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This is a characterization report on a short story by Sherwood Anderson, entitled "Brother Death".
... father are involved in a power-struggle over the family land. They have an argument over control, and when Don loses he runs away for a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
To kill a mockingbird
... to cover her shame at propositioning a black man. She was subsequently caught by her father and beaten as a consequence. It is clear that ... back to the house in the dark. During their escape Jem loses his pants and when he returns for them, he finds them ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
Death of a Salesman, By Arthur Miller, Characterization of Happy Loman
... a bigger man than he actually is. He is desperately in search of attention and acceptance from his father saying, "I'm losing ... acceptance from his father saying, "I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop?" (1188). He seeks acceptance from his father to improve ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Self and Identity in The Color Purple and The Bluest Eye.
... father is the final evidence Pecola needs to completely believe that she is an ugly, unlovable girl. While in most modern cases a father ... , thus denying their self and losing their identity. Walker on the other hand, a little too fantastically, provides an ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Compare and Contrast: "The Masque of the Red Death [by Edgar Allen Poe]" vs. "A Rose for Emily [by William Faulkner]"
... father had passed away, Emily refused to accept the fact and kept her father unburied and in the house for three days. After losing such a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Duddy's strengths and weaknesses: as a businessman, relative and friend ("The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" by Mordecai Richler)
... ." Duddy jerked awake. "Why don't you lay off my father for a change? It hasn't been easy for him all alone since ... do a top-notch picture on a coming-out party. A record for your grandkiddies and their grandkiddies after them" Sandra smiled. "Don't lose that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Kerouac and Tyler, "On the Road" and "Saint Maybe" - Comparison and critique
... of freedom. It seems that everywhere Sal goes, he loses a friend or a lover, from Terry to Remi Boncoeur to Dean Moriarty. ... to earn forgiveness. After rightly insisting to his father that Christian life requires a commitment of one's entire being, Ian ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Book title: "Winter's Blood" by James Welch - The Shaping of the Narrator
... loses his father and brother, he subconsciously fears such trauma again and indirectly severs all emotional ties with others. He has from then on established a ... pillars of happiness, his brother Mose and father First Raise died. These traumatic experiences ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
A text can be considered from many points of view and in many different ways. Appropriation is one of the ways of doing this.
... that Igby is only able to relate to his father, who we find has a mental disorder. He is 'rejected' by his mother- 'his ... protector of innocence- he wants to catch the children before they lose their innocence and gain knowledge of the adult world. Holden ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Symbolism in "A Rose for Emily" and "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner
... father and daughter, the narrator depicts them as static and alone, trapped in a living portrait, "Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a ... " and "A Rose for Emily," Faulkner explores what happens when individuals lose their ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American