Because Mother Savage was known to "have money- she would be assigned four Prussian soldiers to come into her home. ... She continues to help the soldiers gather straw and take it into the loft where they sleep. ... After dinner she sat by the fire to warm herself and the soldiers climbed up into the loft to go to sleep. ... Is it possible that she wanted the families of the Prussian soldiers to share in the grief that she was in; most likely when the text states: "This one has their names on it so you can write home about them."" ...

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

Pontellier returns home from his night out and awakens Edna, claiming that one of their sons had a fever. ... For 28 years she has been asleep and the sea whispers to "awaken- Edna from this sleep, from her false self. ... After resting in the country home, Edna felt like she had been asleep for many years. ... When the Pontelliers return home to New Orleans, the Romanticism of the story becomes much clearer. ... Back at home, the extent to which his materialism exists is more obvious. ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

A Castle In Lynn "In the hometown tonight, in the quiet before sleep, a man strokes himself in the darkened theater of memory", Best old" remembrance, he gets to play it as slow as he needs, as his hand, savvy tart of a million reruns, plays the tune, plays the parts Mary Olivers informs us in her poetry handbook that sounds in a poem are not random but chosen (Oliver p.17). ... Her father who " is the king in his own castle" which according cultural status quo gave him sanction to do whatever he wanted in his home without repentance or punishment. ...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In One of Ours the main character, Claude, is confronted with life changing decisions in his social and personal lives. He does not conform to many of the ideals, which his family lives by and therefore has become an outcast at home. However, Claude's personal struggles do not reside strictly withi...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• 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 confined to a very secondary position. It is only through the advent of the rise in fiction by Indian women writers that the woman has been able to assume a major role in the novel. Many of the Indian women novelists focus on women's issues; they have a woman's perspect...

• Word Count: 3535
• Approx Pages: 14