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An Analysis of the Symbolism in Powder, a Short Story by Tobias Wolff (760 words, 1 pages)

A free-spirited father tries to win back his family by taking his son on a ski trip in Tobias Wolffs short story Powder. The sons mother was reluctant to let his father take him skiing just before Christmas Eve, but she gave in. Although the weather should have stopped the ... Read More

A Personal Account of an Incident Relating to George Orwell’s Short Story Shooting an Elephant (552 words, 2 pages)

Reading Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant" helped me to remember aboutmany decisions I have made, including a decision I made on a warm seniorday of high school during lunch. "Shooting An Elephant" is ingeniouslylinked to everyday life. Orwell writes about his experiences as apolitical intruder in a western country, how it ... Read More

An Examination of Seymour Glass and the Short Story, A Perfect Day for Bananafish (1355 words, 2 pages)

The images of war remain imbedded in an individual's mind, making it difficult for anyone who has faced the horrors of war to reassimilate themselves within society. People who have never faced the horrible images lack the understanding and compassion needed for a war veteran to reestablish themselves. The alienation ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story “The Truth About George” (995 words, 2 pages)

Does an artist create a masterpiece without a source of inspiration? Does an architect construct a building without first looking at a blueprint? As with all great minds, writers also need a source of inspiration or a "Blueprint" for their literature. In the short story, "The Truth About George", author ... Read More

An Analysis of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s Short Story “Babylon Revisited” (780 words, 1 pages)

In the short story Babylon Revisited, written by F.Scott Fitzgerald there are many different settings in the story. One of the main settings in the story is the bar at the beginning. The bar it self represents the jazz era, where everyone wore fancy clothes, partied all the time and ... Read More

A Review of Frank O’Connor’s Short Story “My Oedipal Complex” (396 words, 1 pages)

When ever you read a story of any kind you will usually know what any certain character is going through. Either by personal experience in that situation or just imagining what they are dealing with. In the short story "" by Frank OConnor I can imagine how all the characters ... Read More

An Analysis of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Story “Miss Brill” (1134 words, 2 pages)

Katherine Mansfields short story , Miss Brill, is a tale of a woman operating at the outer fringe of reality, told from the third person omniscient point of view. The mannerly, refined Miss Brill is an observer of life, one who sits on the sidelines while the game of life ... Read More

An Analysis of the Struggle With Racism and Societal Pressures in Ann Petrys 1945 Short Story (430 words, 1 pages)

In Ann Petrys 1945 short story . Johnson is a black male struggling with racism and societal pressures. Johnson faces many challenges. As one reads, one cannot help but feel his anger, frustration and tenseness. Petry tells it in the following way, The knowledge that he had struck her seeped ... Read More

An Overview of the Life in the Twentieth Century and the Short Story Magic by Katherine Anne Porter (1047 words, 2 pages)

Life in the twentieth century is different through each decade but also much different than life in a century before. The short story Magic, written by Katherine Anne Porter in 1930, shows how people think they have choices in life but their future is actually already planned out for them. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Archetypes in A Rose for Emily, a Short Story by William Faulkner (396 words, 1 pages)

Archetypes in A Rose for EmilyArchetypes are, by definition, previous images, characters, or patterns that recur throughout literature and though consistently enough to be considered a universal concept or situation. Archetypes also can be described as complexes of experiences that come upon us like fate, and their effects are felt ... Read More

An Analysis of the Interesting Short Story by Mark Helpin (1406 words, 2 pages)

An interesting short story is "" by Mark Helpin. This story tells the fascinating tale, in the form of never sent letters, of an ape brought aboard an iron-hulled sailing ship in 1909 by Samson Low, the ships captain. Although the author makes a point to tell the reader, through ... Read More

An Analysis of a Moral Society Portrayed in the Short Story “The Lie” By Kurt Vonnegut (1096 words, 4 pages)

In the short story, "The Lie", by Kurt Vonnegut, the authorportrays a moral society. He does this by displaying a private prep schoolas perfect. This wealthy preparatory school, the Whitehill School For Boys,is welcoming and accepting of the new state requested integration ofAfricans in their educational institution. Vonnegut's characters display ... Read More

An Analysis of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Story “Miss Brill” (801 words, 1 pages)

Katherine Mansfield's short story "Miss Brill" is an extremely good example of how a writer can use different literary aspect to bring about an understanding of Miss Brill the character. The use of literary aspects to reveal some truth about a character to the reader are often referred to as ... Read More

An Analysis of the Representation of Men in the Short Story in the Zoo by Jean Stafford (1571 words, 2 pages)

Jean Stafford's "In the Zoo" is a short story that cleverly uses animals to further develop the human characters. Each human character in the short story has hisher own personality likeness bestowed upon an animal. The human characters are complex and well drawn out, each having an individual personality niche ... Read More

An Analysis of the Unusual Elements in the Short Story, The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs (688 words, 2 pages)

?The success of any short story depends upon the skill with which the plot moves. The writer does not have the time to develop ideas that he has in a novel but at the same time all those elements must be present.The unusual element in The Monkeys Paw is how ... Read More

