The theme of perseverance is strengthened and established through a comparative analysis of these two pieces. ... She presents her readers with the character, Phoenix Jackson, and through this character, she displays the example of what that passion and perseverance looks like walked out in life. ... Some of her thoughts and responses to her trials, and how they lend themselves to the theme, will be viewed in greater depth in the following sections of this analysis. ... The attention is not on character development, it is on the choice the character has to make and how that choice will impac...

• Word Count: 2554
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: High School

When examine other female characters, such as Fantine and Eponine one can see how Hugo actually portrays women as proactive characters who fall throughout the spectrum of femininity and break out of the typical one dimension shell. ... Cossette is placed in the novel as the stereotypical female character; she is typically the character who is looked down upon in feminist critique. ... Hugo gives his female character agency and the ability the make choices for herself. ... Fantine is a character that shows true diversity in the feminine character breaking the stereotypical passive role and taki...

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Carver's characters are typically working-class people somewhat down on their luck. ... The characters in Carver's short stories struggle to find a way to express their problems.  ... His stories might look pointless to a casual reader, but critics argue that Carver properly depicts the lives of his characters (King, 2010). Carver's blue-collar characters are crushed by broken marriages, financial problems, and unsuccessful jobs, but they are frequently unable to understand or even communicate their own suffering. ...

• Word Count: 3978
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• Grade Level: High School

Correspondingly, Patrick contorts other characters' identities as his own. ... When reflecting light from the six stars, the main characters in the novel, Patrick is able to gain a temporary identity. ... When Patrick is without an identity and the light of other characters, he is also lacking love. ... It reveals Patrick's true character. ... As the story progresses, his true character divulges and the readers learn more about him. ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike, receiving nominations for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Many critics note a shift in Carver's work between the publication of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love and Cathedral, and many believe that Carver reached the zenith of his career with this co...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In "Hills Like White Elephants" there is a commonplace opinion that the implied meaning of the two characters' discussion is about whether the girl should go through with getting an abortion (Link 4). ...

• Word Count: 3072
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate