The entire story is a documentation of the happiness that the dogs brought to Bill, and its conclusion is practically an illustration of how fond memories always stay with the individuals left behind after the [...]
Another of the details that support the postulation that the main idea of the story is that assumptions can kill is the inability of the main character to recognize his limitations.
This paper seeks to illustrate the influence alcohol has on a person and the effects it has on the family involved based on the essay Under the Influence.
For instance, he says that the humorous story applies simplicity in its narration that the storyteller tells the story in a simple and innocent way that tends to amuse the listeners without even having to [...]
From the reaction of the narrator's father, the story about the rich man and horse seems to relate his life to the narrative that was meant to mock him.
Despite losing his father in the hands of the Japanese invaders, Adam rises above ethnic discrimination to assist his friend, who is of Japanese descent.
"Dead is so Last Year" is the third and strangest book in the "Dead" series by the writer Marlene Perez. In the book, the Giordano sisters are feeling excited that at last, they have a [...]
It is critical to focus on the plot and the themes which are explored by the author. When the boy is almost about to faint, he thinks about the speckled trout because he initially came [...]
The skepticism towards the existence of a amulticultural society' is mostly due to the fact that American citizens of European descent are considered to be the 'natural citizens' of the United States.
The boy had to waltz with his father and as they did so, he hit his right ear on his father's buckle because he was a small one.
The aim of the modernist writers was not only depiction of life "as it is", but search of solutions to dilemmas and problems of the society of the 20th century.
First of all, she became attractive and gained the approval of her mother who was never satisfied with the appearance of her daughter and encourage her to lose weight: "For days her relatives and acquaintances [...]
After the revolution in the Animal Farm, the animals establish the philosophy of Animalism in order to be different from human beings.
The experiences of the characters in the novel portray the endeavors of the early immigrants' pursuit of the American dream. The instinct to forgo the comforts, which a home country offers by default and then [...]
He highlighted the plight of the oppressed such as the slaves thus his works championed for democracy in the society to give all people a fair chance.
As is clear from the summary of Richard Wright's "Black Boy," Ella's hard work causes her to develop health problems leaving Richard with the option of looking for odd jobs to provide for the family. [...]
The seemingly innocuous stones gradually reveal the horrific depth of the lottery's consequences, symbolizing the collective violence and unquestioned adherence to tradition within the community.
The first story is of Nya, a girl from Sudan, and the second story is of Salva, a Sudanese boy. Man in the dorm of a civil war which is the cause of Salva's fleeing [...]
This frame narrative separates the reader from the characters, allowing them to focus on the message of the story and form a moral assessment of what is happening.
In this monograph, the author explores the depiction of madness in literary works and specifically Poe's "The cask of amontillado". This article in a scholarly journal analyzes the protagonist of Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado' [...]
It is obvious that she is dead and going into the afterlife, but it opens up numerous questions in the end as to who Arnold Friend really is, how is he all-knowing and seemingly omnipotent?
At the end of the story, it is revealed that the point of the lottery is to select a victim among the community members and collectively stone her to death.
The name The Storm symbolizes some of the characters' lives, and Calixta and Alcee end up marrying other people. Therefore, the two storybooks are related in the sense that one is the continuation of the [...]
The wife stays at home with the offspring, Peter and Wendy, while the husband is at work; it accounts for the difference in their perception of the nursery's home effect.
The way the author, Kate Chopin, creates the element of surprise throughout the whole story plays a pivotal role in the strong impression of the piece's ending.
Later, despite the grandmother's plea, she is still killed, true to the young girl's statement; the grandmother follows the rest in death.
In The Age of Innocence the institute of family is considered to be the keeping of order by the society. One of the main aims of the people is to protect this cell of the [...]
"The Last Question" is a story in which Isaac Asimov, the author, questions the immortality of the human race as well as the permanent existence of the universe.
The French and the English colonizers had a lot in common in their approaches of leading the first way of war in North America, but, at the same time, there were differences.
