To some, Nathaniel Hawthorne has earned both of these titles. ... He does this by using primary characters in the novels The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, and many short stories who have a problem, like an inner secret, or who have some kind of guilt, and shows how society looks upon these people. ... Instead of the society sympathizing toward her and forgiving her, they shun her and humiliate her whenever she does choose to go out in public. ... She was married but has not seen her husband for quite some time because he deserted her. ... And when he had lived long, and ...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One dreary, winter night, some birds manage to get inside the children's bedroom and deliberately attack them. When Nat tells the other villagers they inwardly do not believe that such a thing could have happened, but try and come up with logical explanations. ... They"d have some answer for it." ... A bored voice answered; someone who could not care less and just wanted to get home after a tedious day at work. ... They do not care that they are killing themselves as long as they know that they are hurting humans in some way or another. ...

• Word Count: 4431
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

One dreary, winter night, some birds manage to get inside the children's bedroom and deliberately attack them. When Nat tells the other villagers they inwardly do not believe that such a thing could have happened, but try and come up with logical explanations. ... They"d have some answer for it." ... A bored voice answered; someone who could not care less and just wanted to get home after a tedious day at work. ... They do not care that they are killing themselves as long as they know that they are hurting humans in some way or another. ...

• Word Count: 4405
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

Like many of the couples in Carver's short stories, he and his wife lived a hand-to-mouth existence, always in fear of some catastrophe that would upset their fragile solvency. ... Robert asks the narrator to get some paper and a pen so that they can draw a cathedral together. The narrator does as he is asked. ... She says she'd do her best to try to make any of his friends comfortable. When the n...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School