The realism within the story greatly distorts as Crabs escapes, attaining his 'freedom' from the labyrinth by shapeshifting into a vehicle, leaving everything behind. Eventually Crabs finds himself in a doppelganger nightmare, 'spending all his time escaping from something which he finds unsatisfactory only to realize finally what he is trying to escape from is the world' (Snodgrass, 2010). ... Furthermore, the reader is forced to contemplate opposing possibilities to the ending: Crabs discovers or ultimately shapeshifts into a car and escapes the Star-drive in theatre, ...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Reefy's young wife offered a form of escape from his inability to communicate and ultimate grotesqueness. ... Wing's life, solitude, and lack of communication are a result of his unfounded molestation charges and consequent escape from Pennsylvania. ... In Winesburg, a concentration of intense grotesqueness perpetuates this vicious cycle multiplying the force needed to escape it. Consequently, characters who recognize the cycle as self-destructive, such as George Willard, understand that the only way to escape grotesqueness is to leave the community. ...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The reader sees the doppelganger as Wilson's own conscience because the imitation of himself whispers moral advice and the narrator cannot escape. ... This indicates he does feel the pang of conscience but he wishes to escape. ...

• Word Count: 591
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The protagonist often has to deal with the internal struggle of wanting to escape and re-create their family at the same time. ... Although a few of the characters feel trapped in their current surroundings, they are able to find a peaceful co-existence between their past and their future and escape the "traps" life throws at them, and their solution comes through in the form of family. ...

• Word Count: 834
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On the night they are supposed to leave, Eveline cannot board the ship and "escape" (Joyce, 33) with Frank. ... To "escape" this oppressive trend, one would have to follow a Thoreauvian path and "flee," just as Eveline attempted to do. ...

• Word Count: 1081
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the short stories "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," by Ambrose Bierce and "The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson, the authors left their audience in shock and awe. These authors were successful in their surprise endings because of the unique arrangement of the story; they carefully set up subtle clues...

• Word Count: 903
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Two characters George and Hazel are both handicapped and are watching the news on the television, during the program a little mishap happens when the escaped convict Harrison Bergeron takes control of the program by rebelling the system and talking about his troubles, then begins dancing with a ballerina. ...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The short story is completely void of any romantic interest beyond the completely incidental inclusion of Quail's wife who offers little more to the story than justification for his desires to go to REKAL and have a vacation if for no other reason than to escape her. ...

• Word Count: 1253
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many believe that a person's character and integrity lie deep within, dating back to what was seen as a child and how they were brought up. Keeping this in mind, I read Indian Camp for the first time. After completing the story, my hopes of the kind of man Nick Adams would grow to be began to dwi...

• Word Count: 1254
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Reflect upon your early adolescent existence. What do you personally remember about your adolescence? Were you inadvertently innocent and self-centered? Not to worry if you cannot remember or don't want to, I am sure you have come upon more than a few people that exhibit these two characteristics. I...

• Word Count: 1509
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. 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. The Parsis and India become metap...

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

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. 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. The Parsis and India become me...

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