Jamie Wheeler
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I hold a M.A. and B.A. in literature, currently writing my Ph.D in American Literature, specifically John Steinbeck's female characters. I have been teaching both Freshman and Sophomore literature at the college level for about ten years.
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Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
Pitch is the color of tar, which is a deep dark black. The full lines in which this simile occurs read: His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness (for the shutters... -
Answered a Question in A Good Man Is Hard to Find
One way in which the grandmother reveals the societal values of her older generation is through her dress, juxtaposed through the comparatively lax values of her daughter-in-law. While the... -
Answered a Question in She Stoops to Conquer
It is a farce. A farce is typically the term resevered for comedic plays or films. Farces always have improbable situations, requiring a hefty suspension of disbelief. In... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
Let's define the literary term, "figures of speech." Generally, what is meant is that either the writer has created an unexpected comparison ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?") or... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
Poe's story is a horror story both psychologically and physically. Psychologically, we see the results of madness, how the mind can become so convinced of being persecuted that violence, and... -
Answered a Question in A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Red Sammy is the owner of "Red Sammy's Famous BBQ," the restaurant where the grandmother, her son, Bailey, grandson John Wesley, and her granddaughter June Star, stop for lunch on... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
In this passage from Chapter 7, Nick is trying to pinpoint what is so elusive about the quality of Daisy's voice. Gatsby notes that her voice is "full of money," meaning she has the... -
Answered a Question in A&P
Updike's "A & P" is rich in symbolism and begins in the very first paragraph. Sammy is eyeing the three bikini-clad girls who walk into his supermarket where he is a checker. His... -
Answered a Question in The Color Purple
Well, first of all The Color Purple falls under the broadest genre of fiction. The three primary genres are poetry, drama, and fiction. Once assigned a broad genre, a work is then... -
Answered a Question in Literature
There should not be much of a problem finding stories. Man vs. society is the foundation of much of American letters. Some of my favorites are: "The Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan... -
Answered a Question in The Call of the Wild
The name of the ferocious tribe was the "Yeehats." The attack occurs in Chapter 7. Buck comes upon the maurading band: "The Yeehats were dancing about the wreckage of the spurce-bough... -
Answered a Question in Hills Like White Elephants
In my college freshman lit. class eons ago, we read this story and were assigned to write an ending for it. It was amazing how many people made the man have a change of heart, marry the woman, and... -
Answered a Question in Hills Like White Elephants
The man also attempts to trivialize the abortion by making it sound simple, but abortion in Spain was not legal at the time. It wasn't made legal in Spain until 1985, and sometimes women died.... -
Answered a Question in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
My take is a bit different. My opinion is that Stevenson is saying that every human being has both good and evil within them, the duality spoken of above. But the problem is... -
Answered a Question in Pride and Prejudice
This turning point can be found in XIV, Vol II (or Chapter 37). Elizabeth is initially incensed by Darcy's intrusion, then considers her own family's ill behavior. The realization of how the... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
This question has already been asked, in a slightly different form, by another student and answered by one of our editors. Please see the first link below. For addtional help, you may also... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
The device is called personification. Personification is when one attributes human actions, ideas or emotions to non-human objects. In this line, "Desire" is depicted as old and lying... -
Answered a Question in The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry's short story is a reflection on the pardoxes of life. The two characters, Della and Jim, sacrifice their personal loves (Della her hair, Jim his watch) so that their beloved may... -
Answered a Question in The Guest
The Arab chooses prison because the known is far less intimidating than the unknown. The choice for personal responsibility is a weighty one and shunned by most people who would prefer a life... -
Answered a Question in Because I could not stop for Death—
The horse's heads symbolize the fate of the speaker, who is being driven inextricabably to eternity. The reference evokes the biblical symbol of the "Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse," in... -
Answered a Question in Sonnet 18
In this line, "Death" is being used primarily as personification. Personification is the granting of human thoughts and feelings to non-human things or ideas. Here, death is given the ability... -
Answered a Question in A Doll's House
This is a good point, and one I've addressed before, but here is my understanding. The title has been translated as both "A Doll House" and as "A Doll's House." I've even seen it... -
Answered a Question in There Will Come Soft Rains
Bradbury takes his poem about the end of humanity on earth from the poet Sara Teasdale. Teasdale's poem considers the relatively small impact humans have had on Earth despite their brutuality... -
Answered a Question in The Seafarer
This means, "You can't take it with you." It does not matter how wealthy, successful, or famous one has been on earth. All the money and prestige in the world will be useless on... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