Ernest Hemingway’s Personal Experiences from the War in the Short Story, Soldier’s Home (880 words, 1 pages)

In Ernest Hemingways short story, Soldiers Home, Hemingways personal experiences from the war are evident. Hemingways life and the life of the main character, Krebs, are very similar. When Hemingway is describing Krebs life it is almost like he is describing his own life. Krebs was a soldier in the ... Read More

A Description of D. H. Lawrence’s 1914 Short Story, “Odour of Chrysanthemums” (2526 words, 4 pages)

D. H. Lawrences 1914 short story, "Odour of Chrysanthemums", is still in print and considered worth reading in 1999. Perhaps its printed and reprinted as a matter of habit. Perhaps editors like it because other editors have. But maybe its a success because its an exceptional work. Of these three ... Read More

An Essay on George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of the Narrator’s Mother (760 words, 3 pages)

George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of TheIn a written exerpt from a letter about the cremation of his mother,George Bernard Shaw recalls her passage with humor and understanding.The dark humor associated with the horrid details of disposing of hismother's physical body are eventually reconciled with ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme on the Way a Person Views His Life Can Change Completely in One Fulfilling Moment in Ernest Hemingway’s Short Story, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” (1252 words, 2 pages)

Francis Macomber - From Mouse to ManOne theme present in Ernest Hemingway's short story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", is that the way a person views his life can change completely in one fulfilling moment, if only for an instant. This is a story of an "unhappy man's ... Read More

An Analysis of Flannery O’Connor’s Short Story (522 words, 1 pages)

Flannery OConners short story, A good man is hard to find seemed confusing, as I reed from beginning to end the first time. I read over it a few more times and then began to see the techniques she used. The end the story was very unsetteling and unexpected the ... Read More

A Description of the Short Story Dhowli Which is a Tragic Tale About a Woman Who Puts Her Trust and Faith into a Love That is Forbidden (1082 words, 2 pages)

The short story Dhowli, is a tragic tale about a woman who puts her trust and faith into a love that is forbidden, and how she is ultimately betrayed by that love. The story demonstrates how some of the choices that she made, and her own selfish pride led to ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Short Story by Alice Walker (813 words, 1 pages)

"" is a short story written by Alice Walker. Walker did a wonderful job illustrating her characters. There are all types of characters in this short story from round to static. Her use of simple symbolism prompts the reader to take a deeper look into the story. Walkers humble way ... Read More

In Pursuit of Happiness in James Joyce’s Short Story Eveline (621 words, 1 pages)

In the short story Eveline, James Joyce portrays a young woman trying to gain her own happiness without walking in the fatal foot stets of her mother. In exchange for the abusive life with her father, Eveline is faced with the chance at happiness, fleeing to Buenos Ayres with a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Psychosis of the Narrator in the Short Story, The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe (937 words, 3 pages)

In , Poe's narrator confesses to thebrutal murder of his wife, in detail, blaming the black cat. In this storywe see how human emotions and actions can be stretched beyond the limits ofmorality. The Black Cat raises questions of not only the character'ssanity but of Poe's own. Even though Poe's ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Short Story Sequence by Robert M. Luscher (3003 words, 4 pages)

The inclination to combine individual stories into larger wholes goes way back into oral tradition. In the literary world this kind of story linkage is known as a short story cycle, or sequence (various other names exist but these have caught on). It is not a collection of isolated stories ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Mimi Menlo One of the Two Main Characters in the Short Story (1117 words, 2 pages)

MIMI MENLO is one of two main characters in this short story. She is not just one character among several, it is her thoughts and actions that we focus on since she is one of the two main characters. We take on Mimi's viewpoint and judge her by her actions ... Read More

Idea for a Short Story (619 words, 2 pages)

Character ProfileWhen you get an idea for a short story or a novel you probably get the basic idea of the characters with it. But in order to build believable characters you need more than just a basic idea of them. You need to really understand them. The easiest way ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, The Portable Phonograph by Walter Van Tilburg Clarks (606 words, 2 pages)

Walter Van Tilburg Clark's short story, The Portable Phonograph, is atale about the last survivors in the world after the total destruction of a war.The author gives clues and hints of this throughout the beginning by writing ina narative voice and describing the scene in dark war-like terms. The charactersare ... Read More

An Analysis of the Elements and Techniques To Create and Convey the Theme in the Short Story Masque of the Red Death (444 words, 2 pages)

Bradbury's "August 2026 There Will Come Soft Rains" and Poe's "Masque ofthe Red Death" Elements and Techniques to Create and Convey the ThemeIn a short story an author uses elements and techniques in a storyto create and convey his theme. In the short story "August 2026 ThereWill Come Soft Rains", ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald (269 words, 1 pages)

The author uses hyperbole and metaphors when describing Bernice's feelings as she walked into the barber shop. "Bernice had all the sensations of Marie Antoinette bound for the guillotine in a tumbrel." The Sevier Barbershop" was a guillotine indeed, and the hangman was the first barber." The contrast between Marjorie's ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013