would not be getting any scholarships for furthering his education, he "joined the Indian Imperial Police Burma" (George Orwell...

right in their eyes for one who has died. They paint his face, sprinkle corn meal and pollen, and thus give him a very fitting wra...

reader watches as a mother tries desperately to give her daughter all the advantages that she never had, reliving, to some extent,...

This paper provides an analysis of this short story in terms of theme, symbolism, and character development. This four page paper ...

controlling people, usually against their will and in such a way that escape is impossible without tragedy. We see this, for ...

and we do see a wonderful complexity that is both subtle and descriptive. We see this in the opening sentence, which is seems to b...

desperation or dismay of the narrator whereas Hemingways story leaves us to infer the desperation, but the ending is very similar....

and possibly to establish a comfort level with something frightening, the townsfolk begin to contrast the angel with other area at...

my birthday and my parents are throwing a party for me. Its no surprise, but thats just as well. I cant ever remember having a p...

him that she wants to stop talking about it, indicating she feels completely powerless and is just going to do it and get it over ...

his deceptiveness, and the danger the ensuing adventure holds for her become more understandable when Friend is viewed as the mani...

nothing of pleasantry or peace. The windows seem as though they are "vacant," and "eye-like" and the narrator continues in this ...

in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...

story "Grit" portrays the intense conflict that arises between Glen, the manager of the Black Beauty Minerals Plant located in Mob...

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

end of the story, because the man whose son was killed appears to be handling it well. He notes that life is difficult, and that w...

terrible shock and pain of learning about Sonnys arrest, and the fear that the narrator feels for his brothers future. The feeling...

young blacks and how they were "growing up with a rush...their heads bumped abruptly against the low ceiling of their actual possi...

the most frightening short stories ever written. Jackson begins with a description of a gorgeous summer day and subtly weaves a we...

age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...

as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...

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

complements that of the utilitarian. The utilitarian focuses on the badness of the victims agony but cannot readily grasp the sign...

(Chopin). This image clearly drives home the fact that the heart was a symbol, a symbol of her confinement and of her hope. The he...

this point, the determined Mrs. Mooney obtains a separation from her husband, gains control of her remaining inheritance, custody ...

yet, continued Gabriel, his voice falling into a softer inflection, there are always in gathering such as this sadder thoughts tha...

more poignant due to their downtrodden setting. The approach of the characters is generally reacted to events which are around th...

it has been going on for so long that nobody remembers why or how it started (Jackson). We also know that this village is not the ...

keep from feeling frightened. The residents are startled, no doubt, and even perhaps afraid, but they dont react appropriately to...

of nature and the unveiling of secrets; a theme which is well illustrated in The Use of Force. As Johnson (2004) notes, the narrat...