When he died, Miss Emily refused to acknowledge his death. ... to show she is exempt from paying taxes and that she must pay her taxes, she repeats, "I have no taxes in Jefferson," and vanquishes them. ... And so she died. ... The decay of the house, the dust and the cracks, Miss Emily's refusal for change all lead up to her death and that of Homer Barron.He had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust. ... Emily fears that Homer's love will die away. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

One such eastern writer, if I may quote, also used a plot in the same fashion, he wrote a play called, "Anarkali". ... In the case of this particular story, Stockton, lays the plot with great alacrity and care. ... And he was anxious to decide whether he preferred living without her or dieing without her. ... Conclusion: Unlike, other stories, the fact that this one left the final judgment to me I did not feel angered, but a feeling of intrigue came upon me. And right when I thought it was time to keep the book down, for the story seemed to have ended; the Stockton gave me a thought to chew u...

• Word Count: 1579
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"I went because Uncle Willy was the finest man I ever knew, because even women couldn't beat him, because in spite of them he wound up his life getting fun out of being alive, and he dies doing the thing that was most fun because I was there to help him," is how the boy describes his admiration for Uncle Willy. ... The two younger siblings even seem to be oblivious to the fact that she is human stating things like, "I aint a nigger, am I?" ... The younger kids complain and cry, "I"m telling" while the older boy just watches. ... She was forced to live alone with her father until he...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Another symbol I noticed is the forest where the Misfit's friends took everyone except the grandmother to kill. ... We can never know when it will consume us but when it does happen, we can die either in the dark or in the light of God like the grandmother. ... I acquired that idea from the website Big C Catholics since the website has a same view I did of the Misfit and the reasoning behind his killing and why Flannery wrote her short story this way. ... She only does this due to the fact she is about to die in a few moments and she was grasping at straws to save her life. ... The s...

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The boy describes the rooms in the house, as well as the room the priest died in, saying, "Air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers"(Vesterman 8). ... He relates their participation in the daily ritual of "lay(ing) on the floor in the front parlor watching her door"(Vesterman 7-8), further elaborating, "When she came out on the front doorstep my heart leaped"(8). ... In a lapse of judgment the boy proclaims that "If I go I will bring you something"(8). ... A few seconds later the boy realizes th...

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As the clouds lay on the pavement, and the sun sets on the horizon while the birds start opening their wings to embrace the new day, it is easy to picture Washington Irving sitting at the side of the road with his pen on hand ready to write down what is happening around him. ... In "Traits of Indian Character," Irving writes a defense in the name of Native Americans; he says that "the whites have too frequently set them an example of violence by burning their villages and laying waste their slender means of subsistence; and yet they wonder that savages do not show moderation and magnanimity to...

• Word Count: 2209
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate