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Wishing Death Upon Others in the Short Stories The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (1033 words, 4 pages)

Wishful ThinkingIt is easy to wish bad things onto bad people, but is all the negative energy and crummy karma that come along with that really worth it in the end? The short stories The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, and The Story of an Hour by Kate ... Read More

The Different Techniques Used in Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe (697 words, 3 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe Story TechniquesEdgar Allan Poe, a very well know author, doesnt just write to write. He writes to intrigue readers into wanting more. There are many different techniques that he uses in his stories and three of them are point of view, characterization, and foreshadowing. The techniques create ... Read More

The Literary Approach to Women’s Rights in the Short Stories The Yellow Wallpaper and The Story of an Hour (794 words, 3 pages)

Defining Literature in the Womens Rights MovementIn the United States, young women are consistently being taught that they are incapable of performing basic tasks and should instead leave it to the men. They are limited to what society has deemed acceptable for women to accomplish in comparison to the male ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of Two Short Stories Referencing a Dog: George Saunders’s Puppy and Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Dog (732 words, 2 pages)

Critical AnalysisThere are many great works in Literature, ranging from Edgar Allen Poe to John Donne. The works that were most worth looking at are the works Puppy by George Saunders(Page 172), and The Lady With the Dog by Anton Chekhov (Page 251). The reason these are the two texts ... Read More

A Study on Kurt Vonnegut’s Use of Death in His Novels and Short Stories (1912 words, 6 pages)

Kurt Vonneguts Views on DeathKurt Vonnegut was one of the most influential writers in American history. He was born on November 11th, 1922 and lived until 82 years of age before dying in 2007. Vonnegut has a large array of short stories in which he used to express his views ... Read More

The Important Theme of Sex in the Stories in The Canterbury Tales, a Collection of Twenty-Four Short Stories by Geoffrey Chaucer (1523 words, 6 pages)

Explicit themes such as sex are commonly explored by many authors inEnglish tradition. Due to the topic of sex being considered controversialand taboo, sex as a motif can easily attract and engage a reader. Not onlyis sex an intriguing and entertaining topic, but the theme can be used as adevice ... Read More

Women in the Short Stories Regret by Guy de Maupassant and Mrs. Elder’s Idea by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (452 words, 2 pages)

Women depending on their age have been proven to be written with different characteristics and perceptions. Young women being lively and desired and elderly women passing by without charm. Guy de Maupassant and Charlotte Perkins Gilman both write their women in this same way, the young in the foreground and ... Read More

Examples of Women’s Literature of the Harlem Renaissance Included in the Collection of Short Stories The Sleeper Wakes (875 words, 4 pages)

The book The Sleeper Wakes edited by Marcy Knopf shines a bright light on the womens literature of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance is a time period where there was an increase in the African American population in the north. African Americans migrated north during this time period in ... Read More

Character Comparison StaticWinky and The End of FIRPO in the World from the Pastoralia collection by George Saunders share Saunders skewed world vision (290 Siegel) through similar main characters who have very negative perspectives of themselves and the lives that they live. George Saunders Winky and The End of FIRPO ... Read More

The Themes of Female Independence and Marriage in The Storm and The Story of an Hour, Two Short Stories by Kate Chopin (1380 words, 4 pages)

Susan B Anthony once said Independence is Happiness, but independence has not always been easily accessible to all genders. Chopin's stories with strong female roles,The Storm and The Story of an Hour, express themes of female independence and marriage they are used to convey that despite that strengths of relationships ... Read More

The Important Role of the Narrator in the Story of The Black Cat and The Fall of the House of Usher, Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe (530 words, 2 pages)

The narrator plays a very important role in any story. The author uses the narrator, not only to tell the story, but also to give the story a certain tone. The narrator can change the readers view on the story, and can completely affect the way the story is interpreted. ... Read More

The Theme of Yearning for the Wrong Reasons in Three Short Stories: The Boarding House and The Dead by James Joyce, and Everyday Use by Alice Walker (1076 words, 5 pages)

A theme is a very important aspect to analyze in any story. A theme isan idea that is repeated throughout a story that holds meaning andimportance. In a story, themes not only help the reader relate to text on apersonal level, but also assist the reader in fully understanding thecharacters ... Read More

The Questioning of Morality in Two Short Stories: Night Woman by Edwidge Danticat and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (991 words, 4 pages)

Morality vs. ImmoralityMorality is challenged in many ways throughout both texts. In Night Woman, the mothers morality is challenged because she is intimate with multiple people while her son is near she does not feel guilty about her choices and she is teaching her son to be something that she ... Read More

The Impact of Fear in The Things They Carried, a Collection of Linked Short Stories by Tim O’Brien (1100 words, 4 pages)

Fear overpowers allCourage is actually one of the least powerful motives in the Vietnam War. It is much easier to be fearful than to be brave in war. The novel The Things They Carried, by Tim OBrien, shows this universal truth and expresses these true feelings with his writing through ... Read More

The Decline of Good in the Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1177 words, 4 pages)

The Decline of Good in Hawthornes Short StoriesThroughout his writings, Hawthorne tends to use the same themes however, each theme follows a specific pattern. First, the main character suffers a distortion of truth. The character then develops the theme of isolation this is followed by the development of alienation. The ... Read More

A Comparison of the Differences Between the Characters of Harrison and Maggie in the Short Stories Harrison Bergeron and Everyday Use (1162 words, 4 pages)

