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marriage" distorts the meaning of the sentence "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that [in marriage]" (Seshachari 115)...

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

is, the Victorian era, it becomes clear that Louise Mallard is a normal woman who loves her husband and will grieve for him, but w...

opening to Jacksons Lottery, as Jackson carefully underscores the normality of the day and how what is to take place is viewed as ...

would marry white people who would beget quarter-bloods, and so on and so on, until simple mathematics killed the Indian in us" (A...

offers a very powerful image of the lives these people live trapped in a tiny apartment and in their individual lives. Melville...

of trance, or opens himself to whatever psychic power he possesses at these times. But lets go back to the beginning. One of the ...

the change from their boring and traditional lives as parents and spouses. They are independent creatures in a society that does n...

involved. Julians mother takes center stage as a black woman enters the bus wearing the same hat as his mother. While race certain...

for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...

character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...

on the outside world. In one particular quote the reader gets an understanding of this evolution of the people, as it begins, as o...

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 "...

this country. You were the success story, the big lawyer who fought for us when no one else would. So many times we would speak of...

One of the foremost scholars on the Southwest, Charles Wilkinson, has written a book entitled, The Crossing of the Meridian. The v...

our traditional notions regarding love and romance. She doesnt want any one "box" to define love or sex. The lesbian with a man ...

stay in the past, feeling that early France is his destiny. This time travelers name is Andr? Marek. II. Mareks Method of Coping...

- and still is to a great degree - the focal point of cultural existence speaks to the way in which Silko (1989) reveals the strug...

has been missing in his life and that his values and priorities are backward and unfulfilling. For example, by the time Milkman jo...

fundamental structure of the story. These inferences help the reader to understand the symbolic messages hidden within the framew...

this argument we see that the giant is the handicapped child. The entire town is frightened of him because he is a giant. He does ...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...

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...

this right away. The author begins by writing: "At first, it appears that Paul is, perhaps, simply filled with the arrogance that ...

socialism (Stone 14). The story is one that shows the societal structure and the flaws of the bourgeoisie and the reasons behind...

constant throughout history. The Prologue features the much-married Dame Alice, who is a shrewd manipulator of men who unabashed...

that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...

Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...