Reading the short stories "The Widow and the Parrot" and "The Apple Tree", I have discovered some compare and contrast between these stories. They both deal with poverty, and each character in the stories cherishes everything they have. Also another thing they have in...

In the short story "The Enduring Chill" by Flannery O'Connor there is a very strong relationship between mother and son. Asbury, the son, is a college student who constantly comes home to see his mother because he is not feeling well. The protagonist, Asbury Fox, is obviously at ...