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  • Women of the Nineteenth Century: Relating Protagonists in Two Short Stories

    Women of the Nineteenth Century: Relating Protagonists in Two Short Stories

    Women of the Nineteenth Century: Relating protagonists in two short stories The short stories, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and A New England Nun by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, both contain analogous regional attitudes resulting in similar outcomes for the protagonists of each story. The archaic 19th century regional standards the authors utilized within the text of these short stories, emphasizes the role of a woman within society as being strictly limited to

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    Essay Length: 2,403 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Disability Story

    Disability Story

    “Dad I’m gay”. Charles’ words seemingly reverberated off the oak china hutch and mauve curtains, circling the room before coming to rest in his father’s ears. “No you’re not.” Charles father replied. “You’re just being lazy with girls, that’s all”. Charles could not believe what he was hearing, and thought perhaps his father did not know what “gay” meant. “Dad, I’m gay, it means I am not attracted to girls. It has nothing to do

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    Essay Length: 586 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Tommy
  • 1984 Julia’s Story Creative Piece

    1984 Julia’s Story Creative Piece

    "Wake up!" a stern voice called from above. Her weary eyes slowly began to open. It was absolutely bright, however no windows were visible. Only electric lights running endlessly in parallel lines covered the ceiling of the hall. She was sitting in the very centre; her head crouched between her knees. She was afraid to speak or question where she might be. She could hear footsteps in the distant but could not make out where

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    Essay Length: 786 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Tasha
  • West Side Story

    West Side Story

    West Side Story In this musical, it uses several types of narratives, for example, after the fight between the Jets and Puerto Ricans, after the police leave, they enter the ally and the girl is begging to join the gang saying how much she wants to fight is a part of narrative sexuality (B 34). The girl is more of a tom boy who wants to be like one of the guys. Also, in the

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    Essay Length: 559 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Pirate Childrens Story

    Pirate Childrens Story

    Some called him a pirate, some called him a scoundrel, and some said he was the devil himself! His name was Jack and he had been a sailor and an adventurer for a long, long time. His body carried the scars of a hundred sword fights, a map of the marvelous travels he had, a constant reminder of the things he had done. His schooner had sailed the seven seas and was beginning to show

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    Essay Length: 1,472 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Jack
  • John Steinbeck’s Story, Flight

    John Steinbeck’s Story, Flight

    John Steinbeck’s story, “Flight,” is the story of the mestizo boy Pepй Torres and his tragic journey to become a man. Raised on a farm between Monterey and the mountains (425), Pepй was the first son of a Hispanic father and an Indian mother. The setting of the story is in the middle of these two worlds, which lets the reader know that they are both equally important in Pepй’s manhood development. Pepй Torres’s

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    Essay Length: 1,237 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: July
  • The Story of Usher Summary and Relationship to Themes

    The Story of Usher Summary and Relationship to Themes

    The story begins on one "...dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year...." From the very beginning, the reader, as a result of Poe's imagery, is aware of a sense of death and decay. Even the narrator, Roderick's childhood companion, describes "a sense of unbearable gloom [which] pervaded [his] spirit" as he approached the House of Usher. Setting in all works of literature is the make or break of a story.

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    Essay Length: 578 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Yan
  • Short Story

    Short Story

    The story opens with the second owner of the monkey's paw, Sergeant Major Morris - who came into possession of it upon the death of its first owner - giving the talisman to Mr. White of Laburnum Villa. It is worth noting that a Laburnum is a poisonous plant, perhaps intended by Jacobs as an omen of death. Heedless of the Sergeant's warnings about the cursed nature of the paw, Mr. White, encouraged by his

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    Essay Length: 388 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Jon
  • Language in Short Stories

    Language in Short Stories

    Words can be used in numerous ways. Sometimes words are used to create fear in someone and sometimes words can bring a sense of joy to someone. The diction that authors use in their writings provokes the reader’s emotions and becomes more involved with the piece. Some author’s use vivid language while others use simple language to create suspense. Three short story authors, Edgar Allen Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and Tomas Rivera, used language to

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    Essay Length: 253 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Top
  • Maruti a Success Story

    Maruti a Success Story

    CSAE STUDY : MARUTI (I) LTD. A SUCCESS STORY IN INDIAN CAR MARKET By- V. K. S. Bankoti Industry Overview The de-licensing of auto industry in 1993, however, opened the gates to international automakers into the country with an idea to tap the large population base in India. Car sales managed to cross the 500,000 mark in 1999. Year 2001 was a spate of new vehicle launches as well as controversies, financial troubles, mergers and

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Vika
  • Matts Story

    Matts Story

    Drug abuse affects one in every six teenagers. One in ten of these are affected mentally by this exploitation and one in five of those die. These are the facts. And this is the story to prove it. Matt’s story started on the 25th of September 2003. This is the day Matt first tried the drug Marijuana. Unfortunately, that one invitation to experiment led Matt on a slow descent into habitual marijuana use. This day,

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    Essay Length: 550 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Andrew
  • American Black Literature Study of the Short Story " the Witness"

    American Black Literature Study of the Short Story " the Witness"

    The short story “the witness’ deals with the sheer feral malevolence of a gang of bright young boys who use their gift of manipulation for wicked effect. Their low disposition in life, “all we got is the crumbs, the leftovers, whatever the fat cats don’t want and cannot use” (Petry 1892) is no excuse for the assault of Woodruff and the rape of Nellie. Rape is an unthinkable act of cruelty and injustice as it

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    Essay Length: 441 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Battle Royal - a Short Story by Ralph Ellison

    Battle Royal - a Short Story by Ralph Ellison

    Chris Faulkner Instructor Carreras Wrt 102 2-24-06 “Battle Royal”, a short story by Ralph Ellison, written in 1952. It is a story about a young black man, who has recently graduated high school. He lives in the south and is invited to give a speech at a gathering of the towns leading white citizens. Where he was told to take part in a battle royal, with nine other black men. After the fight and the

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    Essay Length: 1,262 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Fairy Story

    Fairy Story

    Fantasy ЎV Just Another World A fairy story ЎValthough it seems straightforward in definition, it is not as simple as it sounds. It is a sophisticated tale of unreal fairies living in a fantasy world, of which the creation requires several important ingredients. In Ў§On Fairy-Stories,ЎЁ J. R. R. Tolkien assumes the role of a cook and makes the Ў§SoupЎЁ ЎV a fairy story. To achieve the concept of fantasy, the author creates the

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    Essay Length: 1,606 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Flood Stories

    Flood Stories

    Sarah Lewis History 1111- Pre-Modern World History September 7, 2005 The Comparison and Contrast of Two Flood Myths Throughout History, many natural disasters have occurred. Floods are just one type of disaster that has had catastrophic effects on human kind. Two of the more interesting floods in our history have been the Myth from the Hebrew Tanak and the Myth of Utnaphishtim from the Epic of Gilgamesh as found in Shuruppak in lower Mesoptamia. These

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    Essay Length: 736 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Alice Walker’s Story Everyday Use

    Alice Walker’s Story Everyday Use

    In Alice Walker’s story “Everyday Use,” symbolism, allegory, and myth stand out when thinking about the characters, setting, and conflict in the story. The conflict is between the mother and her two daughters (Maggie and Dee). There is also the conflict between the family’s heritage (symbolized by the quilt, bench, and butter chum) and their different ways of life. Dee chose a new African name, moved to the city, and adopted a new way of

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    Essay Length: 470 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Story of an Hour

    The Story of an Hour

    Mrs. Mallard In “The story of an Hour” Kate Chopin describes a young women’s response towards her husband’s death. The opinions that the reader will have from the story will vary on person to person due to personal experiences. The experience and wisdom that I have gained throughout my life help me understand, relate and even despise Mrs. Mallard’s character. On the other hand I feel pity for Mrs. Mallards. I think she felt trapped

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    Essay Length: 631 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Story of an Hour

    The Story of an Hour

    _______________________________________________________________________________________ Summary Summary of "The Story of an Hour" This short story is about an hour in the life of the main character, Mrs. Millard. She is afflicted with a heart problem. Bad news has come about that her husband has died in a train accident. Her sister Josephine and Richard who is her husband's friend has to break the horrifying news to her as gently as possible. They both were concerned that the news

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    Essay Length: 307 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

    The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

    The short story to be analyzed is entitled "The Story of an hour". The author of the short story is Kate Chopin. This short story is exceptionally different from other short stories. The author uses different literary techniques to convey the meaning of the story. The story is about a lady that is in a marriage that is not fulfilling to her. The author uses many elements to bring out the message of the poem

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    Essay Length: 445 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Story of an Hour

    The Story of an Hour

    “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin Author and feminist Kate Chopin lived in the height of the Victorian Era and was a direct encounter to the tyranny women endured and accepted in the late 19th century. There was a patriarchal code in effect, where the wife submitted completely to the husband. Unlike most women, Chopin decided to rebel against this common law. She responded with scandalous writings displaying explicitly with love, sex, and marriage.

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    Essay Length: 709 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Monika
  • The Power of Story

    The Power of Story

    The Power Of Story Stories have influenced and shaped our lives, but how do they maintain their strength, whilst providing a powerful mechanism linking the past and the present? To protect and retain their essence, the stories power is reinforced, providing enough ability to survive. Exploring the concept, of the power of story, Jane Yolen’s novel, “Briar Rose” portrays an allegorical story of the Holocaust, hidden within a metaphorical fairytale. Yolen exposes, the historical nightmare,

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    Essay Length: 654 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Yan
  • Short Story Essay

    Short Story Essay

    According to Edgar Alan Poe, a short story should be like a window into someone else’s life, in other words it doesn’t really matter what happened before and it doesn’t matter what’s going to happen after. The authors of the short stories I have read in class this year, using only that window, have made me feel sorry for the characters and angry towards the resentment the rest of the community shows them because they

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    Essay Length: 669 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Black Wall Street: The True Story

    Black Wall Street: The True Story

    Black Wall Street: The True Story 1. If anyone truly believes that the last April attack on the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was the most tragic bombing ever to take place on United States soil, as the media has been widely reporting, they're wrong -- plain and simple. That's because an even deadlier bomb occurred in that same state nearly years ago. Many people in high places would like to forget that

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    Essay Length: 363 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Max
  • Helen Keller - the Story of My Life

    Helen Keller - the Story of My Life

    Helen Adams Keller was an American author and lecturer. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880 and died on June 1, 1968. When Helen was nineteen months old, she was stricken with a damaging brain fever that left her blind and deaf. There was no way she could be educated until she was seven years old, when a teacher named Annie Mansfield Sullivan came to teach her to read the Braille system

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    Essay Length: 395 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: July
  • Analysis of the Story of an Hour

    Analysis of the Story of an Hour

    This short story grabbed my attention from the moment I finished the first sentence to the end of the story. During the first few paragraphs I thought that she was very depressed and saddened from hearing about her husbands death. Of course as soon as she whispers the words “free, free, free!” I knew that she felt happy about her husband’s death. I detect that no one else knew of these feelings of contempt for

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    Essay Length: 403 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mike

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