This piece of literary work is written at the period of the end of the civil war in America, and the south's era of greatness is coming to an end. This is a reflection of [...]
Red Harvest was the first detective story written by Hammett and the first crime fiction that created a new sub-genre in a crime fiction literature.
The story justifies that he was rather a brave person who was not afraid to face the reality of being too much of a gambler to accept it.
Despite the fact that formally speaking, Robert Sheckley's short story "The Native Problem" belongs to the genre of science fiction, its clearly defined satirical overtones, associated with the notion of "White men's burden", point out [...]
It is important to stress that Baker filled his new version of the story with a number of professions being popular and respected by modern generation."The purpose of this enlarged viewing capability," said the wolf, [...]
Susie is portrayed as displaying feminism in the true sense in her actions pertaining to the detailed account of her rape and murder, mostly from the female perspective and does not delve into the details [...]
Later they found a drunker who said that he had not even thought that the boy had been dying. Angela and Freddie said that the thought about the chance to be accused of the death [...]
It turns out that a family is ready to kill their blood and flesh in order to show society that they are one of them and that they are not on the side of something [...]
This is a clear indication of the great distinction that exists between the higher animals and man. Despite the negative attributes of a man, he is also religious.
But when simplified even further the movie version differs from the book because the author wanted to show the evolution of how American football is played and conducted using the story of Michael Oher the [...]
Eliezer, the main character of the novel and the prototype of the author, became one of the victims of the Nazi occupation in Europe.
The book gives a true reflection of the effect of war on soldiers from the perspective of a soldier who directly participated in a war to defend his country.
Arguably, the initial character of Cal is used to predict the wrong future of Donny within the text, which provides the readers with an insight into the "wastage" of the young individual.
However, in his work Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Frederick Douglass represents the contradictory vision of the issue, supporting the idea that the white slave owners acted as animals in [...]
Truly, after scrutinizing the blueprints that they can find thoroughly, they learn that one among the walls of the tunnel is erected right where the vault of the bank is situated.
Using the book, the paper will support the argument that it is inaccurate to bind gender and sexuality. Orlando continues to break the convention of sex and gender and find her place as a woman [...]
Another important point the readers are to draw their attention to when reading is the appearance of hope in the author's heart.
In summary, it can be deduced that a game of chance such as lottery creates uncertainty and anxiety to the participants.
Catfish and Mandala is a smooth mix of travelogue and memoir: Pham merges stories of his family's escape and settlement in America with steep mountain climbs on his bike, the reunion with several family members [...]
The diverse life experiences, diverse approaches towards life, and diverse expectations in the story resulted in the tension between the mother and the daughter in the story; nonetheless, after the mother's demise, the tone of [...]
She even thought that the little store was made for children because she had never seen a grown up near it and would not have imagined that the owner's family lived in the same building.
The description of a cyberspace and its constituents is one of the key points the author wants to draw the readers' attention to.
Death of a Salesman has a good share of symbols, which the playwright uses to communicate the themes of his great work creatively.
In the same spirit of appreciation, the boy Santiago appreciated the advice given to him in the story, which leads him to acquire the treasure that he set out to look for.
However, Richard Wright is the most important figure of this period; actually, the other writers were said to have attended "Wright School".
In this play, I identify with Bill because he is nervous and ends up saying the wrong things as he tries to impress Betty.
The character of Alex, a non-Native who visits Sedona Sweats in search of a real connection to Native American culture, is the most striking illustration. The irony, however, is that his line of work contributes [...]
This essay discusses the generational conflict in "Everything That Rises Must Converge" and grace and redemption in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" to understand the author's viewpoints about life.
It can be considered the second-most important symbol of the story because it is also the first time when the protagonist realizes and acknowledges that everything is somehow not the way it used to be.
The origin of Elwood, the fact that he is a black orphan, in this case is the fundamental factor causing his belonging to the social stratum of the poor.
The classical traits of Pan suppose that he is the god of the wilderness, and his duties were to rule in the pastures and forests.
