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A Review of The Poorhouse Fair

A 5 page essay reviewing the book by John Updike. This paper explores the purpose and intent of the author. 1 source....

A Month of Sundays by John Updike, Satire, Sanctimony, and Sin

railed (Barna 324). From the concept of this noted hypocrisy was born The Scarlet Letter, a haunting tale of misplaced faith, sil...

Life and Writings of John Steinbeck

In 5 pages John Steinbeck's life and his literary works are discussed. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliography....

Tone of Sammy in 'A and P' by John Updike

sheep-like qualities of the old maids in the store and the unattainable status of the girls he so desires, Sammy is caught between...

Protagonist and Antagonist in 'A and P' by John Updike

In one page this paper examines the short story by John Updike in an identification of its protagonist and antagonist characters. ...

Updike, Hawthorne, and de Maupassant Characterizations

In a paper consisting of six pages these character driven short stories Updike's 'A and P,' Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown,' and...

Ordinary in 'A and P' by John Updike

pin curlers even looked around after pushing their carts past to make sure what they had seen was correct" (Updike, 1274). The st...

John Donne's Feminist Poetry

This paper details a feminist reading of three John Donne Poems, The Undertaking, A Valediction, and The Good Morrow. The author ...

HR Development and John W. Gardner

In five pages one time Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare John W. Gardner is discussed in terms of his life, career, and ...

AMERICO PAREDES: A SECRET RACISM

the end, most likely killed by her stepfather, a Hispanic, through sheer ignorance and neglect. The fact that no one seems to no C...

The Life of Gandhi

significant and lingers to this day. Gandhi lived in India and helped the people resist British domination (Severance, 1997). Bri...

Zhang, Lahiri/Memoir and Short Story

was arrested by the cultural revolutionary forces and tortured for several months (Zhang 14). Otherwise, there was "usually enough...

Different Interpretations of Settlers in the New World

A great deal of insight about equality emerges, and later, this would be the basis for the creation of the United States of Americ...

Victorian Era Writing

This paper considers 2 Victorian Age writings, essayist John Stuart Mill's 'Speech in Favor of Capital Punishment' and John Henry ...

The character of St John as portrayed in Jane Eyre

This paper looks at the role of the mysterious St John in Bronte's Jane Eyre. The two characters are presented as having lives whi...

Early American History and Free African Americans

my opinion, yet I consider our condition but little better than that....After all, methinks there are no chains so galling as thos...

Gunther/Death Be Not Proud

A 3 page book review of John Gunther's memoir of his son's illness and death. The title of this book is drawn from John Donne's Me...

Thomas R. Eddlem's Journal Article on John Hancock

With his uncles death he inherited the business and while he was only 27 years old it seems he "managed his inheritance, the large...

Life in Art: How Stephen Crane’s Life Influenced His Writings

played on him. Stephen Crane was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 1, 1871, the 14th child (only eight survived) of a Method...

A Life in Art: How Kate Chopin’s Life Influenced Her Feminist Writings

accident in 1855. According to biographer Emily Toth, subsequent photographs of Katherine OFlaherty Chopin reveal an individual t...

Main Character Changes in 'Araby' by James Joyce and 'A and P' by John Updike

In five pages this report examines how the primary characters in each of these short stories undergoes different changes. Five so...

Class, Privilege, and Maturity in 'A and P' by John Updike

definitely engages in what can be interpreted as seductive posturing (Wells 128). For example, as she slowly turns, Sammys stomach...

Sammy in 'A and P' by John Updike

Especially when he speaks of Stoksie, in this example: "I forgot to say he thinks hes going to be manager some sunny day, maybe in...

Rabbit Run by John Updike and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these works in terms of their similarities and differences. Three sources...

Communication and Marriage in 'Unicorn in the Garden' and 'Wife Wooing' by John Updike

her, he would be interested in having sex, but she wants to read a book on Richard Nixon. As soon as she settles in, however, she ...

'Araby' by James Joyce and 'A and P' by John Updike

perspective upon the young mans romantic infatuation. Not only are descriptive phrases shared by both stories, but parallels occu...

Life and Times of Vlad Tepes, the Original Dracula

out of the hands of Vlad the III. (Vlad 1996) Vlad III eventually did manage to regain the thrown of Walachia by conspiring with...

'A and P' by John Updike and Self Discovery

In 5 pages this paper examines how detail and contrast are employed by the author to thematically depict self discovery in this sh...

'Araby' by James Joyce, 'A and P' by John Updike, and Maturation

In 5 pages the theme of maturation as it is featured in these two short stories is compared. There are no other sources listed....

Narrator Sammy in 'A and P' by John Updike

to whom Sammy is attracted, enter the A&P, there is a problem. The manager berates them, and they are seemingly embarrassed. Samm...