The Death Of Love, The Birth Of Vengeance (Following the cycle of blood shed among the relatives in the Orestia) It all started when Thyestes seduced Atreus’ wife and contested his right to the throne. To get even, Atreus killed Thyestes children and fed them to him. When Thyestes realized what his brother had done he cursed him and his descendants. From that point on the house of At

The Decision The Decision Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” is a despondent portrait of a relationship at the point of dissolution. It’s a picture of two people who are at the brink of a decision that will effect the rest of their lives. To the girl, the decision will be life altering. To the man, the decision is simple. However, for one of them this decision will mean a n

The Demon Lover In the short story,” The Demon Lover”, by Elizabeth Bowen, Mrs. Drover has made a pact with the devil {claim statement}. Nineteen year-old Kathleen (Mrs. Drover) is engaged to a man who is about to leave for war {background}. Oddly enough, he is not very receptive to her emotionally and actually, is rather frigid acting towards the young girl whom he is supposed to marry

The Destination The Destination Response: “The Destination” is a story about a man named Chen Xin, who has decided to go out to the countryside so that his weaker brother would not have to suffer and toil with being away from home. Chen Xin’s elder brother is the one who should have gone to the countryside to be a student but he was weak, now he has a wife and a son named Nannan, the

The Devil In Disguise In Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been" there is a clear interpretation of evil in Arnold Friend’s portrayal of a demon who tries to lure Connie into his world of sex and emotion. Joyce Carol Oates seems to create scenarios of real life and center them into her story. The harsh reality she includes in this story is that there actually are

The Doll House Identity In the 1800's it was unusual if not forbidden for a women to leave her husband and children to find their own identity. In "The Dolls' House" Nora is all to willing to give up her security and family so she is able to discovery herself. Nora may seem to be deceitful and childish like, but she is a brave women who takes a step towards the real world and toward the

The Fall of the House of Usher The Doom of Usher’s House The human mind naturally receives images of the frightening or even appalling. In the tale “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator is brought into an eerie world “DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn” (204). The setting of this world inspires devastation for Roderick Usher a

The Great Gatsby Short Summary of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is a specific portrait of American society during the Roaring Twenties, yet tells the quintessential American story of a man rising from rags to riches only to find that whatever benefits his wealth affords, it cannot grant him the privileges of class and status. The central character is Ja

The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby and Wilson have been minipulated by their love for their women. They do strange things to attract and please their women. Eventually this love lead to their downfall. Gatsby was made by the dream of Daisy. Daisy basicaly lead his life, although she wasn’t even a part of it. Gatsby modeled his life by the

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby Characters in books can reveal the author feeling toward the world. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald suggested the moral decline of the period in America history through the interpersonal relationships among his characters. The book indicates the worthlessness of materialism, the futile quest of Myrtle and Gatsby, and how America's moral values had

The Great Gatsby Gatsby's Revelation When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby, he used a unique writing technique. It used a first-person point of view in the form of a narrator, Nick Carraway, who was also involved in the story. This style allowed the author to withhold any information that he did not present to the narrator in the story, causing the reader to learn thi

Amp The full title of Swift's pamphlet is "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Public." The tract is an ironically conceived attempt to "find out a fair, cheap, and easy Method" for converting the starving children of Ireland into "sound and useful members of the Commonwe

The Knights Tale Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately 1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England. Prior to the actual tales, however, Chaucer offers the reader a glimpse of fourteenth century life by way of what he refers to as a General Prolo

The Jacket In the essay "The Jacket" by Gary Soto, the author is trying to illustrate what a son would do for his family. There are many examples throughout the essay that prove this point. In the story there was a young boy who had asked his mother for a leather jacket, because he wanted to fit in with the other kids. His mom had gotten him a green jacket that was too big for him. Alt

An American Childhood An American Childhood Based on Peter S. Hawkins' Review An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard, is a happy memoir of Annie's own life, a child of a well-to-do Pittsburgh family. Dillard remembers much of her childhood and doesn't hesitate to tell us a bit of it. Author Flannery O'Conner once said, "any novelist who could survive her childh

The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Setting In the short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allen Poe, setting is used extensively to do many things. The author uses it to convey ideas, effects, and images. It establishes a mood and foreshadows future events. Poe communicates truths about the character through setting. Symbols are also used throughout to help understand the th

