Washington Irving was born in New York City on 1783 and went to become the first story teller of America, and was best known for his two famous stories, Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. ... Indeed, most readers probably find the tale more humorous than horrifying. ... Therefore teachers had to come from the city. The entry of Ichabod Crane represents the intrusion of the city. ... Knickerbocker" (p. 296), then whose hand wrote the foregoing tale? ...

• Word Count: 1590
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While similar in concept these two tales are very different from one another and especially in the way each expresses the theme of isolation. The setting in the motion picture is a small coastal town in California that is quite a distance away from the nearest city. ... There is only one major setting as opposed to the two main settings in the movie. ... Both of the tales show isolation through distance from civilization. ... She lives with Nat and the two children. ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. ... Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published a collection of eleven stories titled Tales from Firozsha Baag, which appeared in 1989 in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. ... This complex tale of corruption during Indira Gandhi's years in office returns once more to the Bombay Parsi community. ... I just don&#x...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. ... Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published a collection of eleven stories titled Tales from Firozsha Baag, which appeared in 1989 in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. ... This complex tale of corruption during Indira Gandhi's years in office returns once more to the Bombay Parsi community. ... I just don&#x...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hemingway skillfully uses language to set the mood in this dark tale. ... The hospital where the soldiers are being treated is separate from everything else in the city. ... The contrast of the sun/shade and the hills/level train station indicate the sadness felt by the couple. " there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun."" ...

• Word Count: 838
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This is a haunting tale of passion, privilege and biting physical labour, of men and women moved by compassion and driven by the power of dreams - sometimes even to murder. ... When Patrick came to Toronto he tried to forget about his past, and tried to make a new beginning: "Now, in the city, he was new even to himself, the past locked away." ... Discuss this statement and show how your critical understanding of the text has been strengthened by at least two different readings. ... Two such interpretations are the Post-Modern and Post-Colonial readings of In the Skin of a Lion. These two ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School