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Written in approximately 1385, is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by various people who are going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England. Prior to the actual tales, however, Chaucer offers the reader a glimpse of fourteenth-century life by way of what he refers to as a General Prologue. In…

Those of you who are familiar with the work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. have surely come across the name Kilgore Trout in his novels. He is one of the author’s favorite fictional characters and appears in many of his books (e.g. Slaughterhouse-Five, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Breakfast of Champios, Galapagos, Timequake etc.) Kilgore Trout…

The novel, The Brothers Karamazov written by Fyodor Dostoevsky was first published in 1880. This book is unique because it is effectivly written in a combination of third person omniscient and first person point of view. The author seems to be a character in the book but also seems to know all. Parts of The…

During the realism unit, one finds that the unexpected is around one at all times and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin reminds one that life is unpredictable and full of surprises. It was a regular day for Mrs. Mallard when the news of her husband Brently Mallard came. Mr. Mallard was one…

Derek lifted the large plastic tub, which he had just filled with ice, level with the counter, dumped the ice into the stainless steel container, and sighed. He looked at his watch: 10:25, it said; almost mid-morning, and five eternal minutes left until his fifteen minute coffee break. Fuck it, he thought, I’ll take it…

They shrink from powders and from paints. So far, I have had no complaints. Interview deals mainly with the subject of relationships. In Interview, Dorothy Parker ponders why certain ladies seem attractive to men despite qualities that Parker sees as redundant and thoughtless. Ladies who Parker says Would shudder at a wicked word, and, not…

Emma Bovary, scorned, pitiful, and unsatisfied searches for happiness though wealth and sundry lovers, as the main character in Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary. Emma is not the first character to be presented, but Charles Bovary, Emma’s husband opens the piece. The beginning has a major symbol which foreshadows Charles’s attitude throughout the story. As…

Thoreau believes that we fill our lives with to many details and luxuries. Thoreau tells us to only live with what we need to get through our lives, our lives would move more splendidly and flawlessly. Live your lives as simply as possible and you will be have much more satisfaction in life. Many people…

In the story, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, two points of view are introduced. The Kantian point of view is contrasted with the Utilitarian point of view. In the story there is a city named Omelas, in which a single child suffers so that the community may live with great happiness. Most of…

This story is about a women that askes for Shelocks Holmes help because she belives that she is going to die like her sister that died two years before. She belives that her sister was either frightened to death or killed by gipsies. Because when this women Helen found her sister the last words the…