When there is curiosity about the relationship that develops between Miss Emily and Homer, "some of the ladies began to say that it was a disgrace to the town and a bad example to the young people" (92). ... Faulkner's women in this story are also gullible and gossiping. ... He seems to be implying that women, in their gullibility, will believe anything a man tells them. ... The women in this story appear as gullible, gossipy characters. ... The women, however, are nosey, single-minded people who are gullible, gossiping, and unkind and do not care whether or not they harm or cause embar...

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• Grade Level: High School

What the people in the film industry came up with for the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" was pretty interesting. ... The brother was a very gullible, drunk man who never made sense and obviously had some humorous value. ... The people who made the movie probably realized there were not really very many characters, so for movie value, the probably wanted to add some characters that were just kind of there and made it seem like there was more going on in the movie even though there really wasn't. ...

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Hardy creates Rhoda sympathetically by telling the readers that many of the people lookdown, ignore and frown at her because she had borne' an illegitimate son to a local farmer. Another main factor that lots of the people dislike her is that the village people think she posses' special powers and performs witchcraft. When Hardy was young it was common that people were accused of practising witchcraft so Rhoda would have seemed real at this time. ... This story suggests that women are foolish, gullible and silly. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I think she is really gullible because she hasn't really dealt with the outside world. ... People write short stories based on events that surround them. ... For example, she still thinks of black people as slave, so he goes and sits next to them on the bus. ... I think that the bus ride symbolizes all people coming together despite their race or religious background. ... This story seems to show values of people in the south. ...

• Word Count: 1004
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School