His troubles carry on through the story and become especially apparent in his sexual life. ... The only insight of Claude's childhood that Cather gives the reader is the story with the cherry tree and Claude's father. ... This is a peculiarly strange point in Claude's story because at first glance it seems like Mr. ... Finally, at the end of the scene Cather puts the couple under the moonlight, which in most of Cather's stories has sexual connotation. ... In that one short sentence Claude defines what kind of person he is because he sees this other man's disability as ...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This affair was cut short when Genji was exiled from his village. ... In the story Genji met a woman by the name of the Akashi Lady. ... At this point in the story, according to Field, the Akashi Lady is the only woman Genji tried to develop a relationship with. ... Contrary to what she may think, the story provided no evidence of the character Genji raping any of his lovers. ... Kaoru is a character in the story who was the complete opposite of Genji. ...

• Word Count: 2745
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For a long time, the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand. Indeed, R.K.Narayan's heroine, Rosie, in his novel 'The Guide' is viewed only in relation to the main protagonist, Raju and Raju's mother is ...

• Word Count: 3535
• Approx Pages: 14

Naylor's description of Nedeed with his "short squat body" and protruding eyes,""(3) conjures up an evil and almost satanic picture in the reader's mind. ... The story is built around the great great grandson of the original Luther and his wife Willa. ...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Setting The action takes place in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century on two Louisiana plantations, one called Valmonde, a family name, and the other called L'Abri (French for shelter). The story begins in the warm-weather months and ends in autumn. Characters Desiree: A young woman de...

• Word Count: 2905
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The story is interesting and impressive because the heroine's personal character is quite different from the common run. In other novels, the heroines are always beautiful or powerful or rich, but Jane Eyre is only a short, penniless and plain woman. ... It's hard for people to imagine or believe that such a short, plain and weak girl contains soul never yield and feelings warm as raging flames. ...

• Word Count: 3066
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

A gentle but witty satire of courtship an marriage, tells the story of how the young ladies choose their husbands. ... In short, there does exist strict hierarchy, which is classified according to the family and tradition from the surface, but the financial income actually. ... A blunt restatement of this sentence would read, " it is an acknowledged truth in our particular society that a single woman without a fortune must need a husband who has one." .It is Mark Shorer who points out that this theme, so apparent in the story line, is reinforced by the very language Jane Austen uses. " The S...

• Word Count: 4276
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

It was a story I had heard many times before. ... The story Brent told confirmed my hunch. ... It is short-lived (usually two years or less) and seems to serve for humankind the same function as the mating call of the Canada geese. ...

• Word Count: 2637
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

The story Hard Times is set in an imaginary town by the name of Coketown. Coketown "was a town of red brick, or of some brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like a painted face of a savage. It was a t...

• Word Count: 3472
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

Summary - This is the story of two families who have been neighbours for a long time. ... And in a very short time Joe owned one of the biggest shops (factories) in town and became a respected business man. ... Keller had to make up that story about being sick to cover up for his crime. ...

• Word Count: 3955
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Preface Marriage and families founded through marriage constitute the basic cells of the society. It involves a multi-layer relationship between neighbors and other elements in the community, and it is so regarded by the Chinese as the top issue of the morality of human kind. Wedding ceremony is the...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School