The men came to show "respectful affection for a fallen monument," while women just showed up "out of curiosity to see the inside of her house," (242). ... As the guests enter the "once white, (and) decorated," we are lead into a house full of "dust and disuse," (242). ... The fact that Emily was spending time with someone, especially a Yankee, outside of her house became the "talk of the town." ... The Negro, not saying a word, vanished after allowing the first of the visitors into the house. The fascinated neighbors all "knew that there was one room above the stairs which no one had seen...

• Word Count: 887
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The setting of new technology, both in the form of "iron stairs through the roof of the building" (Old) upon which the man is standing and in the form of "tiny campfires we lit at night, back at the beginning of the world" (Old), allows this man to be imagined in a world that the readers find familiar, in turn, making this poem more relatable. ... Guin described the town in great mental detail such as, "In the streets between houses with red roofs and painted walls, between old moss-grown gardens and under avenues of trees, past great parks and public buildings, proces...

• Word Count: 870
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin gives us a very interesting look at how an hour can be such a long time. This story is filled with irony. Every time that you think that you have the plot figured out, Chopin tosses in another twist that throws our minds for a loop. As I read this story the f...

• Word Count: 721
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During their trip the grandmother leads the family down an old dirt road to see a house from her childhood. ... Because the grandmother was too ashamed to tell her son that she was wrong about the house, her family was shot (O"Connor 1428-1439). ... Above she and Claud were people with a lot of money and much bigger houses and much more land. ... The man gets furious at Tanner for the insults and throws him down the stairs where he dies (O"Connor 245-269). ...

• Word Count: 1220
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I kept repeating those five simple words to myself as I drive swiftly to a band members' house to meet up with everyone. ... Walking up to the house, I could hear Jack yelling loudly and proudly from upstairs using the microphone, "Hi, we are Della. ... As I dash inside and intentionally pass the stairs, avoiding the room of practice, I head straight for the kitchen where I can smell the buttery biscuits cooking, even though I know there is no way I could eat with these nerves. ...

• Word Count: 1230
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

As we walk down the two sets of stairs to get prepared for the game we listen to the loud music and look at our fans cheering for us. At the bottom of the stairs we rocked back and fourth to the music staring down at the big white banner in front of us like a lion stalking its prey. ... The smelly old fashion locker room with a decent size coaches room I definitely will not forget and also those green lockers that squeaks when you open and close them sounding like a haunted house. ...

• Word Count: 1836
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I was supposed to hear noise from every corner of my house, but there's no noise at all, it's a total silence instead. ... So here comes my most awaited part of this story, let me read it to you, "The music, up the stairs, along with the fragrance of a million flowers. ...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Mallard walks down the stairs with her sister, she carries a "...feverish triumph in her eyes" (258). ... Mallard finds out that her husband is not dead but is instead alive and at the house, she realizes that all hope of freedom is gone. ...

• Word Count: 1010
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

After her funeral, the townspeople have an opportunity to access her bedroom above the stairs which no one had seen in forty years. ... Following the incident is the inescapable smell surrounded her house. ... The narrator notes that while the men attend the funeral out of obligation, the women go primarily because no one has been inside her house for years, with many mysterious events happened through times ("A Rose for Emily-). ...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Slowly he walks down the stairs to emphasise that he has thought his actions through. ... Suddenly the camera angle changes to Neil's father, he wakes up as if he had a bad dream, instinctively he knows something is wrong and he desperately scours the house looking for Neil. ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7

He checks all the food supplies in the house but there is not much because shopping day was tomorrow. ... After narrowly escaping death, Nat goes around the house to make sure that he has properly boarded the windows. Outside the birds were trying their best to enter the house: scraping and tapping away. ...

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

He checks all the food supplies in the house but there is not much because shopping day was tomorrow. ... After narrowly escaping death, Nat goes around the house to make sure that he has properly boarded the windows. Outside the birds were trying their best to enter the house: scraping and tapping away. ...

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