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Comparison between Two Short Stories – Barn Burning by William Faulkner and A&P by John Updike (370 words, 1 pages)

Barn Burning and AP are drastically different stories. However, the transformation of the main characters is surprisingly comparable. The two young men feel pressure from their society to conform both struggle internally and eventually make a life-changing decision. Sarty and Sammy in Barn Burning and AP are two extremely different ... Read More

Two Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthornes (818 words, 1 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthornes two short stories, The Ministers Black Veil and Lady Eleanores Mantle, cover the same thematic topic, but are opposite in approach and differ in the symbols used. Both the veil that Parson Hooper wears and the mantle that dons the head of Lady Eleanore deal with issue of ... Read More

The Character of Clovis Sangrail in Saki’s Short Stories (709 words, 1 pages)

Clovis Sangrail Clovis Sangrail is a character featured in three of the Saki short stories covered this semester. The three featured short stories are Tobermory, The Unrest-cure, and The She-Wolf. Clovis is undoubtedly one of Sakis preferred individuals because he is a reoccurring character. Since Sakis main intention was to ... Read More

The Devotion and Passion for Fictional Writing by the Great Author of Short Stories, Shirley Jackson (1164 words, 5 pages)

Shirley Hardie Jackson is a prolific author, well known for her short stories and novels. During her time, she has written many award winning novels such as Louisa, Please Come Home and The Possibility of Evil (Center 3). Provided that, she has establish herself as a significant figure in American ... Read More

The Importance of a Father-Son Relationship: An Analysis of the Main Theme in Tobias Wolff’s Short Stories Powder and The Liar (1293 words, 4 pages)

No love is greater than that of a father and his son. In Tobias Wolffs Powder and The Liar, one of the common themes throughout the story is the strong, irrefutable relationship between father and son. In Powder the boy is very different from his father however he still looks ... Read More

The Use of Literary Devices to Enhance Theme in Short Stories (756 words, 3 pages)

Authors use literary devices to enhance their story or their theme. The devices can vary from a climax to make a thrilling story, to a choice of narrator to create a certain tone or mood. Devices like these are used in numerous short stories including, The Most Dangerous Game by, ... Read More

Comparing the Short Stories The Snipers and Cranes (290 words, 1 pages)

The Sniper'' and Cranes'' are comparable, but they are also verydifferent. Both of these stories are about war, and they show theeffects of war on people. The main characters in both of these storieswere effected by war in a major way, and this is revealed in thesetting, characters, and theme.The ... Read More

Characterization in Three Short Stories: The Monkey’s Paw, Lamb to the Slaughter, and The Interlopers (956 words, 4 pages)

Characterization in a short story can create sympathy in the reader. Characterization is the means by which an author establishes and reveals various personalities in the story. Roald Dahl in "Lamb to the Slaughter," W.W. Jacobs in The Monkey's Paw," and Saki in "The Interlopers" develop realistic characters that possess ... Read More

Aspects of the Human Condition in The Lost Salt Gift of Blood, a Collection of Short Stories by Canadian Author Alistair MacLeod (1943 words, 6 pages)

Question 6. The Lost Salt Gift of Blood reveals Macleods repeated concern with several aspects of the human condition. Discuss these aspects by referring two or three of these stories in the collection. What makes a man a man, or a woman a woman? In everyday life, people are faced ... Read More

Analysis of Opposites in Short Stories (589 words, 1 pages)

Ying and Yang are complete opposites of each other, yet still very similar, like the poems Lesson and First Hour. At first glance, they seem very different but when the reader truly understand the poems "Lesson" by Forrest Homer and "First Hour" by Sharon Olds, the reader will then realize ... Read More

Conformity in Various Short Stories (761 words, 3 pages)

Many people may not realize it but conformity has become a big problem in some of the societies in the world. Take the Middle East for example. They cover the women in black clothing from head to toe when it is practically 10o degrees there all the time. Plus, they ... Read More

Creative Short Stories about Torture (1054 words, 3 pages)

How did I get myself into this mess? I thought to myself as I pulled against the ropes that bound me to the chair. I looked all around me, the walls were made of large cinderblocks and a small light bulb on a single cord hung directly above my head. ... Read More

An Analysis of Poe’s Short Stories (1409 words, 4 pages)

Poe's short stories The Tell-Tale Heart'' and The Cask ofAmontillado'' are two of the greatest thriller and horror short storiesever written. In both stories the narrator is a killer, victims killedfor apparently trivial reasons, calculating and retelling of theircrime. The narrator, Montresor, in the cask of amontillado resolves tomurder his ... Read More

The Theme of Love as Brought out through Three Short Stories (1185 words, 4 pages)

The short stories, The Gift of The Magi and Two Thanksgiving Day Gentleman by OHenry and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant have very influential messages of Love, offering, tradition and deceptiveness of appearance in the form of powerful situational and dramatic ironies. Irony in a literature is defined as ... Read More

Comparing and Contrasting John Smith and William Bradford’s Short Stories (272 words, 1 pages)

While examining the short stories of John Smith and William Bradford, many aspects described a similar and distinct account of one anothers expedition. The time of season the men arrived was not beneficial for the newcomers to unfamiliar land. Experiences in Jamestown and Plymouth differ in their introduction to the ... Read More

