This 5 page paper provides an analysis of this short story by Raymond Carver. The author s development of characters and setting is highlighted. A 6 page essay presenting Carver's de-insulation of the narrator of this short story by way of positively characterizing a blind man as the mentor in the process of helping the narrator become conscious. Bibliography lists 6 sources. The paper looks closely at the poem's argument that Nature provides solace from the fear of Death, and shows why this appealed to a nation coming out of the stranglehold of Puritanism.
Bibliography lists seven sources.
There have been a plethora of evaluations of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Most critiques focus on the religious organization of the Puritan society, the laws and consequences that made 'sin' a criminal act as well as socially reprehensible. The relationships between the characters has been examined in detail. This 5 page paper argues that The Scarlet Letter is, at it's core, a love story. No additional sources are listed.