According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "grotesque" is defined as "very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural; extremely different from what is expected or usual." Grotesque describes each individual throughout the short stories of Sherwood Anderson's 1919, Winesburg, Ohio. And...
Negotiating is tough. What is even tougher is negotiating in a position of weakness, when you feel that you are at the mercy of the other party. I experienced such a negotiation two weeks ago. The negotiation involved me trying to have my defective Burberry Jacket replaced or repaired. It was bought...
Darien Kerr MWF 1:00-1:50 Hector and Achilles as Contrasting Heroes In the Iliad, Hector and Achilles are similar in many ways, such as both being phenomenal war heroes, but they also differ substantially. While they are both soldiers, they aren't fighting for the same reasons. Hector, is a fami...
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", life is centered around a rigid, pure society in which one is unable to show his or her deepest thoughts and secrets. Every human being needs the opportunity to express how they truly feel, or the emotion is bottled up until it explodes. Unfortunately,...
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never ever the same." (Unknown) What is a "best friend?" Almost everyone has one, and almost everyone is one. There's something about a best friend that cannot be duplicated. Everyo...
Similarities between at Shindler's and Closer The first two stories by David Malouf in the book of short stories "Dream Stuff", even though completely discrete and creative in their own right, share several similarities. Malouf has said that many of the stories Dream Stuff were begun as long as ...
