Paul, obsessed with those living in the lap of luxury, continually tries to mentally escape the world around him. ... Paul escapes here, losing himself in the music and the show. ... In short, all that Paul wanted was to escape, and in the end he found the ultimate escape in his death. Paul loses his job at Carnegie hall and soon escaped to New York City; "when they had taken away his bone, the whole thing was virtually determined" (Cather 208). ... Paul reflecting on his past on Cordelia Street, doubting its mere existence, slips further into his escape. ...

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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. ...

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The triumphant victory over those who tried to hang him, with the escape and evasion for the reader to follow. ... It also gives the reader the idea of the thoughts passing through the mind of Peyton, indulging in the fantasy to escape. The fantasy gets the reader on Peyton's side, hoping that he can break free and escape. ... Peyton falls through the bridge and the rope snaps and he escapes his captures by swimming down the river he fell into. ...

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To live a good and happy life, one must own up to their true beliefs in order to come to a peace within them. In Susan Cooper's Dreams and Wishes: Essays on Writing for Children, she states "Fantasy goes on stage beyond realism, requiring complete intellectual surrender" (Cooper 85). She goes on to ...

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He found himself trapped in the expectations of Shady Hill, and the only way in which he could escape was through his imagination. ... He explains his difficulty as "perhaps his limitation that he had escaped the past so successfully....

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Sometimes society does not allow people to express their feelings and wants; this situation is clearly shown in Gilbert Sorrentino's literary work "The Moon in Its Flight ". Gilbert Sorrentino (April 27, 1929 " May 18, 2006) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic and editor. His short literary work "The Moon in Its Flight,"" may be defined as a self-reflexive fictional work, in which two parallel stories are narrated through the use of peculiar techniques and devices: one story tells the summer romance between Rebecca and a young boy, who are immersed in...

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Thesis Statement Edgar Allan Poe was an extraordinary writer. Born during the Romanic Era in literature, Poe managed shock readers of his time and the modern readers, with terrifying, gruesome plots. Two of his literary works, "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", are perfectly ...

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James Baldwin is considered one of the most important African American writer of novels, poetry, short stories and essays, as well as a civil right activist. He was born in New York City's Harlem in 1924 (Smith 235). Due to his mother's inaccessibility and his stepfather's stern and remote manner, B...

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According to literary researcher Patrick Galloway, one must be "initiated to her trademarks when reading Flannery O'Connor's novels or short stories." In many of her works, O'Conner paradoxically uses styles that are both grotesque and brutal to illustrate various themes of grace and self-actualizat...

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain was one of the most famous American writers. Twain's works are known for their humor and realism to social satire. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1839. When Twain was twelve years, his father passed away from pneumonia forcing T...

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She had "abandoned herself as a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. ... Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death" (Chopin) This is a foreshadowing clue to Louise's self-fulfillment fate that she cannot escape: her heart. ...

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In the United States, as well as in many other places in the world, the authors" style of writing changes over a period of time. Many styles such as romanticism, realism, regionalism, and many others were used by different writers throughout the history of that particular country. Naturalism is one ...

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"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" is a masterpiece short story by Francis Bret Harte. The story is drawn with ordinary images, but it contains a lot of hidden feelings and inner thoughts through the characters' actions. John Oakhurst is a gambler who often wins money in playing cards with people in Poker...

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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. ...

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To define and make a short story successful out of the many that are written, the author often builds a single focus around which the whole short story is concentrated. One situation, person or thing that in some way, relates to everything written within the story. This is evident in all good short ...

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A Good Man is Hard to Find is a collection of intriguing short stories written by Flannery O'Connor. They were first published in 1948. O'Connor's stories reflected life in the South. Most of her stories are told through the eyes of either a child or an elderly person. At first glance, they al...

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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...

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?A Rose for Emily? By William Faulkner InA Rose for Emily?, Faulkner presents a very horrifying picture in this story, and he does this by playing with the chronology, using detailed imagery, symbolism, and foreshadowing to present a detailed setting. Faulkner uses the element of time to enhance...

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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...

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She was getting everything she wanted that her husband wouldn't and couldn't give her to enhance her self-image because she had someone else to give it to her, I believe, Peggy Vaughan said that, "Forces within the individual that push them toward affairs: Desire to escape or find relief from a painful relationship, Boredom, Desire to fill gaps in an existing relationship, Desire to punish one's partner, Need to prove one's attractiveness or worth Desire for attention" (1-2). ...

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America is a multicultural nation. This fact is undeniable. We are a mishmash of people from all parts of the globe, each with a unique story to tell. One of the struggles of being such a diverse nation is that different ethnic groups often fail to understand one another. I believe that cross-cultu...

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William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" has been interpreted in many different ways. Most of these rely solely on hints found within the story. I believe that his life can also help one analyze this story. By knowing that Faulkner's strongest influence was his independent mother, one can guess that Mi...

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Beauty; the unattainable possession Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of literature's greatest and also most well known American writer's of his time. Hawthorne's brilliant use of symbolism is shown greatly in his writings. Being a lonely child while living in Salem, Massachusetts Hawthorne devoted a l...

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"A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants" Two of Ernest Hemingway's most famously short, short stories are "A Clean Well Lighted Place" and "Hills Like White Elephants." These stories readily lend themselves to joint treatment because of their symbolism, dialogue, and sett...

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The objects they carried often weighed of necessity to protect them from the bullets escaping the barrel of a Vietcong soldier and of the safety, although the author said it as "the illusion of safety" keeping their emotions from objects that kept themselves intact harboring their emotions at bay away from the others in the platoon (O'Brien 235). ...

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