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… Cormier, also known by his pseudonym... John Fitch IV, was born on January 17, 1925, in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was the second of eight children. He attended Fitchburg State College and for 30 years he worked as a journalist for the local newspaper…

… during her life. Some of these included her mother dieing during childbirth, her loathing stepmother, and later in life, the death of her beloved husband. Although she maintained a strong relationship with her father, it did not cover-up the absence…

… by Can Themba Philemon is dominated by a need to be in direct command of his own environment; in popular terms, he is a "control freak". He is unable to cope with any threat to his version of "the goodness of life." Tilly's affair occurs outside…

… P" is truly a dynamic character. At the beginning of this short story, Sammy seems to be maintaining the status quo in his job as a checker at the local grocery store in a small New England beach town. He is content until the day that three young…

… physical things, from nightingales to gold and silver-garnished things, and a casual reader might be tempted to accept these at face value, as simple physical objects meant to evoke a response either sensual or emotional; however, this is not the case.…

… is best exhibited in his short story, "Hills Like White Elephants", which describes a young girl and her older American boyfriend discussing whether or not she should have an abortion. Hemingway never explicitly uses the word abortion, but instead…

… takes place in the Victorian time period in England. Wilde was known as dry, stern, and earnest. This is why he chose the title for his play, for it takes place in the upper, stuck up English society and his protagonists think they are something…

… a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, first we have to understand the setting of plot, the era where the story has been set, the society and community it deals with. The work is set in an unnamed, remote part of Colombia. The novel is considered…

… emphasizing the home and family. From the James Earl Jones seeking for his son to the other priest searching and wanting a place of her own, this movie shows how one reacts to the attraction of home and family. The home symbolizes a place of refuge…

… responsible. The family are interrogated, and one by one the mysterious Inspector Goole makes them admit to what they have done, but Inspector Goole may not be all that he seems... J.B. Priestly tells of this interesting sequence of events in his…