… emotional. She yearned for a more fulfilling life and the ability to appreciate the beautiful things which life had to offer. From "The Story of An Hour", the reader can conclude taht the life which Mrs.Mallard lived with her husband made her unhappy.…

… on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. Everyday we see people acting like good citizens. They aren't going out and building houses for starving orphans with AIDs, but they aren't going around causing mayhem either. So since they…

… named Doc states, "The things we admire in men, generosity, openness, honesty, understanding, and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system, and those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism, and self-interest…

… does good always come out victorious? This common "good against evil" archetype, or universal idea, is often addressed in fairy tales, novels, mythology, and other pieces of literary work. In his novel Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya pits the forces…

… different stories that have many compelling ties. Araby and My Antonia are connected in that they both deal with relationships and a person's desires. Although they both have strong characters that reveal many human attributes, they both have their…

… the ship, Indomitable, in Billy Budd, Foretopman, by Herman Mellville, Vere, the captain, gains the burden of knowledge, much like a man who finds a dying deer on the side of the road. Once he examines the deer, he realizes it bears child and must…

… in the mid 1940' a challenge faces a group of British schoolboys. While fleeing England the group's plane was shot down killing all adults and authority with it. This forces the boys to rely fully on each other. The character of piggy helps to…

… there are significant parts, and issues that pay key roles in the kid's eyes. The beast, darkness, and the dead parachutist, represent fear in the eyes and souls of the kids. The darkness is a fearful part in the novel, it makes the boys scared.…

… the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Superstition is defined as "an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome." In this book, most of the superstitions that are…

… one of the most difficult tasks in life is to choose the correct path to find one's self, and to affirm where one stands amidst the crowd. Among the numerous paths that can be taken in life, there are often those that lead to nowhere. These "paths to…