One of Jhumpa first short story collections was called Interpreter of Maladies in 1999 followed by a novel called The Namesake written in 2003. ... Jhumpa's first short story collection she put out was Interpreter of Maladies. ... But this was only for a short period of time. ... Only goodness is one of my favorite short stories by her. ... This short story is about a brother and sister who are having family problems. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He begins using a plant, then the namesake of the book, then continues on to uses two people as symbols to get his message across. ... Perhaps the most complex symbol in the book is the most obvious and prevalent one, the books namesake, The Scarlet Letter itself. ... Even when Dimmesdale admits to being the father, Chillingsworth is not satisfied that he did not get to execute his revenge, and withers away to nothing in a short time. ...

• Word Count: 777
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• Grade Level: High School

In his noted work, Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street, Herman Melville portrays the deranged character and namesake of the novel, as a blatant critique of nineteenth century America. ... The impact of this environment on Bartleby is nothing short of dehumanizing. ...

• Word Count: 455
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Kate Chopin's short story, "The Story of an Hour," a young woman named Louise Mallard is in the last hour of her life. ... Mallard wants to be free of her constraints in life to fly and be free just like her namesake. ...

• Word Count: 616
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Summary of Explorers Christopher Columbus (1451-1506): An Italian who was a Spanish explorer, Columbus was most famous because of his "discovery" of the "New World". Contrary to popular belief, Columbus mistreated the Native Americans, killing over a third of their populations in the period of tw...

• Word Count: 801
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• Grade Level: High School

United States immigrants, especially children and teenagers, always have a wish to fit in with everyone around them. In order to accomplish this, they change their behavior, which ultimately shapes their character and personality. This resulting identity is wholly different from the culture that ini...

• Word Count: 778
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As keen readers will observe, the river symbolizes the person behind its namesake and by extension, the pools that Neddy swims in throughout his journey represent his relationship with his wife. ... Such effective uses of this literary device are likely one of the many reasons both these short stories maintain their place in the canon of English literature....

• Word Count: 598
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He has been named the father of the American short story, ambassador to Spain, and the first American to make a living solely based on writing. Apart from his worldly fame he was also very typical of a short story author during his time. ... (Irving) going on, "The common people regarded it with a mixture of respect and superstition, partly out of sympathy for the fate of its ill famed namesake, and partly from the tales of strange sights and doleful laminations told concerning it."... Irving got the idea for one of his most famous short stories, "Rip Van Winkle" from a German folklore about...

• Word Count: 1020
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The potential couple has a chance to meet with the families together and have a short unsupervised meeting to decide whether or not they want to marry their chosen partner. ... In the novel " The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri, Ashima agrees to marry a man who is a stranger, since her mother appointed her for an arranged marriage. ...

• Word Count: 2139
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

No one was immune as it swept in off the shores and into the countryside laying its burden of death and disease. Europe had prospered readily for about 300 years prior to the beginning of the 1300s, but a series of natural disasters occurred. Poor harvests and famine were common and as the pro...

• Word Count: 1439
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The character of Sganarelle first appears in The Flying Doctor; his namesake recurs in no fewer than six other plays by Moliere, though in different guises: as a servant, a fiance, a husband and a father. ... The Flying Doctor is a tour de force for a comedian; except for one interlude when the lawyer takes over, he is in command of the stage for almost the entire play, and the part makes heavy demands on his verbal and physical agility, short though the text may be. ...

• Word Count: 1240
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

THE BLACK DEATH No one was exempt as it swept in off the shores and into the countryside laying its burden of death and pestilence. Europe had prospered readily for about 300 years prior to the beginning of the 1300s, but a series of natural disasters occurred. Poor harvests and famine ...

• Word Count: 1562
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Black Death No one was exempt as it swept in off the shores and into the countryside laying its burden of death and pestilence. Europe had prospered readily for about 300 years prior to the beginning of the 1300s, but a series of natural disasters occurred. Poor harvests and famine were comm...

• Word Count: 1426
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He finds that escape in flight with blue silk wings, however short-lived it is, and the death following it. ... Throughout his life, because of this, he achieves, at least spiritually, his namesake; he is dead to life. ...

• Word Count: 1472
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In 14 BC, the namesake of the Tiber river, began his reign as a Princeps. ... His rule was cut short when his assistant, Caligula, grew tired of his masters ideas, or simply went crazy and convincing a gullible guard to murder him and claim that Claudius should reign as the next Emperor. ...

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Jay Gatsby, the namesake of Fitzgerald's novel, is a prime example of such expectations. ... If his life hadn't been cut short by a misguided and confused bullet, Gatsby would have continued to pursue her love. ...

• Word Count: 1542
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Benedict Arnold If there was ever a more famous idiom that resulted from the American Revolutionary War time period, it is of course that belonging to the namesake of Benedict Arnold, a patriotic traitor. ...

• Word Count: 2505
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The early recollection of that giant grid away from home known as an "airport" was nothing short of foreign. ... If I were to be honest, for a short while, the whole sequence of events dissuaded me from wanting to go to the airport or on vacations at all. ...

• Word Count: 3686
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School