This is the case with Charles Chestnutt's short story "The Wife of His Youth" in which the significant disruption of life experienced by the institution of slavery and the Civil War is illustrated through the [...]
In the Gift of the Magi, the story revolves around the unconditional love of a husband and wife, Jim and Della.
Another thing that could be said of him is that he knows his value and weight in society, a fact that is somewhat crucial to explain his relationship with his daughter and the expectations that [...]
Examining works such as the short stories "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Ligeia" reveals much of Poe's character through the form of his anima.
Setting plays a very important role in the composition of the whole work of literature. In general, the setting is a background of the events in the writer's work.
In "The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber", Hemingway reveals his latent fear of strong women and being dominated as he depicts the story of a middle-aged man who is finally beginning to understand [...]
Sammy's powers of observation and discrimination are clear enough in his description of the leader of the bevy the one he instantly realizes is the 'queen', or, as he later refers to her, "Queenie": She [...]
In detailing the costs associated with building his home, including such notes as the use of refuse shingles for the roof and sides and the purchase of two second hand windows, he rails against the [...]
The image of the mermaid also signifies the fear that dominates the youth and all the people that live in this Midwestern town.
In a way, the voice and the hands, the stroking of the shoulders and the touching of the hair were a part of the schoolmaster's effort to carry a dream into the young minds.
These words from the song made me understood that the author of the story wanted to show that Connie and Arnold were created for each other and they had to be together even though Arnold [...]
It is impossible for one to be in a fighter jet and later be in his car, driving the wife to the beauty parlor.
At the end of the story, a man offers to "take the bags over to the other side of the station", where no hope for childbirth and their relations is seen.
By depicting the behavior of a teenager named Sammy who works in the supermarket chain, the writer illustrates the way in which an individual responds to the culture dominated by consumption and rigid norms that [...]
The wife knows the problems that Guy has gone through in the poverty-stricken country, and thus she can relate with the freedom that he is chasing.
The book underscores the error in thinking that the obstetrics and gynecology sector in the US has reached a level that can be considered safe for expectant women, the unborn children, laboring women, and newly [...]
One of the dramatic changes that Bone makes in his life is when he informs Russ of his decision to leave Jamaica.
This essay compares and contrasts the characters of Gatsby and Jean Valjean in the Les Miserable novels and films. Gatsby strikes the readers as a na ve and lovesick individual though his character is negative.
At the beginning of the novel, a moving description of one of the book-burning escapades is brought to the fore. The import of this is that she has learnt to tread carefully.
Though the development of these themes is also a subject of other characters such as Chillingworth and Dimmesdale, Hester is outstandingly the central character since she makes the latter two behave in the manner they [...]
And if one was to consider the idea of the immortality of the human soul, the possibility of the afterlife and the certitude of our physical death, life becomes an affair of profound perplexity; and [...]
The only sure way to predict the winner in such a game is to watch the game itself and compare the strong sides of the two teams in the field.
He explains that this is the reason why some of the major companies are gaining an edge in the marketplace by using numbers and data to manipulate the marketplace.
The other factor that contributed to the decline in education in America apart from the decline in political standards and changes in demography and culture is the argument over which subjects to include in the [...]
Achy Obejas provided the readers with her own vision of the controversial situation in Cuba in 1990's with the help of vivid depicting of the character of Usnavy, the protagonist of Obejas' Ruins.
Edna Pontellier and her family spend their summer in the Isle resort belonging to the father of Robert Lebrun. Edna seems to survive in the relationship because of the society and her two sons "Think [...]
One the one hand, the sentence characterizes the inner state of a young boy, who seems to be frightened; on the other hand, it is obvious that a little boy understood the content of a [...]
Taking such poems as The One Girl at the Boys' Party and The Song of Myself, one can trace the similarities and the differences between the two pieces, namely, the objects of the poems, the [...]
All these aspects observe the truth in the writer's perceptions through the words of the grandmother that "a good man is hard to find".
But Sammy is conscious of the fact that Stockesie is married and cannot go after the girls but he feels he still has the opportunity and freedom to go after the girls himself.
The story is given the title 'Bartley the Scrivener' due to the amazing character which Bartleby displays in the law firm since the first day he was hired in the law firm.
With the assumption that the story of "Bartleby the Scrivener" is a love story, it can be presumed that the author has taken a certain fascination that is in actual sense bordering on infatuation with [...]