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A Biography of Jerome David Salinger, an American Short Story Writer and Novelist (1531 words, 2 pages)

Jerome David Salinger, known as J.D., is an American short story writer and novelist. He was born on January 1, 1919 and is still alive at the age of 81. was born and raised in Manhattan. He went to prep school at Valley Forge Military Academy from 1934-1936. He spent ... Read More

A Biography of Anne Tyler, an American Novelist and Short Story Writer (359 words, 1 pages)

American novelist and short-story writer, whose keen ear for dialogue and life-like characters have won critical acclaim. Several of Tyler's novels focus on loneliness, isolation, human interactions of eccentric middle-class people living in disunited families. was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but grew up in North Carolina, as the daughter of ... Read More

Up the Ladder by Peter Doern – A Student’s Short Story (1115 words, 4 pages)

Up The Ladder by Peter Doern Chris found a ladder leaning against the tree in his backyard. It wasSaturday, and his friend was away, so Chris decided to climb the ladder. He stepped up and climbed into the tree. There he met a blue bird,which was sitting on its nest. ... Read More

Unicorns Have Wings – A Short Story (483 words, 2 pages)

Unicorns Have WingsOne day a long, long time ago, a beautiful white horse came trotting through thewood that lead to a marvelous rainbow waterfall. When a flash of beautifulcolors caught her eye. Then, the white horse looked more carefully and sherealized that it was a Rainbow Bird, gliding over the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Third Person Omniscient Point of View in Doris Lessing’s Short Story Through the Tunnel (878 words, 2 pages)

Through the tunnel by Doris LessingPoint of View Essay In the short story "Through the tunnel", Doris Lessing describes the adventure of Jerry, a young English boy trying to swim through an underwater tunnel. Throughout the story, the author uses the third person omniscient point of view to describe the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Oppression of Marriage in Kate Chopin’s Short Story The Story of An Hour (400 words, 1 pages)

The Story Of An Houralfaro 1The Story of an Hour.Kate Chopin was a Victorian writer whose writing manifests her life experiences. She was not happy with the principles of the time, because women had fewer rights, and they were not considered equal to men. Afraid of segregation from society, people ... Read More

A Character Study of Walter Mitty in the Short Story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber (462 words, 2 pages)

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty - Character Study of Walter Mitty In the short story, "The secret life of Walter Mitty," a man by thename of Walter Mitty goes into town with his wife to get some things done.Throughout this story Walter Mitty shows that he is very forgetful ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Luck in The Rocking Horse Winner, a Short Story by D. H. Lawrence (1098 words, 2 pages)

The Rocking Horse WinnerThe Rocking Horse WinnerLucky. That's what this whole story is about, being lucky. It seemed that to be successful in this society you had to have a certain amount of luck about you to be able to make money to survive. Paul seemed to be the first ... Read More

An Analysis of the Revealing of Evil and Loss of Faith in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Short Story Young Goodman Brown (2049 words, 4 pages)

The Revealing Of Evil And Loss Of Faithl Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman BrownYoung Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about revealing true evil and the loss of one man's faith. Nathaniel Hawthorne left Young Goodman Brown up for many interpretations. After reading the story a couple of times, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Women Characters in the Works of John Steinbeck with the Emphasis on Elisa Allen, the Main Character in the Short Story The Chrysanthemums (242 words, 1 pages)

The purpose of this paper is to offer an analysis of the women characters in the works of John Steinbeck, with a special emphasis placed on Elisa Allen, the main character in his short story, "The Chrysanthemums." Most of Steinbeck's fiction is concerned with his native California, with the Great ... Read More

Moving out in the Short Story of Sarah at Little Campton (776 words, 2 pages)

The night before Sarah moved out I remember watching the eleven o'clock news and seeing that the morning was to being a bright and beautiful day. It was going to be a perfect beach day. I planned to wake up in the morning, make some pancakes and invite my sister ... Read More

The Neighbors in the Short Story of Brandon (3103 words, 6 pages)

The NeighborsI'm sure going to miss their great friendliness and hospitality. They were always so nice to me, and my mom and dad. They were probably the best neighbors we have ever had. I think Judy was the first friend I met when I moved here from Wisconsin. We were ... Read More

An Analysis of The Electric Ant, a Short Story by Philip K. Dick (444 words, 1 pages)

The Electric Ant by Philip K DickIn the short story The Electric Ant, Philip. K. Dick is expressing his sarcastical opinion of man in society and man's inability to distinguish between the truth and fantasy. Using his main character's life, Garson Poole, the author illustrates teh delusion of mankind's freedom. ... Read More

A Plot Summary of the Short Story “Revelation” (893 words, 3 pages)

RevelationThe story opens with Ruby Turpin entering a doctor's waiting room with herhusband Claud who has been kicked by a cow. As she and Claud wait, she takeshard stock of the other people in the room. There was some white-trash, a"red- headed youngish woman" who was not white-trash, just common, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Work by Patrick White and the Analysis of the Down at the Dump Short Story (449 words, 1 pages)

