... their freedom and praying for their plan to succeed. Finally, two other themes which are central to the story it's ending are luck and fate. The importance of luck and fate are mainstay throughout the story and Stanley's lack of luck is even more consequential to the outcome of his adventure. Stanley constantly reminds the reader of his "no- good- dirty- rotten- pig ... - stealing- great- great- grandfather", and the curse he had passed down to "him and all his descendants", responsible for his very bad luck. The reader is also persuaded to believe in fate, believing that if Stanley had ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... their freedom and praying for their plan to succeed. Finally, two other themes which are central to the story it's ending are luck and fate. The importance of luck and fate are mainstay throughout the story and Stanley's lack of luck is even more consequential to the outcome of his adventure. Stanley constantly reminds the reader of his "no- good- dirty- rotten- pig ... - stealing- great- great- grandfather", and the curse he had passed down to "him and all his descendants", responsible for his very bad luck. The reader is also persuaded to believe in fate, believing that if Stanley had ...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... has an obvious meaning that everyone knows and recognizes. A universal symbol in "The Black Cat" is the black cat itself. Black cats to superstitious people have always meant evil or bad luck. Some people even believe them to be witches in disguise. Another obvious symbol is "Pluto", the cat's name. Pluto means HADES, the God of the underworld, the Devil. This is ... eighth element. Theme is the main or central idea of a work. This is sometimes referred to as the "moral" of the story. The theme of "The Black Cat" is every bad thing you do comes back to you times three. That is exactly w...

• Word Count: 2283
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... is viewed by many as America's greatest writer of prose fiction. He was born in New Albany, Mississippi, where he lived a life filled with good times as well as bad. However, despite bad times he would become known as a poet, a short story writer, and finally one of the greatest contemporary novelists of his time. William Faulkner's accomplishments resulted not only from his ... "(Minter 36). Faulkner enrolled at the University of Mississippi, and did not let his academic years distract him from writing more poems. The Mississippian, the student paper, published "Landing in Luck." The sh...

• Word Count: 1434
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... building curiosity in the reader as to what will happen to them. The reader is clued in that the crisis is about to take place when Sammy says, "Then everybody's luck begins to run out," (Updike 15) in paragraph twelve. The crisis actually occurs in the last sentence of that paragraph when Lengel, the manager, confronts the girls and says, "Girls ... climax. The story reaches its climax in the second paragraph on page 16. Here, Sammy tells Lengel "I quit," (16) trying to be the girls' hero. His split-second decision is a bad one; although he took a moral stand based on his principles, t...

• Word Count: 1281
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School