ANALYSIS OF A SHORT STORY "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H Lawrence is a reflection of society's materialism, the search for material happiness leaving on the side the real matter of life. People are looking for happiness in the wrong place. This is the story of a family who pret...

In this short story, \"The Rocking-Horse Winner,\" the main character, Paul, thinks that life is all about being lucky. As every young boy does, Paul also thinks life is much about wealth or money. Everyone he around also feels the same way as if they are not happy about what they already have. Ch...

The film representation's simple cinematography and dialog accurately capture the mood created in Chekhov's story, but it fails in other areas. The motives and thoughts of the characters could not be easily discovered, as the film focused on carrying on the plot with little attention give...

A similarity is a feature or quality that two or more things or people have in common, such as a shared characteristic. A difference is a feature or quality that distinguishes one person or thing from another. Paul in “The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross and Martin in “The First Born Son” by ...

"My Oedipus Complex"By Frank O'ConnorThe appreciation of Frank O'Connor 's work is continually undercut by his subjects personal feelings (James Matthews 1983). This is clearly seen in his short story "My Oedipus Complex". Frank O'Connor wrote 150 short stories, novels, plays, poetry, and two auto...

Of Men & Mice George and Lennie were completely opposite in their physical features. George was fairly short, while Lennie was noticeably tall. Lennie was a very large man who created much attention wherever he went, and George was small and wiry, creating no attention whatsoever. George was a...

Doing the right thing isn't always easy. Sometimes when you get the chance to look at someone else's paper because you didn't study for that test. Or you don't have any money for that candy bar you really want so you steal it. Making the right decision comes up a lot in short stories. Such as in...

"Complications"An analysis of "Soldier's Home"In Ernest Hemingway's short story, "Soldier's Home", we are presented with the story of a young man returning from war. As the protagonist of Hemingway's short story, Krebs returns from WW I to the town and house in which he was raised as a boy. Though w...

Poe grew up in a tragic life, he was orphaned as a boy and destroyed emotionally by deaths in his family. In his time, Poe wrote some of the deepest emotional poems and short story's, which are renowned for their complexity and feeling. Some say that his poems and writings reflect his ...

John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, in 1902. He was raised in a fertile agricultural valley about twenty miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would become the setting for some of his novels and short stories.In 1919 he attended Stanford University, ...

Integrity is characteristic which is greatly admired and a quality which most desire to achieve through their growth as an individual person. Throughout Dan Chaon's short story "Big Me" this theme of integrity and completeness or wholeness plays an important role in the life of the main character. J...

In order to accomplish or gain something one normally has to pass a challenge that may require many different qualities. Throughout the short story, "Brothers Are The Same" by Beryl Markham, a young Masai boy, Temas, is in conflict with his own self-thoughts. He's not sure he can accomplish h...

This piece is taken from Book 2 of J.S. Bach's Forty-Eight Preludes and Fugues (also known as The Well-Tempered Clavier). A prelude could take almost any form, the only conditions being that it should be in the same key as the fugue and form a suitable preparation of the listener's ear and...

"Sonny's Blues" is a short story by James Baldwin. It's about a boy's growth to adulthood in a Harlem ghetto. His name is Sonny. He is sentenced to a government institution do to his selling and using of heroin. Sonny moved in with his brother, who he has not seen in 5 yea...

The short story, "The Red Convertible" has a very straightforward theme. This theme is that certain situations can lead to life-altering changes. This is shown very intensely in this story. It was so strong that it even caused the end of a life. Two brothers, who are very close, bough...

"Of Mice and Men" is an excellent short novel by John Steinbeck which reflects the extraordinary bond of friendship that exists between George and Lennie, two migrant workers and physically contrasting personalities. This short novel gives a vivid account of the dangers that are in store fo...

In reading the short story The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhor one can make many assumptions about the main characters. The short story is about an affair that leads to something more than the two main characters expect it to be. Throughout the story, Chekhor shows the portrayal and transformatio...

A Critique of "The Sky Is Gray" The short story, "The Sky Is Gray," by Ernest J Gaines, is an initiation story told from the point of view of an eleven year old boy, James. The story takes place during the 1940's in Louisiana in which segregation is a real, hard fact of ...

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story with a murder mystery theme with the protagonist being Dupin, who sifts through puzzles and clues to unravel the mystery and make sense of what most cannot. The narrator is Dupin's friend, not Dupin himself, a move wh...

The short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge" centers on the relationship between Julian, a young man who has recently graduated from college, and his mother. It takes place in a city in the South soon after integration. Much like Emily Grierson in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," Juli...

Analysis - A Hanging Orwell uses the example of a hanging to show how human beings can become insensitive to the horror of taking life, through day-to-day repetition of murder. By using examples of the character's varying reactions at having to perform the unpleasant deed, he also explores...

The street crossing between 14th street and 15th ave. Holden bumps into Eminem. Eminem: Excuse you punk. Holden: (stuttering) Um....um I, I am sorry mister. Eminem: See normally I would beat you up but you seem like a nice guy so its ok....no problem. Eminem begins to leave. Holden stops him a...

The street crossing between 14th street and 15th ave. Holden bumps into Eminem. Eminem: Excuse you punk. Holden: (stuttering) Um....um I, I am sorry mister. Eminem: See normally I would beat you up but you seem like a nice guy so its ok....no problem. Eminem begins to leave. Holden stops him a...

The short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge", by Flannery O'Connor tells the story of Julian, the main character and his thoughts and feelings toward his mother. Julian is a college graduate who has a fair understating of the world he lives in, and because of this finds d...

Many scholars believe that one of the most important aspects of the epic poem, the Iliad has on the human race is the concept of the heroic ideal. In this critical essay, the author\'s view of an ideal hero is a person who struggles relentlessly against the workings of fate, even if the character mu...