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He squinted as the morning sun sliced in through the curtains onto his face. He rose and outstretched his arms sighing. He turned to his desk where his clock lay to check the time. Beside his clock was a half-eaten pizza from the night before and a pile of very dirty clothing. He slithered out…

After reading two short stories, “A&P” by John Updike, and “Model’s Assistant” from “Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls” by Alissa Nutting one could see that there are both similarities and differences within the two stories. Both stories have underlying themes of beauty and job stress. They both may have different settings and take place…

Book Analysis: “The Longest Ride” “The Longest Ride” by Nicholas Sparks is a novel that tells two love stories. The first is that of Ira Levinson a 91-year-old widower and his late wife Ruth. Ira’s story starts with him trapped inside a car following his accident, which rolls his car off the edge of a…

The stories “A&P” by John Updike and “Araby” by James Joyce both give a glimpse into the mind of male youths at a period of sexual awakening. The stories present the perspectives of these boys as they watch young women from a distance and admire the beauty they seem to find in their persons. The…

The story examines two couples, which both live so closely to each other and are great friends but both have different lives. The Millers wish they had the lifestyle that the Stones have the holidays, adventures, and their home, through this the Millers become desperate and lost in the actions of living in the stones…

Imagine a world without dreams; would it not be empty and meaningless? This is the big question for many people. No one can live without dreams; you have to strive for something in life otherwise your life is boring and uneventful. If your dream never succeeds, you often isolate yourself. It is like living in…

Virginia Woolf is one of the most famous writers who have started modernism. Modernism in literature means that they have gone through the boundaries of romanticism, Virginia Woolf did not write about the same old stories whose purpose is just to entertain people with its love related theme; Virginia Woolf did more than that, She…

Trapped Within Human beings without all the materialistic “necessities” are just animals that have hidden their true natures deep within and the true beast only comes out when needed to survive. There is no opportunity escaping who you really are internally, & throughout Lorna Dee Cervantes’ poem Uncle’s First Rabbit she haunts her audience with…

Eyes of a Soldier Due to the rise of reform and fear of communism undulating throughout the United States during the 1960’s, Americans had gradually begun to transition from traditional values. Unequal rights had finally come to a conclusion legally and the voice of young Americans grew audaciously. At that time war also plagued the…

The author, Robertson Davies, illustrates in his novel titled Fifth Business the lasting impact of guilt on one’s life. Throughout the story, guilt is shown to be a powerful force that can haunt individuals for many years. Davies emphasizes the role and significance of guilt through the characters Dunstan Ramsay (Dunny), Paul Dempster, and Percy…