This indicates Holden's growth as future situations indicate he is aware of his age and does not perceive issues as a child, returning to school after the escapade.
The inability to make friends with black people is evidence of this similarity, and any attempts, in the presence of his mother, to strike up a conversation was to anger his mother.
In the story by Irving, Rip Van Winkle went hunting in the mountains and met a suspicious, oddly dressed stranger there.
The source is effective such that it helps to extract the language used in Munro's story and establish how the language is expressively used based on the contexts.
The description of nature precedes the dialogues, and in the first paragraph, the Ebro Valley is presented. The unwillingness of a man to understand, support and simply immerse in thoughts with the girl can be [...]
Even though the general understanding of the American dream was advertised to everyone, the idea was more applicable to the male members of the American society, which is reflected in Chopin's "The Story of an [...]
Although the topic of the narration is language, the writer emphasizes its role in her mother's life and finishes the text underlining the value of her mother's opinion. Quoting her mother, the writer intends to [...]
To prove his point, the old man tells the narrator and the readers the amusing and scary story of the vineyard.
Dare to Lead refers to the works devoted to psychological issues and is intended to focus on delusions in respect of the modern workplace, finding the keys to true leadership.
The plot is told from the first person as the pronoun "I" is used and the story is told in the past tense.
The author intends to put himself and his companion to the test by traveling to six cities of the US in the conditions of uncertainty and social rejection.
The death of her father comes as a relief to her. Society wants her to live in the past that is already behind her.
In addition, the author, through the title makes the reader infer that the characters' lives are enjoyable, which is not the case, revealing the unique objective of the author, that being optimistic does not mean [...]
Yet, the worst was still laying ahead it is not only that Dorset had refused to pay ransom for the release of his son, but he himself demanded ransom from both kidnappers, in order to [...]
Nature is full of mystery, diversity, richness, it is a human dwelling, but one of the burning problems is the place of a human in nature.
The journey of the protagonist that stretches from the abyss of despair and moral tortures to the final recovery of Tayo and his people, serves as a representation of the main theme of the novel, [...]
The main characters of the story are the two girls, Roberta and Twyla and the ambiguity of their race is what the story relies upon.
Through female characters, Stowe argues that racial problems have deep historical roots that are closely connected with the period of slavery and dominance of "whites" and the low position of women in society and their [...]
In defining the goals for the Dakotas in keeping the kinship rules, as stated by the author herself, "to keep the rules imposed by kinship for achieving civility, good manners, and a sense of responsibility [...]
It is not a surprise that such a person is confined by the norms and expectations of society and looks for a way to break free.
In this discourse two of his famous short stories, "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are studied in an attempt to better understand the use of symbolism, the literary tool of irony, and [...]
The short story "The Country Husband" by John Cheever reveals the darker side of Suburbia, "the side which traps its residents in a web of conformity," and the protagonist of the story Francis Weed, is [...]
It is humanity and collaboration that are invincible to the cruelty of nature. To Crane, nature is the uncontrollable and powerful force that is indifferent to people.
Liberia descends to anarchy and lawlessness, and he runs for dear life and finds himself in a different country, thousands of miles from his.
The role of nature in the people's lives and the role of an individual in the natural world is one of the main themes in Whitman's poetry that is why Section 31 of "Song of [...]
This provides us with the clue, as to the discursive significance of the old man's eye, as one of the story's foremost motifs.
The history of Paul Bunyan is therefore attributable to the oral traditions of many loggers in Pennsylvania. The character of Bunyan was eventually popularized by William Laughead towards the end of the 19th century.
The short novel tells a story of Peyton Farquhar, who was sentenced to death by hanging by the members of the Union after he confused one of the Union soldiers for the member of the [...]
The following is an incisive study on the work of Kesey "The day when superman died" it is giving an insight into the symbolism, which Kesey has used to depict the theme of the story [...]
However, the most common and visible theme is the issue of the native American identity and the difficulties these people had to face on their way of struggling to take over a place in the [...]
