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Updike’s A&P

John Updikes short story A&P is a story of a young man who makes a very important decision, a decision that will change his life. ...

The Magnificent Seven Film and the Cowboy Mentality

clearly an attempt to redefine the modern cowboy for modern audiences by penetrating the invincible stereotype and revealing vulne...

Billy and John Claggart in Billy Budd by Herman Melville

endeavors to avoid such a punishment by doing an exemplary job. Nevertheless, trouble develops and Billy seeks the advice of an ol...

Frank: John Updike’s “The Rumor”

he likes the fact that his wife is confused and thinking he is a homosexual. Frank takes advantage of her confusion and...

1956 Film Adaptation/Moby Dick

the injustice that fate as inflicted upon him, as he has pursued the whale for years, coming close numerous times, but never actu...

The Breakfast Club/A View of Adolescence

"poor little rich girl or the princess," and is drive to school by her father in a BMW (The Breakfast Club, 1995). Allison is the ...

John Demos, Joseph Plumb Martin and Wartime Experience

one stroke" (Demos 29). Williams and his five children make it to Montreal alive. Once they arrive in Montreal, the Indians begin ...

Born on the Fourth of July and A&P

Ron ultimately serves as an example of how young people "should not" live their lives. Ron essentially tells people they do not wa...

Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

time which has caused him to think of himself as incredibly special: "In this world John, who was, his father said, ugly, who was ...

Disillusioned Characters in Brave New World

this brave and controlled new world. Happiness is a mass illusion in this new world order, and as is the case with most widesprea...

Short Stories and Rounded Character Building

The ways in which rounded characters are constructed within short stories are considered in a six page examination of Guy de Maupa...

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. ...

Concept of Community in Richard Wright's Native Son and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath

In a paper consisting of 15 pages the concept of community is examined within the context of these novels from the perspective of ...

Comparison Between Coretta Scott King Award and John Newbery Award

In twenty four pages this research paper presents a comparison between 3 C.S. King award winning books with 3 that are John Newber...

Tragic Hero Assessment of John Proctor as Portrayed in the 1996 Film Version of Arthur Miller's The Crucible

In five pages this character analysis of John Proctor and whether or not he was portrayed as a tragic hero in Arthur Miller's 1996...

Motivation and Its Problems in Oleanna by David Mamet

In six pages this paper analyzes the characters of John and Carol featured in David Mamet's play in a consideration of their motiv...

Character Concept According to Aristotle and J.S. Mill

In five pages this research paper discusses character as perceived by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics and Politics and by John Stu...

Politics by Aristotle and On Liberty by J.S. Mill

In eight pages this tutorial compares these philosophers' views on liberty and character within the context of their writings with...

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Outcasts

In three pages Huxley's novel is examined in a character analysis of John and Bernard. There is 1 source cited in the bibliograph...

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...

American Family and a Character Study of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the Joad family matriarch featured in this classic American novel in a consideration of her role...

Book Analysis of the Vietnamese Army Corruption Featured in Neil Sheehan's A Bright Shining Lie

In ten pages this paper analyzes Vietnamese Army corruption in this character analysis of John Paul Vann featured in A Bright Shin...

Reflex Arc Interpretation by John Dewey

In five pages this paper discusses the Practical Character of Reality, Units of Behavior, and the reflex arc as interpreted by Joh...

American Farmer Letters and Characters

that this is a new country where breeding and birth rights are nit of primary concern in the formation of society, it is a land of...

Colonel John Sartoris

In five pages this paper examines how William Faulkner's character Col. John Sartoris is presented somewhat differently in an anal...

A Review of Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman

A 5 exploration of the the character of John and his self reflection on his own freedom as it contrasts with his brother being inc...

Toni Cade Bambara's Sylvia and John Updike's Sammy

first of the story, show a young man, still engrossed with pigeon holing everyone he meets. They either are good or they are bad. ...

Character Analysis of 'Young Goodman Brown,' I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem and the Film Version of The Crucible

was irreparable. In I, Tituba, the Black Witch of Salem, the protagonist is the misunderstood Tituba, a real-life woman who had b...

Virtue in Henry V and Brave New World

are eventually reintroduced to the "regular" world and everyone finds out that John was born of Linda (his mother) and they become...

Ecocriticism and the Literature of John McGahern

in the shadow of Irelands Iron Mountains, a few locals have populated a bog and settled into their ways" (Freeman, 2002). The enti...