He does this by using primary characters in the novels The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, and many short stories who have a problem, like an inner secret, or who have some kind of guilt, and shows how society looks upon these people. It regards them with scorn and ridicule and looks down upon them, which is contrary to their strict beliefs on how they should live and act towards others. ... He demonstrates in the novel The Scarlet Letter and the short story "Young Goodman Brown" just how hypocritical the citizens of Salem could be toward one another and how their actions comp...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Most of the stories had little to do with his experience as an immigrant in Canada, but focused instead on the uneventful lives of a group of Parsis who live in a ramshackle Bombay apartment block. ... Hancock continues to stress how well Mistry has done in such a short time and proposes, "Is writing a gift you have?" ... Asked if this dependence on memory rather than reality causes problems in his fictional re-creation of India, Mistry explained: "Some people might say it's arrogant of me not to live there and assume that I know everything from a visit every five or six years. But I&#x...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most of the stories had little to do with his experience as an immigrant in Canada, but focused instead on the uneventful lives of a group of Parsis who live in a ramshackle Bombay apartment block. ... Hancock continues to stress how well Mistry has done in such a short time and proposes, "Is writing a gift you have?" ... Asked if this dependence on memory rather than reality causes problems in his fictional re-creation of India, Mistry explained: "Some people might say it's arrogant of me not to live there and assume that I know everything from a visit every five or six years. But I&#x...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He then flashes back to the story of how his wife met the blind man when she worked for him as a reader. At the time, she was engaged to marry an officer in the Air Force. ... I'll follow along with you. ... Just begin now like I'm telling you."' ... She had been engaged to marry an officer in training at the end of the summer. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School