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A two page paper looking at the episodes Odysseus relates in Books 9-12 of Homer’s Odyssey. The paper concludes that Odysseus shows growing maturity during this period, and in fact may have needed this twenty years’ period away from Ithaka to mature into the type of man he was destined to be. No additional sources. ...

A six page paper discussing the different life choices made by the two brothers in James Baldwin’s classic story. The paper shows that both Sonny and the narrator have found their own mode of escaping the violence and harshness of the ghetto, different though those modes might be. No additional sources.

A fifteen page paper comparing these two protagonists in Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The paper shows that Tom remains childlike because he is essentially conventional, and has never been forced to make adult decisions; Huck, on the other hand, has forged his own code of ethics ...

A five page paper looking at the issues raised by this Pacific Northwest writer. Bragg’s book profiles a number of important women from the State of Washington, and the paper argues that it is the fierce eccentricity bred into the Washingtonian character that makes these women so strong. No sources.

A five page analysis of the meaning of this classic novella by Ernest Hemingway. The paper asserts that for the old man the struggle to bring in the giant marlin was a spiritual quest, and illustrates Hemingway’s creed that meaning lies in challenging oneself to survive. No additional sources.

Bambi Grows Up

  • 1 page paper

A 1 page analysis of a Disney retelling of the classic story of Bambi, the young deer. The writer examines the story, which is based on the Walt Disney film, as it relates to the acquisition of language and vocabulary by small children. No additional sources cited.

A six page paper looking at the way the protagonist of Arthur Miller’s classic play imbues his son with his warped sociological values. The paper shows that the son’s repeated failures in life are due to his father’s idealization of him, and this in turn is based on the father’s inability to see his own ...

A five page paper looking at this late selection by the well-known Romantic poet Lord (George Gordon) Byron. The paper points out a number of literary devices used by Byron in this poem to support his contention that youth is the time for affairs of love, and maturity is the time for activism. Bibliography lists ...

A five page paper looking at Pamela Kyle Crossley’s book “Orphan Warriors: Three Manchu Generations and the End of the Qing World” in terms of its sociological analysis of this ethnic minority in China. The paper shows the development of the culturally-distinctive Manchu minority group, and traces their fall from a position of conqueror to ...

A two-page look at Hemingway’s novella in terms of the spiritual component of fishing. The paper shows that Santiago, the Old Man, shared Hemingway’s conviction that in standing up to the obstacles which nature throws in our path, we prove our right to be a part of the great natural plan. No additional sources.

A three page paper showing the connection between Carrie’s acquisitive and social-climbing nature and the doctrine of the American Dream. The paper indicates that Carrie’s relationship to the other characters in Dreiser’s novel showcases the emptiness of her relationship with herself, and epitomizes the shallow foundation of the idea that money and status are the ...

A six page paper comparing the narrator of Marilynne Robinson’s novel “Housekeeping” with that of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” The paper looks at the way the two establish their own individuality through their connection to the protagonists. No additional sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how Homer expresses the concept of heroism in his epic poems, “The Iliad” & “The Odyssey.” Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page analysis of As The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s by Karal Ann Marling. This paper takes the unusual form of answers to five questions that focus on different aspects of the book, which, collectively, offer a comprehensive look at this book. No additional sources cited.

A 10 page paper which examines compares and contrasts Ernest Hemingway's story, 'The Snows of the Kilimanjaro,' with the Stephen Crane story, 'The Open Boat,' specifically considering the elements of setting, plot, characterizations, themes, style, symbolism, conflict, tone, atmosphere, and point of view of each. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page paper looking at four pivotal chapters in Jane Austen’s novel -- Chapters 34-37. The paper shows that in these chapters the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, learns valuable lessons about human nature, and emerges with a finer sense of discernment. No other sources.

An 8 page comparison of Kathleen Berger's The Developing Person Through the Life Span, and Gail Sheehy's New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time. The writer argues that these two books, though vastly different in scope and style of writing, are complementary in the way that they examine the stages of adult life. No additional ...

In 5 pages, the author compares the Willow scene in three versions of Othello, Act IV, Scene 3, by using the version by William Shakespeare, the version by Rossini and Verdi's version for the comparisons. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page research paper that looks at three works by American authors that each offers a critique of the way that American culture treats the topic of aging. 'Miss Brill' by Katherine Mansfield, 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller, and 'The Sandbox' by Edward Albee are examined as to how each work addresses ...

A Worn Path

  • 5 page paper

5 pages in length. Discusses at length the short story "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty. When we first meet Phoenix Jackson in "A Worn Path" we are immediately assailed with the knowledge that she is an ancient and extremely poor woman making her way through the pinewoods. With a red ...

A 6 page research paper that examines some of the most influential and famous works of the Enlightenment. During the eighteenth century, inspired by new and revolutionary discoveries in science, Western political philosophers such as Locke, Rousseau, Smith, Paine and Jefferson reevaluated the nature of political authority and how it related to what they regarded ...

A seven page paper looking at the way this novel by Thomas Mann can be understood as a farewell to the nineteenth-century artist. The paper explains that Mann’s work is at the same time an evocation and a rebuttal of German Romanticism. Bibliography lists seven sources.

A seven page paper looking at the psychological symbolism of these two stories by Hans Christian Andersen. It discusses the reasons why the stories’ endings are psychologically unsatisfying. Bibliography lists two sources.

A five page paper looking at the way Kate Chopin deals with her protagonist’s lack of maternal instinct in her 1899 novel. The paper notes that Edna Pontellier is not a good mother, although she is not a bad woman; yet her inability to fit into the social parameters of domesticity ultimately becomes her undoing. ...

A five page look at this short story by John Updike. The paper shows how Updike places his main character in a struggle between two worlds -- one in which life is predictable, steady, stable, and reliable, and one defined by unconventionality and surprise. Sammy’s decision to choose the more unconventional lifestyle will ultimately affect ...

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