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Bitterness in the Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor

this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...

Characterization and Gender

This well researched report examines this topic in a variety of ways. Various sources are used such as Desiree's Baby, A Good Man ...

Spiritual Emptiness in The Rocking Horse Winner, by D.H. Lawrence and A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor

by the lack of ethical integrity, which seemed to be a byproduct of industrial society. The wheels of progress, in Lawrences view...

Symbolism in 'The Birthmark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

it right in front of him. However, in The Birthmark we are also introduced to the character of Aminidad, who...

Analysis of Flannery O'Connor's Short Story 'Good Country People'

cold hearted person. She was like this because she was afraid to really look at herself. She was also afraid to hope for anything ...

Outline for Paper on Jackson’s “The Lottery”

Hutchinson never protests the against the injustice of human sacrifice, but rather that the selection her family was not fair. A....

Flannery O'Connor/Good Country People

OConnors characterization of Joy/Hulga carefully builds up an image of a woman who has been very badly scarred by life, both physi...

Switching Partners

yo like. Ill be home tonight." The screen door made a little snick as it swung closed, and she was alone. She pulled the gown back...

Grace and Its Mystery in 'Revelation,' 'Good Country People,' 'Greenleaf' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

is true of the character Joy/Hulga in "Good Country People." Joy/Hulga has a heart condition, which prevents her from living the...

Hawthorne's "Birthmark"/Lee's Mockingbird

possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...

Hawthorne's "Birthmark"/Lee's Mockingbird

possible defect" causes him dismay, as it is a "visible mark of earthly imperfection" (Hawthorne 1021). Alymers disdain for the bi...

Symbolism in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Birthmark'

In three pages this paper discusses the wide ranging symbolism associated with 'The Birthmark' in the short story by Nathaniel Haw...

Grotesque in the Works of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner

In five pages the grotesque is analyzed within the context of Faulkner's short story 'A Rose for Emily' and O'Connor's short story...

Elements of Short Stories

Short story success is based on a variety of factors, and this paper examines those elements. For example, the use of surprise an...

Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour' as a Good Short Story Example

makes the story powerful is that hour where the woman sits alone. And watching her character develop and learn is what makes the t...

Dramatic Irony in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

Prejudice and a Jury Experiment

the control and experimental groups and what exactly was accomplished. A student will want to point out that an attempt to explain...

Forgiveness and the Dew Breaker

through several short stories, including those of his victims and their families. In the novel we meet the Dew Breaker later in ...

Identity: “The Story of an Hour”

she sits she possesses "a dull stare" possessed of a gaze that "was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It ...

Babylon 5 vs. Star Trek

characters who came after them. Star Trek is also known for its progressive point of view. Roddenberry often presented a sort of ...

Irony in Shirley Jackson’s Short Story, ‘The Lottery’

careful selection of names and how they reflect the personalities of the characters, and in the hypocritical nature of the charact...

Man's Nature in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Ethan Brand,' 'The Birthmark,' and 'Young Goodman Brown'

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

Strategies to Survive and 'The Open Boat' by Stephen Crane

this situation held certain peril for these men. Second, the omniscient view has allowed Crane to describe, in a birds eye...

'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor Compared

The rural citizens depicted in the story are average, everyday people who indulge in senseless human sacrifice that they never que...

Flannery O'Connor's Moment of Grace in 'A Late Encounter with the Enemy,' 'Greenleaf' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...

Compare and Contrast: Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor

grandson. It is clear that she has done this many times before. At some point in the past, several years ago at least, the boy acc...

Literary Epiphanies

a future where she could do as she pleased, without the burden of a husband. She was not imagining a life where she lived wildly, ...

Marxist View of the Misfit Character in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

to save her family. Perhaps she can convince him not to kill anyone, but instead, she only pleads for her own life without much re...

'The Lady with the Pet Dog' by Anton Chekhov

his otherwise dull life. When we meet the woman with the dog we begin to see that she is young and innocent and lonely. She als...

Characters in Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking Horse Winner'

her training in society was different, for her focus was on religion and the proper way things should be done. While the mother in...