The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin is not a “story” in the conventional way we are used to a story with a main character, a plot and so forth. This book is more of a diary entry of Baldwin’s experiences with certain topics, mainly racism and religion. Baldwin examines his relationship with the church in his youth, the events surrounding him that lead him to that relat

The Fixer The main character of The Fixer is Yakov Bok, whose name, appropriately, means "goat" in Yiddish. He is an impoverished, unfortunate and unhappy fix-it man from a small Jewish shtetl in the Russian countryside near Kiev. In six years of marriage, his wife bore him no children, so he stopped sleeping with her. She soon ran off with a goy she met in the local tavern. As the novel

The Fountainhead Ayn Rand – The Fountainhead Standing naked on top of a cliff, Howard Roark envisions what the trees and granite around him can be made into. He is an architect, ingenious and creative. None of like any other at the Stanton Institute of Technology. He had been pondering about his life and the events of that morning. He had just been expelled by the dean for being cr

The Function Of Solitude In Frankenstein The function of "Solitude" in Frankenstein In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, Victor goes through periods of solitude, but his creation lives a life of solitude. Throughout the novel solitude brings out the true emotions of Frankenstein and the creature. Thus making solitude a catalyst for the Creature and Frankenstein's actions. It's clear

The Idea Of China Town “THE IDEA OF CHINATOWN”---A CRITIQUE To examine this chapter, I will give an overview of the major themes presented. Then I will attempt to analyze the chapter and present my reaction to it. The Chapter “The Idea of Chinatown”, provides a clear overview of the process of integration and treatment of Chinese immigrants when they first entered Canad

The Gift The Gift I am presenting an analysis of The Gift, a fictional novel by Danielle Steel. I will give a basic summary of the story line, and I intend to show the omniscient narrator’s point of view in analysis of the characters. I greatly recommend this novel for anyone to read, as it affected my emotions in several ways. I laughed and cried within the first chapter. The en

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Have you ever been lost before' Were you scared' Did you feel alone and helpless' Or did you take control of the situation and fight to survive' Stephen King’s The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is a novel that is very realistic and packed with suspense. Its use of characterization, suspense, and detail forces the reader to c

The Giver By: Lois Lowry In many works of literature, a character has a significant influence on another character. Lois Lowry demonstrated this concept in The Giver. When one of the main characters in the novel passed on a positive influence to another character. In this work, the people lived in a community that was designed to be nearly flawless. No person could see color, feel n

The Glass Menagerie Everyone has their own world in which they indulge themselves in whether it is real or just a fantasy. In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, everyone in the play experiences their own little world, and the shock it is to be thrown from it. Tom supports his family despite his unhappiness of his world. He tries to please Amanda by being the sole supporter, but o

The Glass Menagerie “The Glass Menagerie” There are some people who live life within another life. They live in a world run by their imagination. In Tennessee Williams the “Glass Menagerie” the members of the Wingfield family are all trapped in menial existences. Enveloped in their delusions or leading impoverished lives of symbolic displacements, they are almost a family of outcasts. L

The Glass Menagerie To create a better understanding of a character’s personality, we must delve deep into a character’s thoughts, his traits, and his many other distinguishing characteristics. Our character, Laura Wingfield, from Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie, suffers from a crippled leg that causes her to limp whenever she walks. Over time, her crippleness has caused

The Go Getter A fascinating story of a crippled army veteran turned lumber salesman. Travel along with Bill Peck and discover how his 'never-say-die' attitude will become your keystone for success. The author skillfully merges this timeless principle, along with a healthy dose of infectious humor, to create a classic. This book tells how Mr. Ricks, the owner of a lumber and logging co

Once and Future King: Origin of Human Desires–––Knowledge Humans all have at least one ultimate desire in life. Whether it be wealth, power, fame, intelligence, happiness or true love, humans spend their entire life working towards achieving this goal. Although there are many different kinds of desires, they all originate from the same source. However, many are in disagreement of the ide

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby: The Destruction of Morals In The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the destruction of morals in society. The characters in this novel, all lose their morals in attempt to find their desired place in the social world. They trade their beliefs for the hope of being acceptance. Myrtle believes she can scorn her true social class in an atte