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

In 3 pages this paper examines how materialism is portrayed within D.H. Lawrence's short story 'The Rocking Horse Winner' and by G...

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

for an hour, thinking about her past, her relationship, and her future. As she ponders she begins to really experience a sense of ...

of passion in their lives, this somber existence. The mood is also set by the tone as it develops along with the plot. In Lawrence...

they are poor because they have no luck. Paul, being a small child, thinks that luck is a tangible object to be found, obtained or...

world, in which society is restructuring itself after the devastation of the war - a devastation which T, at least, seems to feel ...

him and who has lawful access to the mother" (Oedipal trajectory/Oedipal complex, 2004). As the boy develops he begins to realize ...

in luck. The boy associates luck with money because his house seems to speak constantly of needing more money. He tells his mother...

sort of injustice, it would have engendered a certain amount of sympathy for him in the reader. Faulkner goes to great lengths to ...

and, determined to prove to his mother that he is not unlucky like his father, Paul supernaturally begins the attempt to change th...

clear that there are some very mysterious things taking place within the story. We note this first in the presence of the house wh...

life. And, it is the needless greed that is the culprit of death. This story could easily be seen as a story that preaches the ...

concerned with the cultural deterioration which was inevitable after the wars catastrophic destruction. Two of these authors most...

Oscar often refers to "filthy lucre" (Lawrence 922). His mother explains that luck is "what causes you to have money. If youre l...

inherent ability to pursue even the most complex of concepts. Not unlike his myriad other works, which include the famous Floweri...

doing all the time; he is even privy to their thoughts and feelings. This is different from a first person narrator ("I took a wal...

These two stories are compared in terms of themes and characterizations in six pages. There is no bibliography included....

effect, there is a cause and for every cause, there is an effect. Paul is greatly effected by what his mother does and how she fe...

In five pages this paper evaluates the luck of Paul, the protagonist in this short story by D.H. Lawrence. Six sources are cited ...

even though her sister will not appreciate them in a real way as Maggie will. Maggie is one of those people who is easily used and...

everywhere, and therefore no one spoke it" (Lawrence). And, when money appeared, through the efforts of the boy, brining relief it...

This 4 page paper gives an overview of the stories Good Country People and A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor. This ...

some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...

4 pages in length. Evil - a self-perpetuating entity of myriad literary tales - presents itself as a force that challenges the ve...

In five pages these stories are compared and contrasted in terms of their portrayals of good and evil and the failings of society....

a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldnt answer to my conscience if I did" (OConnor). II. HULGA & THE MISFIT: RELIGIOUS FAIT...

In five pages this paper examines how short stories depict love in terms of similarities and differences found in Susan Minot's 'L...

most interesting works in this regard. "Revelation" forces us to accept humanity with all of its glories and all of its faults. ...

In seven pages this research paper features a comparison of the short stories 'Good Country People,' 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,'...