Discusses John Updike's short story "A&P." Provides a character study of Sammy, the protagonist of the story. Describes how the actions he takes in the story affect his life.

Explores themes from the short story "A & P," by John Upike. Analyzes the character of Sammy. Explains the significance of Sammy quitting his job.

about the novel, Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart, it also makes reference to Kubler-Ross' Grief Cycle.

A biography of children's book writer Jerry Spinelli and an overview of some of his works.

Provides a biography of poet Sylvia Plath's life. Outlines traumatic events in her life and her suicide attempts. Describes her relationship with her father and the effect of his death on her life.

My response to the story "A Brave New World."

Discusses author Aldous Huxley and his book, A Brave New World. Describes why the novel was revolutionary literature at the time of its publication.

The essay analyzes the role of religion in the two societies of A Brave New World.

Compares the Brave New World to conservatism.

The essay is about the Matt family from the novel "A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove" and how Carl Matt does not fit into it.

Discusses the character of Holden in the novel "The Catcher In The Rye" by J. D. Salinger.

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby is driven, deceitful, driven, concealing, and untruthful. His version of the American Dream is distorted. Specific scenes are analyzed to exemplify these points.

Discusses J.D. Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Analyzes the character of Holden Caulfield. Focuses on the character's hypocrisy in the story.

Provides a character analysis of John Proctor, from the Arthur Miller play, The Crucible.

Analyzes the novel Rohinton Mistry: Family Matters. Summarizes the plot of the novel. Provides a character study of Mr. Kapoor.

Discusses how the character of Abigail Williams, in the novel "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, was a sociopath.

Provides a character sketch of Tom Sawyer, from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. Explores the relationship between Tom and Huck in the story.

Evaluates the character of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee. Describes his internal conflicts and characteristics which make him one of the best characters in American literature.

Discusses the J.D. Salinger novel, A Catcher in the Rye. Provides a character analysis of Holden Caulfield. Describes his goals, traits and tendencies.

A Child Called It by David Pelzer

A sad story about a young boy getting brutally abused by his mother.

How a child's recitation of "The Children's Hour" poem by Longfellow would affects its meaning.

An overview of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", which tells of the character of Scrooge and his visits from the three ghosts of Christmas.

Discusses the Ernest Hemingway short story, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place. Describes the story and then relates it to personal experiences.

"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway is a powerful and depressing investigation of the meaning of life. Everyone, at one time or another, has asked this fundamental question of why have we been put on this planet. The older waiter represents all who do not understand their purpose. One's life is nothingness if it is without a purpose.

In Chapter Five of his classic novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald intricately weaves clocks, shirts, and peculiar green lights into his description of the first reunion between Daisy and Gatsby. Although these items have little true connection with one another, all three symbolize the impossibility of a romance between Daisy and Gatsby, and all essentially seal the fate between the star-crossed lovers. Fitzgerald is able through these symbols to provide a far deeper interpretation of this grim situation.

Discusses the Anthony Burgess novel, A Clockwork Orange. Determines the extent to which the 21st chapter of A Clockwork Orange is philosophically compatible with the 20 other chapters which preceded it.

Throughout Our Town Thorton Wilder illustrates the theme that people are basically the same no matter when or where they have lived. He projects this by having the audience view normal people in an ordinary town called Grover's Corners, Massachusetts. Wilder portrays the daily lives or its inhabitants and how unappreciative they are of the impact these events have on their personalities. He exhibits these patterns by demonstrating the characters' routines, traditions, expectations and wants.

Essay shows the collaboration between fire, blood, and water in the novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury.

Compares and contrasts the Robert Burns poem To A Mouse and the John Steinbeck novel Of Mice and Men. Compares the main characters in the novel, Lennie and George, to the mouse in the poem. Compares major themes in both works.

To contrast the two main characters, "Billy Budd" and "Bartleby", in the stories by Herman Melville, Bartlrby seems to lack a strong personality and independent will, which in the opinion of some people would make him a model employee. His lack of personality, though, causes his co-workers to dislike him. Billy, on the other hand, has a strong, magnetic personality, which causes most of his shipmates to like him. This may have been one of the reasons Claggart dislikes and resents Billy.

"Greasy Lake" by T. C. Boyle and "Araby" by James Joyce are both about coming of age. Although, the two stories are very different they both symbolize a maturation point in the character's lives. The characters are faced with life-altering changes that affect their very thoughts and feelings, their own morals and a realization that they have been living a childish fantasy.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" explores profound, timeless themes. They include the discrepancy between Gatsby's dreams and his reality, his futile obsession with wealth to win the love of Daisy, and his quest for the American dream.

This is a critical analysis of the book "To Kill a Mockingbird." It shows how Harper Lee accurately depicts small town southern life in Alabama.

The title, which serves as a metaphor for the struggle of the community, is essential understanding the climax of the play. The ultimate act of rejection is most apparent when John Proctor crumbles the piece of paper to which both his name, and dignity are signed, proclaiming "How may I live without my name?

Essay discusses the central theme in "A Day No Pigs Would Die" by Robert Peck.

An expository essay on Edward O. Wilson's short story, "Is Humanity Suicidal?"

Essay provides an analysis of the novel, "Light in August" by William Faulkner.

A discussion of Edgar Allen Poe's story, The Black Cat, with reference to certain theories of the fantastic and uncanny genres, focusing on Tzvetan Todorov's theories. Presents evidence that Poe is consistent to the various elements that define the fantastic tale.

Discusses the play, A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen. Provides an analysis of the main character, Nora. Describes how she is the doll of which the play speaks.

Provides a summary of the play Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. Discusses characters, plot and provides insight to the play's major themes.

My essay is about the novel "We Were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates.

Rain, the seasons, and the mountains are symbols in the novel, A Farewell to Arms, that kept reappearing. Rain is symbolic of terrible events and death. In the novel it is raining when ever something bad has happened. It also makes bad things happen such as the cholera at the start of the novel as well as the cars getting stuck in the mud during the retreat. After talking to Ettore Moretti, Frederic has a discussion with Catherine about rain.

This essay is about Mark Twain's American Novel, "The Adventures of Huck Finn." The essay compares the novel's father figure Jim, to Huck's real father.

"Fences" by August Wilson is a story about a father, Troy, whose mistakes and experiences lead him to be overprotective of his son, Cory. Troy secretly is jealous of the opportunities that Cory gets.

Essay describes the role of fathers to their children.

Ernest J Gaines' book A Gathering of Old Men strongly focuses on manhood. His definition of manhood is when people have courage and determination to make a stand to fight for what they believe. Throughout the book, courage and change take place, not only on the outside of individuals, but on the inside as well.

What defines a gentlemen in Dickens novel "Great Expectations." What are authentic traits of a gentlemen.

Literary analysis of The Red Pony by John Steinbeck.

" It is not difficult to label the agent of evil in Flannery O' Connor's signature story, "A Good Man is Hard To Find", says John, Desmond. The family is described as a typical modern family, which has all type of problems. Agreeing with each other is one of the biggest problems the family faces.

Evaluates Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Considers how the character, The Misfit, equates with the devil. Describes how O'Connor seems to hope he can change because of "the old lady's gesture." Looks closely both the Misfit and his reactions to the old lady.