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a future where she could do as she pleased, without the burden of a husband. She was not imagining a life where she lived wildly, ...

grandson. It is clear that she has done this many times before. At some point in the past, several years ago at least, the boy acc...

a primary component of the transformation to African-American status, Huggins delves deep into the historical and cultural foundat...

coincidence and picturesque contrast" (A Dolls House) punctuated by his use of language plays a significant role in identifying No...

The Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao and the cultural significance of the title are examined in 6 pages. One source is cited in the bibli...

moral and religious instruction, Herbert includes an invitation to delve deeper in the "church" before beginning the next section....

no longer walks the Chinatown beat, ever since he was promoted to lieutenant (Dirks chin.html). Chinatown is regarded as a punish...

was really blond, white and blue-eyed (Angelou 4). This feeling on Angelous part is highly related to the restrictions on black fr...

no means ironic. It refers to the characters of Tea Cake and Janie for the most part and the title of this book comes to life in a...

French fabliaux, which provide the source material on which many of the tales are based. Essentially, Chaucer use of gardens sugge...

In six pages this paper examines the depiction of heroes in the short stories 'Hills Like White Elephants,' 'Soldier's Home,' and ...

In six pages this paper examines how Hemingway's rather condescending attitudes and low opinion of women are reflected in his shor...

for her money, but resents her for the power it has given her and the lack of ambition he himself embraces. He feels he has paid ...

This paper analyzes Ernest Hemingway's short story, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. The author addresses narrative voic...

the beginning she has no doubts about the importance or the validity of such faith. And, in all honesty, there is something to thi...

age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...

by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...

character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...

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

the change from their boring and traditional lives as parents and spouses. They are independent creatures in a society that does n...

earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...

She has been given the opportunity, or so she thinks, to finally live a life that is solely hers. There is a powerful sense of fre...

assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...

be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marb...

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

pick the right kind of prodigy" (Tan 53). Her mother tried different roles on Jing-mei to see which would fit. At first, she tried...