However, the game may be a larger allegory for the broader scheme of the detective story about to begin. ... The sex scene at the end of the chapter is full of Freudian sexual imagery, all of which is tied in with the events on the margins of the sexual act. For instance, when Oedipa and Metzger begin having sex, Pynchon mentions that the people outside in the hallway are "plugging in" their guitars into amps. ... She cannot even relieve her boredom and isolation by engaging in sex, which is ruled out by the homosexuality of her company. ...

• Word Count: 2590
• Approx Pages: 10

He wrote short stories, essays, poetry and editorials for the school newspaper. Baldwin also received a prize for a short story which he wrote for the church newspaper. ... This novel was set in Paris and is the story of a disastrous affair between a white American student and an Italian bartender. ...

• Word Count: 2515
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

However, the main plot line tells the story of two women, Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, and the trials and tribulations of their life in the 1920's and 30's. ... There have not been many stories written about homosexuality in the first half of the twentieth century. ... The idea that Idgie and Ruth are lesbians is rampant throughout the story. ... As women like to say to men, just because you are a couple, does not mean you must have sex. ... Throughout the story, there are scenes where it is obvious the community thinks of Idgie as "one of the guys-. ...

• Word Count: 2942
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Northanger Abbey is a novel that is about more than a girl who is looking to find a husband. Its author Jane Austen is able to create a type of gothic parody that through out the novel is integrated into the characterization and able to show the realities of a young girl growing up in a complicated...

• Word Count: 2803
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

The author reveals Bret's failures to him when he says, "your love was a mask, the scale of your lies, the irresponsible adult at loose, all the things you hid, the mindless pull of sex, the father who never paid attention" (Ellis 386). ... Throughout the story, Robby becomes more and more distant from Bret. ...

• Word Count: 3723
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It shows the madness of Patrick because not only do the readers know that he does not not want to marry his girlfriend, and is using her for sex, but that he is also a spiritualist is one of the reasons why he does not want to. ... As the story progresses, Wanda becomes more and more paranoid. ...

• Word Count: 2565
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School