The novel "In the Beginning" by Chaim Potok gives a poignant story of David Lurie. The agreeable fact is that David manages to achieve most of his ambitions and goals in life.
The following paper will discuss the relationship and love between Mary and the doctor, where the former falls in love with the latter, although her love tragically proves incapable of saving Dr.
In connection to the previously discussed topic of the status of the female in the modern world, one can conclude that the world in which the public sphere of rationality and science becomes dominant naturally [...]
According to the writer, Otto Frank did not want to change his life which was the cause of the horrible end for his family.
Thus, Shepard develops the topic of the American dream and variety of its aspects with the help of discussing Austin and Lee's different attitudes to success, glory, wealth, and independence which are the reflections of [...]
The irony lies in the fact that, while longing to revive their Native identity, Henry and Lyman relied on the red convertible the by-product of the 'Faustian' nonspiritual/mechanistic genius.
In the book, Hannah put forth a number of arguments in analyzing the issue of violence in the second part of the twentieth century.
Therefore, the paper introspects how Zora brings out the theme of strength in the two books, taking a step further to compare how she approaches the theme in the two masterpieces.
The use of horror and humor in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the literary features that the author uses to constructs the story.
When the narrator realizes the trouble his brother is in, he feels guilty and fears for his life and future. As the story unfolds, alienation also unfolds at the same rate; the narrator sees all [...]
In other words, Satan's attitude to people is explained with the peculiarities of his position, supernatural power and corresponding perspective on human society.
Consequently, the fish appears as a courageous fighter who has been struggling for existence and is rewarded by the gift of life it that gets from the narrator in the end of the poem.
One example of symbolism in the story is the "pale blue eye" of the old man the narrator wants to kill.
The essay examines the portrayal of Mrs. Sommers to convey the societal views of a lower-class woman.
The events of Bechdel's book are narrated from the artist's first-person view since they took place years before her father's death, hence the reflective style of the novel.
The incorporation of two distinctive perspectives on the events transpiring in the book, namely, those of the Mendez and Munemitsus families, also contributes to reinforcing the powerful message that the book conveys: "Every child deserves [...]
According to Taymaa, "From the moment Dorothy arrives in Oz, her sole wish is to return to Kansas, and the whole of the story recounts her search for the ability to do so".
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster, George Swanson Starling, and Ida Mae Brandon Gladney are three people who decided to move to a liberal state and were forced to deal with the challenges of living in the [...]
An increase in the number of divorces and a decrease in the birth rate, a growth in crime in the sphere of family and household relations and in the risk of children's susceptibility to neuroses [...]
Events of the book take place in New York City in the 1950s and the 1960s, and the setting is as important as it can be for a memoir's events.
The watch symbolizes Jim's links to the family he was born and raised in, the family he abandons to begin a fresh home with Della his companion.
Ward's "Men We Reaped" is a synthesis of significant social problems, from the fragility of African-American men and family responsibility to the difficulties of living simultaneously in the black and white worlds."Men We Reaped" is [...]
That is why he runs to warn the major about his father's plans and, by the end of the story, turns away from the family.
This desire to recall the good old days proves that the victims of the war prefer to remember the pleasant times.
Kapasi, the driver who also performs the role of a tour guide for the Das family, is divulged more via his interlinkages with Mrs. Das and the story's indirect depiction of Mrs.Das.
The incidents occurred in 1960; therefore, the reader can relate to the societal standards of the period. In the short story, Sylvia is said to be in a state of directionless anger and confusion.
However, in my opinion, "The Gift of the Magi" is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I have encountered.
Since Baglioni is perceived as a positive character throughout history, his deception and belief that he can decide other people's fate make the story even more sinister.
Eliezer is the narrator in the tale and experiences multiple challenges throughout the story. Faith, guilt and inaction, and inhumanity are some of the narratives themes that readers can analyze when focusing on the various [...]
This paper aims to analyze the poem by revealing its symbolic meaning and the narrator's identity, as well as the use of literary and metrical devices that support the overall mood of the poem."Stopping by [...]