When shopping at a thrift store, sometimes one may find a specificpiece right away, but most of the time one must dig through racks ofclothing to find the right piece. When contrasting characters fromdifferent stories, the same logic applies opposite qualities in characterscan either be noticeable or harder to find. ... Read More

Nancy’s Incident in In Sight of the Lake, One of the Short Stories From Alice Munro’s Dear Life (1467 words, 5 pages)

In Sight of the Lake, one of the short stories in Alice Munros Dear Life depicts an incident in the life of Nancy, an elderly woman who is experiencing mental issues. The story follows Nancys trip to the office of a mental specialist for her mental examination. The audience knows ... Read More

A Comparison between Two Short Stories: The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant and The Gift of the Magi by O’Henry (William Sydney Porter) (1498 words, 4 pages)

We all go to great lengths to obtain or achieve what we want but never ask ourselves if we actually need it or if it is even worth it. The two stories, The Necklace and The Gift of the Magi are somewhat based on this very concept. The Necklace was ... Read More

The Characterization of the Female Protagonists in the Short Stories Thank You Ma’am by Langston Hughes and Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (490 words, 2 pages)

How the Female Protagonist is portrayedThrough the short stories Thank You Maam by Langston Hughes and Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, the authors employ many exceptional techniques to characterize both leading female protagonists. In Thank You Maam Langston recounts Ms. Louella Bates Washington Jones with primarily indirect characterization ... Read More

The Theme of Conformity in Two Short Stories: A&P by John Updike and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (1145 words, 3 pages)

John Updikes AP and Shirley Jacksons The Lottery share a common theme, conformity. Before comparing the two works, I want to define the term. What is conformity? Conformity is the behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards (Websters Dictionary). Now, with that being said, why would the authors ... Read More

Negative Effects of the Cold War in the Short Stories Speech Sounds by Octavia Butler (2012 words, 7 pages)

Octavia Butler, an African American female writer in the twentieth century, composed a science fiction short story titled Speech Sounds. The story demonstrated the negative effects of the Cold War, a war between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, on its citizens. Speech Sounds draws this comparison ... Read More

The Theme of Coming of Age in the Short Stories Flood by Daniel Alarcon and My Parents’ Bedroom by Uwen Akpan (1586 words, 4 pages)

Fragmented Reality of AdulthoodBoth Flood by Daniel Alarcn and My Parents Bedroom by Uwen Akpan contain the common relatable theme of coming of age. Although this is a process everyone has to go through, Alarcn and Akpan successfully demonstrate how the symbols, setting, characters, and storyline are able to intensify ... Read More

The Strong Women Characters in the Short Stories Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway and Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck (975 words, 3 pages)

Throughout history, women have battled societys role that has been placed upon them. This can be seen in many medias, but especially stories. In his short story, Hills Like White Elephants, Ernest Hemingway writes about a conversation that is unorthodox due to the females social characteristics, which allow her to ... Read More

Father Figures in the Play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and the Short Stories Eveline and Counterparts by James Joyce (998 words, 4 pages)

Symbolism of Father Figures Throughout English LiteratureIn the symbolic rise throughout the twentieth century, the father figure has become a popular theme for many artists in many works. In these works, Greek mythologys great father is almost completely transformed. A privileged and powerful position of authority arises in these figures ... Read More

The Problems of Cultural Diversity in the Short Stories My Son the Fanatic by Hanif Kureishi and Family Supper by Kazuo Ishiguro (1278 words, 4 pages)

It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the controversial issue of multiculturalism. Many people believe that we need to enhance and develop multiculturalism in our lives. For example, cultural diversity is encouraged and supported by the United States of America and Great Britain. However, multiculturalism is an equivocal phenomenon and ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities Between the Changes in the Short Stories Wedding at the Cross and Zaabalawi (1080 words, 4 pages)

Change is something that happens when something in one's life becomes or is made different or difficult. Change can also be the taking or using something else instead. This can be personal changes within oneself,changes to the things around oneself, or doing something differently than it was done before.In Wedding ... Read More

An Analysis That Sherlock Holmes is Not a Typical Hero in the Short Stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (774 words, 3 pages)

Is it all just a game?By Jordan McCain Arguably sir Arthur Conan Doyles biggest success in his life time were the writings of loved characters Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. John Watson. Without question Sherlock is brilliant, he craves knowledge like a plant does water, but what he does ... Read More

DublinersDubliners is a collection of short stories by James Joyce. In this compellation, there are similarities between characters. Two stories that had similar characters were The Sisters and An Encounter. In these stories, Joyce dealt with the point of view of the child. This means that the descriptions in his ... Read More

The Unhappiness of the Characters From the Short Stories Elephant by Raymond Carver and The Prison by Bernard Malamud (700 words, 2 pages)

In the short stories, Elephant written by Raymond Carver, and the Prison written by Bernard Malamud, the characters are filled with unhappiness. Malamud is one of the most prominent figures in Jewish American literature. Carver was an American short story writer and poet.He contributed to the revitalization of the American ... Read More

The Narrator’s Experience with Time and Sense of Losing Identity in Franz Kafka’s Short Stories Metamorphosis and A Country Doctor (550 words, 2 pages)

Kafing up ExamplesAfter reading Kafkas Metamorphosis and a selection of his short stories, it is clear he has his own cache of unique literary characteristics with which readers identify him. Two of these characteristics are the narrators experience with time and the narrators sense of losing his identity. Kafkas works ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013