… in Stamps") Can you imagine being black and poor in the early 1970's? The stories, "Everyday Use," written by Alice Walker and "Graduation in Stamps," written by Maya Angelou are both centered on this setting. Walker's work,…

… "The Lesson" is a very poignant story. I believe that the most important idea that the author is trying to convey was the fact that money was not an issue for Sylvia. Sylvia is a little girl that has a lot of pride. She doesn't really understand…

… other story called " The Storm" Liberation "The Storm" and "The Story of an Hour" express the attitudes of two women's rebirth and liberation. These two stories are alike in several ways. Natures play a major role in both of these women's lives.…

… gift for picking the winners in horse races. An omniscient narrator relates the tale of a boy whose family is always short of money. His mother is incapable of showing love and is obsessed with the status that material wealth can provide. This paper…

… The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is a story of determination, friendship and also man's struggles with nature. Hemingway leads the reader though an interesting story of an old man and his will defeat nature. He also shares a story of…

… society, most people think of advances in the field of science. Along with this comes the assumption that these advancements are beneficial, and better our society. But are they always that good? Through Brave New World, Aldous Huxley stresses that…

… of the human race? Is it the meaning of that specific ritual, or is it the comfort of participating in that activity to make them feel as though change does not have to occur? Maybe people have issues with change. Can the threat of change cause…

… rescues damsels in distress? Or by merely being there for a friend in their time of need? In the older days, before laws and technology, heroes were the men who fought off evil things. Heroes were a necessity for every society, they were universally…

… theme of scientific advancement being the downfall of society. In the novel, the "normal" part of the world has grown up in a Utopian society where sadness is not allowed. Everyone (besides the savages) takes soma to not feel these emotions of…

… fictionalized retelling of Jonathan Pue's account of Hester Prynne. The narrator, presumably Hawthorne, stumbles upon the actual Scarlet Letter, and the story behind it, on the abandoned second floor of his workplace, the Custom House. Hawthorne finds…