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The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is, on its surface, about a woman who suffers postpartum depression, which is the ultimate factor leading to her insanity; however, a closer examination of the protagonist’s portrayal and description reveals that the story is primarily about her…

FictionShort StoryThe Yellow Wallpaper2 Pages

"Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield

The central theme of the short piece Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield is the pain of loneliness and undeniable attempts people who are alone make to live their lives vicariously and insidiously through others and the environment around them. Rather than finding company through interaction…

BooksFictionWriters2 Pages

Camp Half-Blood: a camp for young demi-gods

From New York to Los Angeles, CA, and all the stops along the way. Are you ready to travel around America, following Percy on his quest? This story takes place everywhere: in the sky, in the sea, underground, and all across America. It takes place…

FictionMythology2 Pages

Novel Review: Everything I Never Told You

At one time, when Lydia and her brother, Nathan, were small, meditating on her mother’s failure at her personal goals sparked a decision in Marilyn that left Lydia wondering for a time “how everything had changed in just one day, how someone she loved so…

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Winter’s Bone Character Analysis

Daniel Woodrell creates a protagonist in his novel, Winter’s Bone, who is prideful, resilient and would do anything to preserve her own kin and blood. Woodrell also allows the reader to see her weaknesses, making identification with her character easily done. Ree Dolly faces challenges…

Fiction3 Pages

A Fiend in Disguise in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”

A Fiend in Disguise in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Connie, a 15 year old in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a prideful and churlish girl who has a habit of belittling…

Fiction4 Pages

Deconstructing Master-Narrative: the Postmodern View of History in Volkswagen Blues and Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals

History is written by the victorious, the dominating nation, the ruling class, and subaltern voices are overpowered and unheard. Jean-Francois Lyotard, in his The Postmodern Condition, critiques the historical master-narrative, the vision of history as a totalizing narrative schema that reflects a singular perspective: “I…

Fiction7 Pages

Stylistic Choices in Borowski’s “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen”

Tadeusz Borowski is an inherently tragic author. His life as a guard in a German concentration camp is something to be pitied at best. While Borowski writes about his horrible experiences as a guard in his collection of short stories This Way for the Gas,…

Fiction4 Pages

A Lack of Confrontation: Repression and Evasion in the Work of John Irving

In The Cider House Rules, Homer, the protagonist, after stifling all of the uncomfortable situations in his life would “lay awake [at night] because the phantoms of those days were not gone” (312). While Homer liked to think that he was in control of his…

Fiction10 Pages

Lightness vs. Weight: Kundera’s Persuasive Argument in The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is as much of a philosophical work as it is a fictional story, not following a typical plotline. The novel includes multiple interwoven plotlines surrounding different characters with the same events being narrated many times from different characters’ points of…

FictionPhilosophy3 Pages