Lawrence's short story, Master Paul rides his rocking horse to find "luck". ... You might have money and luck, but money eventually does go away. ... Master Paul found his happiness through his luck. ... Paul went through a major part of his life looking for love through luck, and only receiving the short-term luck. The mother, in the short story, gains the winnings of Paul's gambling but loses her son: My God, Hester, you"re eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad. ...

• Word Count: 737
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Lyngvo-stylistical analysis of the extract from John Steinbeck's lyrical story The Pearl- A lyrical story of John Steinbeck is called The Pearl-. The action of the story takes place in United States of America, somewhere at South, probably in California. There are no concrete geographical names...

• Word Count: 691
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Finally, two other themes which are central to the story it's ending are luck and fate. The importance of luck and fate are mainstay throughout the story and Stanley's lack of luck is even more consequential to the outcome of his adventure. Stanley constantly reminds the reader of his "no- good- dirty- rotten- pig- stealing- great- great- grandfather", and the curse he had passed down to "him and all his descendants", responsible for his very bad luck. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Finally, two other themes which are central to the story it's ending are luck and fate. The importance of luck and fate are mainstay throughout the story and Stanley's lack of luck is even more consequential to the outcome of his adventure. Stanley constantly reminds the reader of his "no- good- dirty- rotten- pig- stealing- great- great- grandfather", and the curse he had passed down to "him and all his descendants", responsible for his very bad luck. ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Open Boat" written by Stephen Crane is a story of four men who had to abandon a ship and survive on a life boat until they reached shore. This story is told over approximately one full day. The men had to live out in the water in very bad waves for a day and had to last the night in the boat. Th...

• Word Count: 1201
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

ABC has this to say about their character, "If you've found yourself in a deal with Rumpelstiltskin, your luck has just run out. ... Just as we want to beat the bad parts of ourselves, but we sympathize and empathize with his situation. ...

• Word Count: 1467
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School