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Raymond Carver's "Boxes"
... story, 'Boxes'. In this story the son seems to be experiencing this feeling as his mother decides to move again. There are gaps in the story ... , early in the morning. I say good-bye to mother for what may be the last time' (p. 422). For the son, this is ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Steinbeck's "Grapes of wrath" A novel about the conditions the migratory farm families of America during the 1930's lived under
... water to ruin their home forcing them to move. In opposite way rain can be helpful to give life to plants that need it to live. ... a turtle, which appears and reappears several times early in the novel, can be seen to stand for survival, a driving life force ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck
"The Women of Brewster Place" by Gloria Naylor
... death of her daughter, Ciel becomes overwhelmed and does not want to move, speak, or live. No longer is there hope of living ... a historical tour of mothers and daughters from ancient Greece to modern times, who have been killed and torn apart by ignorance ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The great gatsby": characters.
... WWI. He moves to New York to try to make money selling bonds; however he doesn't seem to be doing so well. He decides to move to Long Island ... a number of officers at that time, but she fell in love with Gatsby and had promised to wait for him. She does wait ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Effects of War on Ernest Hemingway.
... do and say,"(Context). Much like Hemingway, his characters try to move on from war, however are always disturbed by this inescapable ... critic for the New York Times, "yet if it is to be given a classification, it belongs to the rapidly crowding shelf of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway
Lena Lingard's change throughout the book "my Antonia" by Willa Cather
... change that has taken place in such a short period of time. The move from country to city has changed, at the very least, Lena's ... of the book Lena evolves slowly but surely as she moves from the country to the little town of black hawk, her progress is ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Explication Paper on John Updike's "A & P"
... to do to pass the time. To the narrator, the store is like a "pinball machine" because his attitude suggests that he does not plan on moving ... he does not plan on moving up in the store. That he is just there until he moves on to something else in his life. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Comparison essay on "Ethan Frome" and "The Story of an Hour"
... the chance to move forward with a new life alone. She is wondering why she feels this way, "She did not stop to ask if ... had only acquaintances and not close friends. Ethan realizes after spending time with Mattie that he could maintain hope for his future. " ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Dreaming until the Wake of your own Destruction: "The Great Gatsby."
... 189). The boat imagery symbolizes Gatsby's failure in his quest to move backwards in life and recapture the past. Gatsby's ... his impoverished life forced Daisy to turn back. Therefore he occupies his time and his mind trying desperately to reach a status ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Compare and contrast essay using "The Sanctuary of School," by Lynda Barry and "'I Just Wanna Be Average,'" by Mike Rose.
... and was fortunate to have had positive influences push her on a course to obtain the direction and propensity to move her life towards ... have adverse affects. "I was 7 years old the first time I snuck out of the house in the dark." explains Barry, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American