As stated in the short film Streetcar Stories, "There were friends that you had first met on the streetcar, and there were friends that you only saw on the streetcar." Due to its open-nature, the streetcar serves as a window into the city, giving its riders a greater understanding of New Orleans" culture, diversity, and history. ... New Orleans is notorious for its laid back nature, which explains its well known nickname "The Big Easy." ... This is due to New Orleans charm, which coaxes all people into a pleasant nature where brotherhood and love for each other are aspects which remain impo...

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• Grade Level: High School

In life we as humans would like to believe that there is good in every single person no matter what their past may have been like. ... Good is to be positive or desirable by nature. In the short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" there are predicaments that are presented to some of the characters when the act of good can be shown, but they turn out to do the total opposite. ... In this story the colors red, gray, and black showed up a few times as motifs that were in the short story. I would like to believe that these colors had a specific roles to play in the story. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

An essay about "Wood Grouse on a High Promontory Overlooking Canada" Many people have had unpleasant experiences which they will never forget, or worse, which induce injuries of a permanent nature. An accident, misfortune, or war, as the elder brother Gary in this short story has experienced, are the sort of traumatic experiences that make people remember and suffer psychologically for the rest of their lives. ... The eldest brother Gary has fought in the war in Vietnam, and has just returned shortly before the time of the story. ... Also it is a remark telling us that he has probably...

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• Grade Level: High School

We are all human, therefore we all make mistakes, but the one thing that comes out of these mistakes, is we usually learn a lesson. Making mistakes is human nature, none of us are exempt. ... But, just as in making errors on this paper and making the corrections, making mistakes in life and correcting those makes for a better human being. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The two men in the story become entranced with their separate passions, one wants the mighty prestige of a Japanese samurai and the other wants the power of money and wealth. ... After a short time of living in their dream worlds the men follow the advice they receive and do the right thing and return to their wives. It's human nature for people to realize they are doing the wrong thing and gather themselves to get back on the right track. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

After a short period of time, havoc occurs and the reader questions themselves. ... He epitomizes the worst aspects of human nature when he unrepressed by society and its laws. ... The quote displays Jack's loss of innocence because the boys agreed on the rules together and a short while later Jack wants to break them. ... Carrying the head of something around is inhumane and at this point in the story, Jack has displayed no signs of innocence. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Louise Erdrich's short story "The Red Convertible- tells of how the toils of war transform Henry Junior into a quiet man, and how a red convertible and a loving brother named Lyman can make him want to live life again. ... The brothers make up, and Henry keeps the convertible for the rest of eternity, in a grave nature has made for him. ... He then tells the story of how it happens. ... After all the turmoil Henry had seen the three years he was away, his mind would not leave where he had come from; whether it be from the memories of killing a human being or from seeing people die rig...

• Word Count: 1194
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School