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two share. They are obviously not really enjoying this moment, or life, for some reason. And, the reason is never clearly spelled ...

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 ...

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

types of decaying vegetation. The vegetation even permeates the external nooks and crannies of the house itself in the form of a ...

prior to the approaching storm but soon becomes unconsciously aware of her longing for passion when she feels oppressed under the ...

However, it is clear from the opening section of the narrative that the unknown writer of the letters has seen a very different...

Latino barrios in Chicago and she understands the plight of young Chicanos in addition to women feeling trapped between two cultur...

her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one...

the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...

Her Peers"). The Women The primary women, as a whole, present us with knowledgeable and observant women who quickly discover w...

can see that the Hills, which the man remarks are like White Elephants, "refer to the shape of the belly of a pregnant woman, and ...

she formally received the Valmonde name, although according to the locals, "The prevailing belief was that she had been purposely ...

of his talent. He sees and then conveys meaning in the smallest of details and, again, weaves them together in ways that create th...

his studies had no definite object, either of public advantage or personal ambition; a gentleman, high bred and fastidiously delic...

Indeed, Olsens socialist upbringing and working class background, as well as her experience as a single parent, provides a major s...

Dark suspense elements are the focus of this comparative analysis of two 19th century great American short stories in five pages. ...

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

ordinary and therefore the townspeople find it frightening. They have tried on several occasions to discover why the minister wear...

becomes the focus of attention in the family. Both Larry and his father are now ousted from being the center of attention. This, h...

no simple way, for an old culture to adjust to a new one. New and Old World Beliefs The primary character in this story is the...

great pain, screaming, the arrogance of the doctor comes out in the following: "But her screams are not important. I dont hear the...

each. An allegory, while closely associated with symbols or symbolism, is a unique literary element in that everything within the...

events because one parent or the other couldnt take them there. Most of all it would mean that there would be a constant tug of w...

She is dismissive about feeling hurt or jealous that she was little more than another notch on Tims belt. For this young girl, se...

word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...

History of a Campaign That Failed" with a recounting of his interactions with another young man that was about the same age that h...

we use our life experiences to decide what wee believe otherwise to be. In Young Goodman Brown we are faced with a...

story "Grit" portrays the intense conflict that arises between Glen, the manager of the Black Beauty Minerals Plant located in Mob...

This essay pertains to Faulkner's short story "Dry September." The writer offers analysis of the plot and argues that Faulkner use...

This essay offers analysis of Pamela C. Joern's short story "Running in Place." The writer focuses on Joern's skill in regards to ...