Warped with anxiety, confusion, and apathy, the average teenaged mind is interesting to say the least. ... For the first time in a long time, there was a connection and a subconscious bond that resulted in a strange little attraction. ... Suddenly, in a whirling daze, fireworks went off somewhere in the back of my mind. ... I had been replaying in my mind this image of a convoluted mess of wretchedness that in all reality was a distortion of the truth. ...

• Word Count: 683
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Once an idea is implanted into his mind, it remains there in his subconscious. ... Symbolism is the key to understanding the thoughts occurring in Tony's mind, while he is experiencing things for the first time in his own unique way....

• Word Count: 672
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

You cannot experience life from the safety of your home, and this is what young Robin sees, maybe not consciously but subconsciously. ... Robin then decides to get ready and go home to the country, but the man who he befriended told him to stay a few days and make up his mind when he was ready. ...

• Word Count: 681
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Isolation, loneliness and alienation; these are three important themes in the short stories, "The Story of an Hour", "Eveline" and "A Rose for Emily. Each story draws you in and provides examples of these three things in very different ways. In discussing these three stories I shall provide examples...

• Word Count: 986
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School