What an interesting consideration! As to Dee: first, I think it is important to note the date of publication of Walker's story, 1973. This was a time when African-Americans were... -
Answered a Question in The Seafarer
There are two things to consider in your question. First, the role of Fate and the mortality of man. The speaker says: ...The wealth Of the world neither reaches to Heaven nor remains... -
Answered a Question in The Autobiography of Malcolm X
A role model is a person who follows rhetoric with action; one who is able to lead others to institute change; one whose actions we can understand if not applaud. While the Civil Rights... -
Answered a Question in The Man Who Was Almost a Man
In a word, no. The clue can be found in the title, "almost." There is much evidence that Dave has not reached maturity. For example, he is not allowed to manage his earnings, he cannot handle a... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
Roses need not be literally spoken of to have power. Think of roses and their various roles in human life. Roses are often present at weddings, a promise of love despite hardship, the... -
Answered a Question in The Bronze Bow
The turning point for Daniel in Chapter 5 is his realization of Rosh's selfishness and disregard for both his followers and the people he is supposedly protecting and liberating. Rosh sends Daniel... -
Answered a Question in A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
Konigsburg alternates points of view. He uses a variety of first person points of view in constructing his narrative of life in the royal courts of Eleanor of Aquatine during the 1100s. ... -
Answered a Question in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
One of the most positive influences on Maya's life is Mrs. Flowers. In fact, in Chapter 15, Angelou says of her mentor, "She was one of the few gentlewomen I have ever known, and has remained... -
Answered a Question in Plagiarism
Oh, I have a good plagiarism story to add! On the NPR program, (my favorite!) Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me Roy Blount Jr. told a true story about a "romance" novelist, Cassie Edwards, who... -
Answered a Question in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jung and Mr. Hyde Analyze Edward Hyde from a Jungian perspective. Beyond being the obvious link to the collective unconscious, what aspects might be represented by Dr. Jekyll's... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
How about the "innocent" narrator, who claims to be reflecting on all of this in flashbacks, implicating the whole town as being complicit in a passive-aggressive way of her death? Maybe he... -
Answered a Question in Plagiarism
Ha! Jeff, that is too, too funny! I have two more, both of which involve people who certainly should have known better. I cannot recall the two schools involved in... -
Answered a Question in Plagiarism
One more story . . . I was on a WASC accreditation team which looked at another school's plan for achievement. In their plan they spoke extensively about the farm on their campus and the work that... -
Answered a Question in Night
I first heard about the Holocaust when I was in seventh grade. I don't recall when or why, but someone described the smell of rotting/burning flesh so vividly that to this day, it makes me... -
Answered a Question in Aspects of the Novel
There are several critical essays here at eNotes which you may find helpful: http://www.enotes.com/aspects-novel/use-figurative-language... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
Stanley is the only logical choice to commit this act of ultimate revelation. He alone refuses to buy into Blanche's ruse of youth and beauty, manners and sophistication. However, in... -
Answered a Question in The Grapes of Wrath
Ahh...you've hit on just the thing that would have made Steinbeck smile. Steinbeck has a complex philosophy about something he called the "phalanx" theory. In an essay titled,... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
Hi Jason- For guidance on how to write a compare and contrast essay, please visit the "How To" page on this topic: http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-write-compare-contrast-essay I'm sure some... -
Answered a Question in Rules of the Game
Like her mother, the wind is a force that Waverly feels powerless to control. Waverly has heard about wind all her life. Early in the story, Mrs. Jong says, "Wise guy, he not... -
Answered a Question in The Guest
The answer is not an easy one, as it lies somewhere in between the call of duty and the pull of free will. Duty, in the sense of social expectations, but also in kindness towards a fellow... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
The similarities between George and Candy lie in the fact that both men believe in the American Dream; both believe that with just the right twist of the "system," the pot of gold, which always... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
Nick's thoughts reflect the angst of modern life. As he holds the superficial Jordan in his arms, he wonders why any of the pursuit of love, riches, and so-called "happiness" are worth... -
Answered a Question in Plagiarism
I don't remember the topic of the paper, but I had a student copy an entire 'personal' essay word for word from an internet source. In the source, the author cited his age as 18 - the... -
Answered a Question in Night
Fear is probably the largest motivation in man's ability to act callousley or even inhumanely towards a fellow human being. In Wiesel's memoir, it does not take terribly long for the less... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
There are a two events that, in retrospect, clearly spell Homer's doom. First, in Part III, the foreshadowing of Homer's demise is strongly implied when Emily purchases rat poison,... -
Answered a Question in The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
This quote is found in Act I, in my edition, page 20. Here, Thoreau is speaking to Bailey, and thoughtfully commenting on Bailey's position that he is an honorable man who acts with...
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