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Too Many Crooks by Donald Edwin Westlake

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.
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Edward Cullen’s Character in the “Twilight”

The character of Edward Cullen in particular can be considered as a representation of the obsession of society with presenting a facade of who they are in order to properly blend in with their social [...]
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The Enormous Radio

The short story gathered the attention of the public that made it to be among The Enormous Radio and Other Stories collections.
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Critique for ‘A Rose for Emily’

The focus of this paper is to analyze the article, A Romance to Kill For: Homicidal Complicity in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" published in the journal of Studies in Short Fiction in terms of [...]
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Sammy’s Heroism in “A&P” by John Updike

At the beginning of the story, Sammy seems like a thoughtless sexist who only admires girls because he has nothing to do, but as the story develops the readers is able to see beyond Sammy's [...]
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“The Moon is Down” by John Steinbeck

The themes include the nadirs and the burdens of the complex military industry, and the spirit of the human race toward and against slavery and repression and finally the relationship between the oppressors and the [...]
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To Kill a Mockingbird

The author, in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird presents a deeper understanding in relation to events occurring in her novel. To enhance understanding of the novel, the author has widely embraced symbolism in [...]
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Symbols in The Birth-Mark by Nathaniel Hawthorne

According to this view, Georgiana's goal to become eternal can also be a pursuit an unattainable mission to erase Aylmer's mark, which is, in reality, the primary fault that nature puts on all of her [...]
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Literary Devices of “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker

The plot tells about the lives of a single mother and her two daughters, Dee and Maggie. The latter is further illustrated through Wangero visiting her mother with her partner and addressing the topic in [...]
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Carnival Season in Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”

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' [...]
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“A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner

In conclusion, A Rose for Emily is an excellent example of the Southern Gothic genre. A Rose for Emily illustrates the Southern Gothic genre by reating it to Homer's murder.
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The “True Grit” Novel by Charles Portis

The author uses numerous literary features in order to advance the theme of justice and revenge throughout the book. The writer employs parallelism, humor, and character development in numerous accounts of narration to advance the [...]
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“How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro

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.
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“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell

Wright's beloved canary, as well as in the county attorney's and the sheriff's behaviors, mocking the women for their concentration on "trifles".
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“Being There” by Jerzy Kosinski

Since the purpose of this paper is to unveil the theme and the thesis Kosinski wanted to convey to the reader I am going to unearth the slightest details of the book's and movie's plot.
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“Why I Live at the P.O” by Eudora Welty

The main character by the name "Sister" who is a first-person narrator, gives the story of her side of the family spat which served to her to leave the home of the family in which [...]
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Emersonian Idealism Main Characteristics

Emerson's outlook embraced an idealistic view of the world together with the key role of nature in it, and the ultimate objective of one's life was seen in cognition and understanding of the world with [...]
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“The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold

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 [...]
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Blind in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” Book

The narrator admits from the very beginning of the story that he is nervous about having a blind man in his house, suggesting that he himself is actually quite blind to the reality of the [...]
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Kate Chopin: “The Storm” in the 21st Century

When she closes the window as said "she got up hurriedly and went about closing the windows and doors", she illustrated the significance of her married life and that she was not willing to have [...]
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Opportunities and Dreams in Keegan’s Essays

Despite the presence of many opportunities and positive dreams and goals, most of them fail to be realized due to misleading values and aims set by surrounding society; this idea is present in almost all [...]
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“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane

The central characters, the correspondent, the captain, the oiler, and the cook, are all survivors of a shipwreck which left them stranded in the water in a small and flimsy dinghy.
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“The Wind” a Novel by Dorothy Scarborough

The author focuses on the thoughts of the protagonist, Letty Mason, and shows the world through her eyes. Letty is a young woman that is not prepared to live in the harsh environment of her [...]
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“Lusus Naturae” by Margaret Atwood

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 [...]
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“How to Tell a Story?” a Book by Mark Twain

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 [...]
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‘The Puritans and Sex’ by Edmund S. Morgan

The author describes the Puritans not as a powerful religious society who disapproved and outlawed earthly pleasures but as people who actually were aroused by simple desires and fragility; therefore, according to Edmund Morgan, the [...]
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Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Literature Analysis

The parents want him to have two identities with one represented by the name 'Nikhil', which should be used at school to fit in the American culture and 'Gogol' to be used at home as [...]
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“Dead Is So Last Year” by Marlene Perez

"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 [...]
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Analysis of Sam Shepard’s True West

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 [...]
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Interpreter of Maladies

Das is not willing to acknowledge the fact that her marriage proved to be a complete failure, and she can be partly blamed for this outcome.
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Of Mice and Men

Based on this it can be seen that the cycle of oppression and insecurity seen in society is in fact reflected in the novel itself where the author attempts to create a microcosm of the [...]
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“The little store”

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.
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The Grass is not Greener on the Other Side

Madame Loisel, does not value her lifestyle and heritage, and feels that she, "was by a mistake of destiny, born in a family of clerk", and yet desires to be equal to the great, rich [...]
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Super, Sad, True Love Story

The author criticizes the twittering society by introducing the APPARAT as the possible progression of the current technology. Sarcasm in this book comes through lack of literary values in the way Lenny is devoted to [...]
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Harriet Ann Jacobs’ Narrative

The present research is a valuable source for the further analysis of Jacobs' narrative and life since it is based not only on the Jacob's writing but uses many other reliable sources.
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

In the discussion between the two waiters, the young one claims that the old man should go home because he, the young waiter, has a wife waiting at home.
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Walt Whitman: Life of an American Poet

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.
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The “Sylvia and Aki” Book by Winifred Conkling

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 [...]
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Human Emotions in Ted Chiang’s Short Stories

Throughout the story, the emotional conflict between hope and despair is evident as the characters grapple with the uncertainty of the situation and the consequences of their actions.
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Influence of Mark Twain on Writers

While attempting to provide a voice to his protagonist, Mark Twain employed his "vernacular of the people" when writing Huck Finn to give a voice to an illiterate, impoverished white youngster in the American hinterlands [...]
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An Analysis “Harrison Bergeron”

Despite the fact that the author tries to portray an equal society, it is discriminatory since it ensures equality through suppression of citizens' rights, while the current American society espouses the equality of opportunity."Harrison Bergeron" [...]
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“The Fugitive” by T. Coraghessan Boyle

On the first page of the story, the author uses several techniques to present his narrative to the reader. The first page also presents the reader with an exposition of the story, in which the [...]
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Man’s Search for Meaning Review

The main purpose of the book is in outlining Frankl's philosophy of Logotherapy, a process of finding meaning in human life.
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“On Bullshit” by Harry G. Frankfurt

While the nature of the phenomenon will be described in detail on the following pages, the abstract under analysis states a number of reasons as to why the author decided to address the issue in [...]
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