Red Sam's "stomach hung . . . like a sack of meal swaying under his shirt" (O'Connor, Good Man) and Bobby Lee is compared to a fat pig. ... They are empty vessels in which grownups put society's traditions and values (Breitsprecher, Analysis). ... At the beginning of the story she says: "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that loose in it. ... You can do one thing or you can do another, kill a man or take a tire off his car...... His way of life is to "enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can by killing some...

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Like any typical teenager, he wants so badly to get his driver's license; to feel grown up and responsible. ... The character is "you" and the poem is about what "you" are doing now, which is reading the poem. At first, "you" dislike the idea of reading a poem, and then "you" begin to really like it. But then, "your" teacher tells "you" to write an analysis of the poem, and suddenly, the poem is not so nice anymore. "Then your teacher announces that you have thirty minutes to write an analysis of this poem and when you look the poem spits in your face and stops." ...

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Short story analysis of: The Cask of Amontillado By: Edgar Allen Poe In one of Edgar Allen Poe's best-known Tales of horror, "The Cask Of Amontillado," he suggests that pride can be a very dangerous thing. ... These works like "The Cask of Amontillado" are very dramatic pieces that are set in erotic and in an awkward places. ... This story, when read in its entirety, seems not too far from reality and sounds like an event that might have actually occurred even though the reader knows its fiction. ... It is not the engagement, but the severe cold with which I perceive you are afflict...

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A Rose for Emily If you run your finger down the table of contents of most academic collections of fictional American Literature, you are likely to find a listing for William Faulkner's short story,A Rose for Emily.? ... Not only does the symbolism enrich the story, it also creates many avenues for analysis. ... Emily, like her house is described as the end of a grand era in her town. ... But Emily, like her house, was defiant. ... Like the last house on the street, Emily stubbornly held her head high. ...

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Critical opinion over the years has tended to line up behind O'Connor's own explanations; however, O'Connor's analysis of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" still seems baffling, and occasionally a critic has questioned the theology of the fiction. ... Yet Dostoevsky presented holy innocence in characters like Sonia and Alyosha as well as evil in Smerdyakov and Raskolnikov. ... She pronounces Red Sammy Butts "a good man" despite the evidence he is a lazy slob who treats his wife like a slave. ... She keeps insisting he is a good man, from good people: "You don't look a bit l...

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In the beginning he acts like an immature kid as he dissects how each of the girls look in their respective bathing suits, but in the end, his values appear to have changed and we believe he has matured a little as he notes "[M]y stomach kind of fell as I felt how hard the world [is] going to be to me hereafter" (104). ... Lengel, acting like the Sunday school teacher he is, delivers a strong speech to Sammy telling him how disappointed his parents will be and that his [Sammy's] regret he feels now may last a life time. ... Lengel gives Sammy a chance to change his mind as he suggests "Yo...

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Bluestone's analysis of the story seemed very over interpreted. ... The character of Salzman having no qualities of a god-like figure, and Leo's loss of faith in religion voids the biblical aspect of the story. ... "She is not for you. ... Another interesting fact that helped with interpreting the story was a quote from Malamud himself, "I like imaginative interpretations of my books, whether I agree with them or not. ... That is the essence of a short story to me, the open ended stories and fable like events. ...

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Instead of being distraught like one would expect, Mrs. ... She says "You know juries when it comes to women" (Ronson 223). ... I tell you, it's queer, Mrs. ... Minnie Foster liked to sing before she was married. ... Their analysis of Minnie Foster provided enough evidence that she did committed the crime. ...

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(p64) I've told you about Margo? ... I"d like to know.... We don't often enjoy bread like this, he says. ... That's why he constantly makes excuses for his gluttony: Believe me, he says, we don't eat like this all the time, he says. You"ll have to excuse us, he says. ...

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Detailed phrases, such as " in silence he ran his cold eyes over the written words- and "She turned away like one being stunned by a blow-, helped me to better visualize what the situation was describing and to feel what the characters were feeling. ... Rather than just telling you what is occurring Chopin tells you how events unfold, what feelings the characters have during such events; all of which really allow a reader to get engulfed in the work. ... Formalistic Analysis of Désirée's Baby The short story "Désirée's Baby- is told by a third ...

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This postscript offers something different, something finely artificial and discrete...and "I grant you it'll be unbelievable." ... Indeed, post-structuralists find pride in the ability to create totally unexpected outcomes from an analysis, but there is never one definitive outcome. ... He would like to be Jewish himself, but he is a Roman Catholic. ... How do you play Mah-Jongg? ...

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• Grade Level: High School