He and his wife worked menial jobs in order to pay their bills. ... He and his wife Maryann finally divorced in 1983. ... His wife tells the narrator that Robert and his wife, Beulah, were inseparable. ... According to his wife, he has no friends. ... Her marriage deteriorated as she traveled around the country with her husband, and through her subsequent suicide attempt, separation and divorce, she and the blind man kept in touch. ...

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

Humans always believe that whenever there is a problem someone around the country or the world will come up with an explanation. ... The next day, the same thing is happening all over the country, thousands of birds are heading inland. ... Nat screamed for his wife to let him in. ... After supper they heard planes and Nat's wife and children get their hopes up. ... At this point Nat felt isolation but he did not let his wife and children know. ...

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

Humans always believe that whenever there is a problem someone around the country or the world will come up with an explanation. ... The next day, the same thing is happening all over the country, thousands of birds are heading inland. ... Nat screamed for his wife to let him in. ... After supper they heard planes and Nat's wife and children get their hopes up. ... At this point Nat felt isolation but he did not let his wife and children know. ...

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

He turns against his wife and mutilates the "brute." (p.11) By the end of the story, he killed his wife in an attempt to kill the cat. Afterwards, the narrator does not even feel remorse for the wrongful death of his wife. ... Guilt about those actions indirectly leads to the murder of his wife who had shown him the gallows on the second cat's breast. ... It could be a substance such as plaster perhaps, foreshadowing the narrator's wife's burial within the cellar wall. ...

• Word Count: 4324
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The author inserts an interesting thought "She liked them well enough, too, those four enemies of hers; for country people do not feel patriotic hatred-those feelings are reserved for the upper classes."" ... She felt she was doing herself and possibly her country a justice, but in the end she was brought to justice for the crimes she had just committed. ... Many pieces of literature published after that tragic day, make reference to many of the heroic stories demonstrated by our country's finest. ...

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

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become metap...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become me...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is a country where love turns to hate, where money never buys happiness. ... Endless parties filled with nameless people who travel from one coast to another, prohibition, flappers, country clubs and wealth are all exposed and shown in colorful detail. ...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School