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'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Desiree's Baby' by Kate Chopin and Social Class

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

Dark Suspense Elements in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado'

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

Comparative Analysis of 'Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?' by Joyce Carol Oates and 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

a young woman who feels that beauty and frivolity are the most important things in life. She does not see that life is not as simp...

Social Patriarchy in William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily' and Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour'

says she is experiencing anything but sorrow and despair. During the times that this story takes place, a woman was not expected...

'To Build a Fire' by Jack London and 'The Storm' by Kate Chopin

In five pages these 2 American short stories are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

American Cultural Connection and 'The Celestial Railroad' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages this paper examines how American culture is reflected in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Eight sources are ...

Sherman Alexie's Smoke Signals, and 'It's a good day to be indigenous'

determine the dramatic strengths and weaknesses of one version compared to another. The movie This is a "coming of age" story and...

Short Story Writer O. Henry

In five pages this paper examines the life of William Sydney Porter, a famous American writer of short stories who became more com...

Life and Writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer

In nine pages this paper discusses Yiddish American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer's life and writings including 'The Lecture' and '...

The African-American Experience in the Short Story - James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Compared

This research report compares and contrasts the works of these two black authors. Short stories are discussed which look at how th...

Three Essays on Realtors and Real Estate

society and no one wants to talk about it, much less have it in the backyard. The solution here is to offer the clinic as a direct...

How Ralph Ellison’s Life Affected His Writing

that I was strong enough and violent enough to kill somebody in a fit of anger" (Allen 24). There is an unsettling undercurrent o...

'What You Pawn I Will Redeem' by Sherman Alexie

he says, that our protagonist was assigned by his parents. The name in itself is an ironic reflection of the impact of the white ...

American Horror Writing and the Influence of British Authors

fantasy), horror has generated the most serious study. Fright master Stephen King credits this to the acclaimed literary trilogy...

Allegory and Symbolism in the American Gothic Short Stories "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "Ligeia" and "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe

wife Virginias slow death, the narrator focuses on every detail of his wife Ligeia as she lies dying: "The pale fingers became of ...

"We Be Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara, and "Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason and the American Dream

The thematic representation of the American dream in two literary genres (1 poem and 2 short stories) is discussed in 9 pages. Th...

American Education, Three Representations

This essay presents an overview of Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Mor...

U.S. Civil War and Political Compromise

In six pages this paper discusses how when various political compromises between North and South fell short civil war in the Unite...

Miracle Economy of South Korea

In five pages this paper examines the post 1960s' economy of South Korea, which is nothing short of miraculous. Three sources a...

Family and History of the American South

with his own family and for any hired help -- or slaves (Glazer, 1992). Much of this Southern tradition continues today. The ster...

Examining Scenes from Sonny’s Blues

shadow of a doorway, looking just like Sonny ... Then I saw that it wasnt Sonny, but somebody we used to know, a boy from around o...

The North South Divide of 1860 America

number this proportion is statistically insignificant. However, it appears that there are significantly fewer black people in the ...

Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Election News Coverage

In five pages this research paper discusses the differences between the North and South in terms of how it would have covered the ...

Color and Setting in To Room Nineteen by Doris Lessing

In two pages the author's employment of color and setting in order to emphasize the story's conflicts and represent alienation is ...

Analysis of Kate Chopin's Short Story 'The Story of an Hour'

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this short story in terms of how imagery, similes, foreshadowing and parallelism ...

Joyce, Faulkner, Poe, and Their Short Stories' Gender Relationships

In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...

The Civil War and Black Americans Who Fought

6 pages and 6 sources. This paper cosiders the African American experience in the American Civil War. This paper relates the exp...

South Africa and Independence

as the people of South Africa seek to bring about a more equitable sharing of political power and wealth within their country. O...

Comparative Analysis of Ray Bradbury's Short Stories' Conflict

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the conflicts in the short stories 'The Other Foot' and 'All Summer in a Day' by R...

Overview of the 'New South Africa'

comparison of the two works, illustrating what one can learn of South Africa through having two different sources of information, ...