In one summer, she met Robert in Seattle before she got married to a man preparing to be an officer in the Navy. ... Beulah became the blind man's reader after the narrator's wife stopped working for him, and they eventually got married. ... She leaves the room to get on a robe, and Robert and the narrator share marijuana who has never smoked before. ... Robert gets a bright idea and tells the narrator to find paper and a pen. ... The narrator gets into it, and starts drawing the cathedral with Robert's hand on his. ...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
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• Grade Level: High School

In 1957, he married Maryann Burk, who was pregnant with their first child. ... He married Gallagher in June, 1988, and died at their home in Port Angeles, Washington, on August 2,1988. ... She leaves the room to get on a robe, and Robert and the narrator share a marijuana cigarette, again much to his wife's dismay. ... Robert asks the narrator to get some paper and a pen so that they can draw a cathedral together. ... Then, she married the officer-to-be and moved away. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
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• 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). ... Scholars have suggested the white elephant may be the man himself, or the couple's relationship or the costly act of getting an abortion (Link 4). ... The repetition of the man's emphasis on getting the abortion shows his desperation but also a hint of kind-heartedness because although he could force the girl to get an abortion because he is older, bigger, and more p...

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

In the second book, Gloria and Anthony get married, live in the grey house, drink too much, lose their inheritance, their love, and hope for the future. ... Dot is a Southern illiterate girl who is stupid, earthy, uneducated, too easy to get in bed and horribly in love with her man. ... War comes and goes, but the participants never get caught up in the meaning of it. ... When she married Anthony, she hated staying home in the evenings. ... The childishness of Gloria is repeatedly accented, not only by the gumdrops she "simply must" have and always eats, but by any of the numer...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Before we get into the meaning of the story, let's take a look at who Kate Chopin was and what would inspire her to write this short story as well as the time in which it was written 1894. ... They were not allowed to vote, they were not allowed to work jobs other than teaching positions, and in the eyes of the law, "married women were legally dead". ...

• Word Count: 2584
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

He was mainly trying to get the point across that he thought the Puritan people were very hypocritical and treated people in ways that were opposite of the way they believed people should act. ... Hypocrisy being a major element, Hawthorne also used guilt, confession, and sin as smaller elements to get his feelings across on the Puritans" shortcomings. ... She was married but has not seen her husband for quite some time because he deserted her. ...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
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• Grade Level: High School

(4282 words) I have chosen to research and write my Extended Essay on Edgar Allan Poe and his portrayal of perversion, which is present in every human's heart. I read many of his short stories and realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. I have watched movies that ...

• Word Count: 4324
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School