Role expectations have been a part of our society for hundreds of years. ... The role expectations of the children in the story are greatly influenced by tradition and by the setting of the story. ... At the end of the week's baseball game, Ernie gloats about the game from the pitcher's mound, saying, "And [it was] real great, eh? ... The water conflict is such a small matter in itself, yet the children take it so seriously that it leads to great change within the class. ... Role expectations are now more realistic than those presented in this story, which was set in the 1930'...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The story begins in a very common and routine neighborhood of lower class people. The story moves into the characters home, then toa short ride in a traincar, and finally to the long awaited bazaar called "Araby". ... The setting begins to contrast with the boys expectations of his dreams and imagination of what the bazaar will be like. ... This setting is reflective of the message of the story because of this very ordinary place. ... All which can be made up to be great wonderful things, but which in reality are still ordinary. ...

• Word Count: 424
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This is an Irish short story, that is made by Joe Sheerin. ... The Setting The story takes place somewhere in Ireland. ... The Narrator When the boy meets the Whaler in the beginning, his expectations are high. ... The Whaler is a man of great physical strength, with a masculine accent and appearance. ... This short story constructs a critical and reasonable question about heroism and life in general in a great way, which makes this an excellent short story. ...

• Word Count: 751
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The poets each have a different tone to their stories, one a pleasant memory as other more heavy hearted. ... He tells the story of how his father worked each day just like his grandfather did, "To scatter the new potatoes that we picked,  loving their cool hardness in our hand, By god, the old man could handle a spade, Just like his old man.... " His father would go to great lengths of discomfort just to support his family. ... Heaney speaks about how he feels towards the farm, unable live up to there expectations. ...

• Word Count: 816
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Reynolds Price tells the story through Bridge Boatner, a painter who recently lost his father. ... The setting was also a major part of this story. ... At the end of the story Rafe takes the trip by himself and dies at the sacred area of a brain hemorrhage. ... "(Rafe's) random knowledge was always ambushing (Bridge's) expectations." (151) Bridge was a spiritual person and believed that God had given him his ability to paint and draw. ... Actually, Bridge's great painting which he works in all camp session is of the view from the camp. ...

• Word Count: 1356
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The story was written in the late nineteenth century when American industry was flourishing and when Americans were becoming wealthier. ... James story depicts Daisy Miller and her family's travel to Europe and their confrontation with Europe's old customs and traditions. ... During the first few pages of the story, Daisy is exposed as a "pretty American flirt- (286). She is young, unsophisticated, chatty, and brags about all the society, especially "a great deal of gentlemen's society- that she had in New York (285). ... However, this shows her new knowledge, the knowledge of...

• Word Count: 1214
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

To grow up during the years when there was war and depression would have been hard, but to have on top of this, all the cultural expectations of the time, and an abusive father, would have been too terrible to tell for most. ... Having this background told to us, later in the story when the Second World War is at its beginnings, we can see how Davy feels he has betrayed the culture that formed him. ... The Depression in Australia, as described by Davy, came slowly at first, but then hit with all the ferocity of a "slide of earth". " It was like a great river flooding or changing its course, ...

• Word Count: 1059
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School