... to adulthood than the anthropologic term denoting mainly rituals of primitive societies. In general, four aspects of initiation can be found in literature (Freese 95). This chapter will give a brief overview about these characteristics. First of all, initiation as a process in literary descriptions denotes the disillusioning process of the discovery of the existence of evil, which is depicted as a confrontation of ... of all, Nick accepts the fact that his son will not always stay a child but will soon become a man himself, that "his son will eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge an...

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... man lights up a cigarette, which surprises the narrator. He thought the blind didn't smoke. Before dinner, the narrator says a prayer that the phone won't ring and the food won't turn cold. They dig in silently. After dinner the nearly comatose and sweaty-faced group leaves the dirty dishes and moves into the living room, where they drink more. The narrator listens ... , the extra tension placed on individuals by recession and high unemployment rates also contributed to a rising divorce rate among the lower middle class during the time Carver was writing. Critical Overview The short stor...

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... than. He has isolated himself in a world where material things settle all of his needs. When Paul finally runs away from the "unequal "sight of his ugly sleeping chamber, the cold bathroom with the grimy zinc tub " and the image of his father at the top of the stairs," he feels he is escaping the sadness he was born into" (p.76 ... he believes is tracking him; he buys a bundle of red carnations. This time the flowers have a deeper meaning as their initial vitality is erased and they become "drooping with the cold their red glory all over"" (p. 83). As the flowers in the beginning of th...

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... . This zone, which is about 1000m to the bottom of the ocean, is completely dark, and is also called the zone of darkness. In this zone, the water is tremendously cold at temperatures down to 10 C. An advantage to living in this depth is that many nutrients fall to the bottom and accumulate. Also, the oxygen levels are astoundingly high and ... have about a 5-6% oxygen count. The cold water allows gases to dissolve much better. A disadvantage of this depth is that it cannot be studied very well, due to the pressure, the darkness, and the depth. Therefore, the ... from the other fish, bu...

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... Triggs and a few other villagers and each one said they had not heard or seen anything. They all try and come up with logical explanations though; suggestions such as the cold weather may have drove them to do such thing. Nat is dissatisfied; he feels that no one is really listening to him and he compares this situation with the air ... was coming at the humans in two different forms, through the birds and through the elements. The previous night had been a turn of the tide for mankind. It was bitterly cold and the hard ground was covered in black frost. When Nat got home from the farm,...

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... Triggs and a few other villagers and each one said they had not heard or seen anything. They all try and come up with logical explanations though; suggestions such as the cold weather may have drove them to do such thing. Nat is dissatisfied; he feels that no one is really listening to him and he compares this situation with the air ... was coming at the humans in two different forms, through the birds and through the elements. The previous night had been a turn of the tide for mankind. It was bitterly cold and the hard ground was covered in black frost. When Nat got home from the farm,...

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... within Montresor's words. Montresor expresses concern about Fortunato's health, and several times he suggests that they should turn back for fear that Fortunato's cough will worsen as a result of the cold and dampness of the catacombs. Montresor gives a noticeable line of the story in response to Fortunato saying, "I will not die of a cough." (p.282) Montresor says, "True--true...." (p.283) Other examples ... individual over the edge will only cause a raised eyebrow in another. In this case, it is the "vulture eye" (p.139) of the old man that makes "[the narrator's] blood [run] cold." (...

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... relationship. Children should not have to worry about money or their parents, however this is not the case for Paul who has had the burden placed upon him by his cold and self obsessed mother. The whispering of the house there must be more money' represents this burden for Paul as well as his belief that money will bring happiness, security ... stands in the doorway watching Paul rocking violently on his rocking horse. Paul's mother is wearing a pale green and crystal dress' this is symbolic as it is a reflection of her cold and unloving heart. The author wanted the dress to be pale' be...

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... due to time and age. We are taken back in this women's backyard as a child. Her pure, personality is evident as she describes her backyard as a wonderland "The best climbing tree stood proud-. The key focus of the poem is the washing line, which she brings alive; the silver skeletal arms. Her innocent spirit shines when she claims to have "conquered ... ...

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... yet holding on to the past gives a realistic scene to the Jewish American culture of the early 1900"s. She tells of the cluttered filth of poverty, of the hunger and cold suffer by a people who were looking for the "American Dream"(Zaborowska 118 ). She presents all of this in a stylized English-Yiddish dialect. She makes the issues of gender and authorship ... ...

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... slow progress of her disease, .the men seemed merely awkward and put out by my mother's presence, their eyes averted almost guiltily, while the women avoided my mother still with a cold-eyed rectitude, hurrying their children around us with their backs straight and their eyes forward" (140). The passage above shows how Cristina throughout the final months in Valle del Sole ... ...

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... just published in Canada, and they take turns reading the stories, which re- create his and their own experiences from the days before he emigrated. The action switches between the cold North and the tropical South. The son continues his activities, mainly disastrous swimming lessons, sexual fantasies, and casual but unsatisfying encounters with his apartment-house neighbors. And his parents continue ... ...

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... just published in Canada, and they take turns reading the stories, which re- create his and their own experiences from the days before he emigrated. The action switches between the cold North and the tropical South. The son continues his activities, mainly disastrous swimming lessons, sexual fantasies, and casual but unsatisfying encounters with his apartment-house neighbors. And his parents continue ... ...

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... is proved true in the final scenes of the story where Cyprien does not resist the temptation of his comrade and drinks some alcohol so that he could bear the cold and windy weather. Since he digresses from the promise he had made to Marie, no matter under what circumstances, he is punished by drowning. The punishment seems to be rather ... ...

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