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hands of male heads of families and households. Women are disenfranchised" (Kosenko 27). It is the men who are essentially in cha...

to pay her for her sexual favors. They are, however, friends it seems. He tells her, "Stephanie, its very simple. I have a lot of ...

speaking with the man directly, or setting about to use his mind to figure out a logical answer, he resorts to unethical behavior....

that this woman has a great power over her and over the rest of the class. She begins to look around her at the reservation and re...

as devoted as Ms. Emily thinks, goes out with another woman. When he returns, Emily poisons him with arsenic. Finally, she closes ...

tells the reader that whatever happened to the occupants occurred recently, as obviously the house still has electricity. The per...

of death, while the Mourning Dove reminds one of the mourners at ones funeral. This also sets the tone for the frame of mind that ...

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...

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

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

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 ...

by the men on the train platform, and then by the overly dramatic grief of Merricks mother. The contrast between the nature of Mer...

nagging them at home. Given that he wrote many of his works between the fifties and seventies, it was a certainty that the indepen...

Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put i...

death(The Death/synopsis). He simply lived his life like most people do: work, family, community. There was nothing else. Or was t...

which is clearly understandable, yet she has not used her intelligence to rise above it all and find truth. She cannot exhibit kin...

now, instead of letting his hands out into the open, he shoves them deep into his pockets and does not talk much. When he talks, t...

a grandfather is made clear as soon as Robert ushers Mr. Winfield into the car. Wiinfields granddaughter, Sheila, greets him. With...

barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be; and ther...

of Brown. It is essentially natural worshipping, however, with many different types of people coming together in a more ritualisti...

this day, of course, will differ from all others. What makes this a significant day in Miss Brills life is that she is about to be...

human being. Her song on the "blond wood psaltery" produced a "crystalline sound like water purling between stones" (82). As this ...

criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...

says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

her to take. It is interesting to note that the onlookers do not realize that they might have driven Emily to insanity. Wallace ...

Western States Book Award for Fiction and the Walt Whitman Award (The Iguana Killer [Review]). Interestingly enough, Rios spoke Sp...

It took place in the south, as did most of OConnors stories, and showed the ignorance of southern whites by using a certain predil...

It is clear early-on that it was common knowledge in the town that Emilys father was abusive -- if not physically, then certain m...