… society have lead to many controversial issues. This is especially prominent when dealing with the fashion industry. For instance, the latest in thing, "heroin chic", has stirred up a large amount of tension between retailers and consumers in the…

… The Scarlet Letter, takes a look at the life of a Puritan women named Hester Prynne. Hester is a scorned woman, having borne a child who can claim no father, in a corrupt and menaced society. Thought the book, the three most prominent traits of Mistress…

… is a story that takes place in Spain while a man and woman wait for a train. The story is set up as a dialogue between the two, in which the man is trying to convince the woman to do something she is hesitant in doing. Throughout the story,…

… long, been denied the attention and concern of international organizations, national governments, traditional human rights groups and the press. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of girls and women around the world continue to endure debilitating…

… the house and its possessions play a key role in the story. The house itself is a main contributor to the all around theme of death and evil surrounding this story. There is a section of the story where different mediums of art -- painting, poem,…

… and dreams of independence due to a childhood plagued with poverty and family frustrations. In “ The House on Mango Street” Esperanza dreams of having a place all her own one whose simply décor would reflect her as a person. She is not struggling agains…

… story ¡§The Story of an Hour¡¨. The reader¡¦s expectations of how Louise will respond to her husband¡¦s death and his return are not met. For example, the reader expected Louise to be sad, but Louise becomes happy. Instead of being ill because…

… is a major argument among literary critics whether Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is or is not a racist novel. The question boils down to the depiction of Jim, the black slave, and to the way he is treated by Huck and other characters. The use of…

… are lots of twists in the plot. The main character, Adam Farmer a.k.a. “A” and Paul Delmonte, is a resident in a mental hospital. Throughout the story is woven an account of Adam Farmer’s bike trip to Rutterburg Vermont in search of his father.…

… of a mother-daughter relationship that lacks involvement and warmth. The whole story composed of the mother’s memory of her relationship with her daughter, Emily. The memory was a painful one comprised mostly of the way the mother was much less…