Comparing Families in Three Short Stories (1963 words, 6 pages)

Over the course of our lifespan, we form a multitude of relationships with a variety of different individuals. However, there is one particular relationship that must have the most work put into in order for it to successfully survive and that is the relationship between parents and their children. In ... Read More

In both the short stories "The Mast of Amontillado", and "The story behind the Cast of Amontillado" both share similarities. The similarities in the short stories is how both the victims, Fortunato,and Captian Gree were Murdered. "HE was helplessly intoxicated...carry the captain down to the dungeon... Captain Green begged for ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences in the Use of the Subject of Food in the Short Stories Mrs. Sen’s and When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine (696 words, 3 pages)

Compare and ContrastThe short stories, Mrs. Sens and When Mr. Pirzada came to dine, both by Jhumpa Lahiri, use the subject of food and its related activities to guide the readers through the stories. Both stories use the same theme, how food is a major aspect in a persons culture. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Hard, Soft, and Social Science Fiction in the Three Short Stories of Isaac Asimov (660 words, 3 pages)

Which of the Asimov stories is each of hard, soft, or social science fiction?Isaac Asimov is one of, if not the most renowned science fiction writer in modern history. He wrote some of the influential and thought provoking books and short stories. Three of these short stories are The Last ... Read More

The Portrayal of Sexuality in the Short Stories and Novels of Thomas Hardy (1860 words, 5 pages)

In this essay I will be discussing the presentation of sexuality in a variety of Thomas Hardys short stories and novels, and discussing whether or not the suppression of natural sexuality can cause strains on both the style and content of Hardys writing. The first work I will be focusing ... Read More

Dark Romanticism in the Short Stories The Raven and The Masque of Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe (672 words, 2 pages)

In both stories The Raven and The Masque of Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe there were multiple examples of dark romanticism. Dark romanticism is a subgenre of the American Renaissance literary time period along with transcendentalist. Edgar Allen Poe was most known for his writings that he did in ... Read More

The Importance of Selflessness and Helping in the Short Stories of I.L. Peretz (818 words, 3 pages)

Peretz Final PaperAfter learning about, and reading, I.L. Peretzs various short stories such as If Not Higher, Bontshe Shvayg, Three Gifts, it was easy to spot the common theme that Peretz was trying to convey to his readers. While each story is very different and unique, they are all focused ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities in the Themes of the Short Stories The Hunger Artist and In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (1058 words, 3 pages)

The Corrosion of the Good Ol DaysThere are plenty of connections readers can make between Franz Kafkas two stories, The Hunger Artist and In the Penal Colony despite obvious differences. The Hunger Artist is about a man who claims to be an artist in fasting. He travels across Europe to ... Read More

A Comparison of the Differences in the Imagery and Tone Between the Short Stories The Death of a Moth by Virginia Woolf and The Death of the Moth by Annie Dillard (896 words, 4 pages)

Death of the Moths Decades apart from one another, Virginia Wolfe and Annie Dillard both wrote short stories entitled The Death of a Moth and The Death of the Moth respectfully. Both have obvious similarities in the tittles and the subject matter. Despite this, they both present different imagery and ... Read More

Carl Gustav Jung’s Psychiatric Theories, Personality Types, and Functions in the Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne (2100 words, 6 pages)

Jungian Analysis Applied to HawthorneFrom 1914-1928, a man named Carl Gustav Jung went through a painful process of self-discovery that later formed the basis of all of his theories. These psychiatric theories, personality types, and functions can be found in short stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Examples are The Ministers ... Read More

The Theme of Society and Class in the Short Stories The Bet by Anton Chekhov and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (930 words, 3 pages)

The short stories, The Bet, by Anton Chekhov, and The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, demonstrate the effects of life and existence, tradition and customs, and society and class through different perspectives on these themes of life. Because the characters in the stories experience contrasting perspectives on these similar themes, readers ... Read More

The Views on Sin in the Book The Crucible and the Short Stories The Minister’s Black Veil and Young Goodman Brown (784 words, 2 pages)

In the current times that humans live in today, if they were to commit a minor sin, nothing would happen. No one would shun them or whip them in front of a crowd of devout Christians. This was not the case during the 16th and 17th centuries. An example of ... Read More

The Destruction of Civilizations in The Martian Chronicles, a Collection of Short Stories by Ray Bradbury (1027 words, 4 pages)

The Destruction of Civilizations Whenever a new culture arises in an area the old ones will inevitablybegin to die away, whether this is through violence, force, or simply time. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury is a collection of short storiesall connected together to form one larger story. Throughout this ... Read More

Taking Charge of Life in Runaway, a Collection of Short Stories by Alice Munro (1157 words, 4 pages)

In Alice Munros Runaway we see a powerful array of short stories about the lives of women who lived in very different times. Through these short stories it can be seen that these women both choose to take charge of their lives as well as deal with the unpredictable powers ... Read More

Corruption of Youth Through Parenting Extremes in the Short Stories of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (878 words, 3 pages)

At first glance, the short stories of Gabriel Garcia Marquez may just seem like wild and nonsensical tales, but in reality, they analyze important societal issues and teach valuable lessons. The genre under which Marquezs stories are classified is magical realism. Popular amongst South American authors, magical realism uses seemingly ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013