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Communication Lacking in the Fiction of Eudora Welty

son, but upon closer examination he realizes the woman is not as old as he first thought, and Sonny is her husband. In fact, the w...

Contemporary Detective Fiction and Homosexuality

This paper consists of three pages and examines how homosexuality is subtlely presented in 'The Bootlegger's Daughter' by Margaret...

Worldviews Clash in the Fiction of John Updike and Flannery O'Connor

In ten pages this paper compares the worldview clashes featured in the short stories of John Updike and Flannery O'Connor in an a...

Two Female Characters in U.S. Fiction

5 pages and 2 sources used. This paper provides an overview and a comparison of the lives and characteristics of two central fema...

Edgar Allan Poe's Fiction and Theme of Death

In eight pages the ways in which Poe's death obsession manifests itself in ten of his short stories are examined. There are 4 bi...

Walter Mosley's Devil in a Blue Dress and the Detective Fiction Genre

In six pages this paper examines the detective genre as represented in this critical assessment of Walter Mosley's novel. There a...

Historical Fiction of Benito Perez Galdos, Realism, and Romanticism

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how techniques of romanticism and realism are employed by Benito Perez Galdos in his Episodi...

Parents in the Fiction of Guy de Maupassant

In five pages this paper examines the French author's short stories 'Mademoiselle Fifi' and 'Boule de Suif' in terms of how they r...

Fact or Fiction in the Life and Film Adaptations of Michael Collins

the boundaries of Eire. While Jordans film begins amidst the political turmoil of Ireland in 1916, with Jordan at the center of t...

Reeva S. Simon's The Middle East in Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper presents a review of this text. There are no other sources listed....

Aspects of Detective Fiction From the Nineteen Hundreds

This paper examines six detective novels from the nineteen hundreds, and addresses common themes seen throughout each. The author...

The Short Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut and Conformity and Appearance

IN ten pages the author's contention that conformity interferes with self understanding is examined within the context of three st...

Taiwain and the Fiction of Freedom of the Press

In ten pages ths paper examines whether or not publications in Taiwan enjoy rights of freedom of the press. There arer 4 sources ...

Samoan Culture in the Fiction of Wendt and Figel

!Sia Figiels Where We Once Belonged Figiels Samoa is a vibrant, animate place where "sharks bite the moon, and a pumpkin might as...

'The Cask of Amontillado' Fiction and the Real Life of Edgar Allan Poe

In seven pages this paper discusses how Poe's real life experiences can be connected to the short story 'The Cask of Amontillado.'...

Fiction or Truth in the Works of Joseph Wambaugh

flawed heroics. Wambaughs first nonfiction book, The Onion Field (1974), about two young cops fateful encounter with two young ro...

Fiction and the Portrayal of Management Leadership

In nine pages this paper examines the leadership of characters depicted in 'The Moviegoer' by Percy, 'Shooting an Elephant' by Orw...

Reason for Reeva Simon's The Middle East in Crime Fiction

In five pages this paper examines the author's reasons behind the writing of this text and how it impacts the book's structure. T...

Fiction Comparison of Toni Morrison and Ishmael Reed

In five pages The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is compared with Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed in terms their very different tragic an...

Thomas Hardy and George Moore's Victorian Fiction and Naivete

In five pages this research paper examines the naivete of the protagonists in Esther Waters by George Moore and Far From the Maddi...

Fiction and Fate

were viewed as chance (Fate). Other religions view fate in pretty much the same way; in the Koran, for example, fate is based on G...

Cinematic Narrative in Pulp Fiction and Citizen Kane

We note he grows to be a gregarious individual who seems driven to succeed in unusual ways, always seeking some adventure and some...

A John McGahern Fiction Ecocriticism

(Glotfelty; Fromm, 2003). It invokes thoughts of whether men and women write differently about the natural world, thus presenting ...

Banana Yoshimoto's Fiction

In four pages this essay examines two books by Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto in a consideration of how her works capture young ...

Eight Works of Literary Fiction and the Influence of Social Position

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

Cyril Connelley on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Fiction

family that was better off than his own. In order to make something of himself he began to write articles for various magazines. H...

Jefferson and Hemmings, Fiction or Fact

conception for the birth of all of those six children. There are no records that she was elsewhere during those times, or records ...

Fact or Fiction with Regard to Racial Profiling

a disproportionate percentage of the crimes. While it might be easy to point to racial profiling as the reason for the...

Southern Fiction and The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty

death) (Welty 9). Tied to a surviving woman and his only surviving child, Musgrove is pushed into the wilderness by the Indians, w...

Narrative Fiction and the Portrayal of Female Characters

This paper considers how prose, drama, fairytales, and religious narratives portray female characters in 9 pages. Eleven sources...