" The article was published in Studies in Short Fiction, Winter94, volume 31, issue 1. ... One of the major points of this article is the insanity that is caused by surveillance. ... In the end, being a prisoner does not drive her to insanity and is actually bearable. ... Lastly, Bak makes an interesting analysis of the ending of the story. ... I loved the way Bak compared this story to the actual psychology of prisoners. ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Around this time, she also started writing short stories and poems. ... Being trapped and held down is a position no one would like to be in, and the poor patients do not receive the help they need but rather torture and more insanity. ...

• Word Count: 1344
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is these stories that will be told here, in order that we may more fully understand the extent to which this form of rule affects its subjects. ... There was a wide range of endings to the stories of the participants of the Terror. However, the story itself is the interesting part, and it is where we see the similarities in most people's experiences. ...

• Word Count: 5412
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Age, race, legal insanity and mental retardation have all been topics of controversy in the past few decades. ... Stories of a forty-five square-foot cell being used to house four inmates, and prison dormitory cells densely packed to near suffocation. ...

• Word Count: 1928
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School