It is very strange what saves a man. In his Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride, Gary Paulsen describes the people who wouldn't let him give in, from a tough cop who kept him from becoming a juvenile delinquent to the whore who told him not to leave the army, and the things that could save a man's ...

The story of "Eveline," by James Joyce and, "The Story of An Hour," by Kate Chopin relate in similar ways. The characters, theme of desiring freedom, settings and imagery are alike. Eveline and Mrs. Mallard are two women that lived in the late 1800's, when men played the dom...