What I Saw from Where I Stood | Essays and Criticism
- The Story's Focus on the Transforming Effects of Compassion and Support.
Perkins is a professor of American and British literature and film. In the following essay, she examines the story’s focus on the transforming effects of compassion and support.
- Personality Differences in the Two Main Characters
Hart is a freelance writer and published author. In the following essay, she examines the personality differences in the two main characters by studying what they each see from where they stand.
- Marisa Silver Overview
In the following essay, the critic gives an overview of Marisa Silver’s work.
- The Grim World in Silver's Short Story Collection
In the following review, Huneven comments on the grim world in Silver’s short story collection Babe in Paradise.
- Review by Jonathan Yardley
In the following review, Yardley contends that it is ‘‘the sense of entering an unknown world’’ that makes Babe in Paradise appealing, and regards Silver’s compassion and sympathy for her characters noteworthy.