Patrick White - Down At The DumpPatrick White 'Down at the Dump'Patrick White, most noted for his longer works of fiction, exemplifies his craft of storytelling in his short story 'Down at the Dump'. White has dramatized an event in life, such as a funeral, and given us a very ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story “The Kiss of Death” (264 words, 1 pages)

Le Baiser De La MortThe Kiss of DeathShort syncopated clopping echoed throughout the desolate ally ways that wound through the dark outer limits of Bordeaux, France. An eerie stillness hung in the air, and at the same time, an unsettling anticipation. The lanky coachman lashed out at his team of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Nature of Metamorphosis in a Short Story by Franz Kafka (1579 words, 4 pages)

KafkaAnd Reality Of ChangeThe Reality of Change What is reality? Every person has his or her own"reality" or truth of their existence. For some it may be a dead-end job dueto their lack of education while to others it may be the carefree life of asuccessful person. The true reality ... Read More

Tired and Hungry in the Short Story of the Majestic Lady (214 words, 1 pages)

Spectrical breeze streamed into the sumptuous land, as illusive mist of murkiness has creeped in, fulminating his uncanny breath, giving such a zealous chill around the room. As he sneaked into the garden, his opaque glances so very, grand luminous. As he strides to the shelter in the celestial garden, ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story “House Burning Down” (1213 words, 4 pages)

House Burning Down It was in the middle of winter on a dark smoggy night,chills were running through the house in and out of my room likea quiet ghost silently coming and silently going. As I lie awakein my bed thinking of what the next day should bring, my eye'sstart ... Read More

A Review of Ernest Hemingway’s Short Story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (855 words, 3 pages)

Ernest HemmingwayHemingway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" is a story about a man and hisdying, his relationship to his wife, and his recollections of a troublingexistence. It is also, more importantly, a story about writing. Through thestory of Harry, a deceptive, dying, decaying writer, Hemingway expresses his ownfeelings about writing, as ... Read More

A Plot Overview of the Short Story “The Doll” (573 words, 2 pages)

Doll Story PlotThis short story, "The Doll" is about poor out of work okies back inthe early 1930's looking for any type of job they can find, so they can get paidor something to eat. Mrs. Hollis and the two okies are the main characters inthe story. The story tells ... Read More

Change and Redemption in The Death of Ivan Ilych, a Short Story by Leo Tolstoy (1277 words, 4 pages)

Death Of Ivan Illych StoryThe short story, "The Death of Ivan Ilych", written by Leo Tolstoy, isabout the reactions of a man and his friends to his suffering and death.Everyone who knows Ivan including Ivan himself has led a life of totaldisconcern for the feelings and sufferings of others. They ... Read More

A Character Analysis of the Tell-Tale Heart, a Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe (265 words, 1 pages)

Character Analysis-Tell Tale HeartSteven Schwartz Rockland Community College The short story can produce many different types of characters. Usually, these characters are faced with situations that give us an insight into their true character. In the Tell Tale Heart, a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe, the narrator of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Elements of Short Fiction in Raymond Carver’s Short Story Cathedral (308 words, 1 pages)

Cathedral EssayIn the story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver a variety of elements of short fictioncontribute to theme. Raymond Carver uses a great variety of elements to render a themethat all members of society are accepted.The point-of-view in this story puts the narrator as a participant and theprotagonist. The narrator also ... Read More

An Analysis of the Narrator of Raymond Carver’s Short Story Cathedral (1268 words, 4 pages)

Cathedral By Raymond Carvers"For now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now I knowin part but then I shall know even as I am known" (1 Corinthians 13). Thenarrator of Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" is a man living a life ofmonotony, continuously feeding the cold and ... Read More

An Analysis of The Birth-Mark, a Romantic Short Story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (528 words, 2 pages)

Birth Mark By HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne wrote a time of great change in America. In themid-nineteenth century, Americans began to experience a shift in focus from theonce stringent religious outlook to a more scientific view of the world and itsnatural wonders. Americans, however, did look at these new scientificdiscoveries with much ... Read More

An Analysis of Big Two-Hearted River: Part II, a Short Story by Ernest Hemingway (1220 words, 2 pages)

Big Two-Hearted River - Part II by Ernest HemmingwaySudden, Unexpected Interjection"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." At one point in his short story, "Big Two-Hearted River Part II", Hemingway's character Nick speaks in the first person. Why he adopts, for one ... Read More

An Analysis of The Sound and the Fury, a Short Story by William Faulkner (1935 words, 3 pages)

Sound and the Fury The Author and His Times William Faulkner The Author and His TimesWilliam Faulkner once said that The Sound and the Fury began with a picture in his mind. Four children, a girl and three boys, are playing in a stream near their house. They have been ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story “Flight” By Alice Lessing (766 words, 1 pages)

Flight By Doris Lessing Flight By Doris LessingIn the short story "Flight" by Alice Lessing, it's the story of an old man who raises homing pigeons for a hobby and who constantly worries about his last granddaughter, Alice, leaving and getting married to the postmaster's son, Steven. The old man ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of A Rose for Emily, a Short Story by William Faulkner (544 words, 1 pages)

Critical Analysis of "A Rose for Emily" Critical Analysis of "A Rose for Emily""A Rose for Emily" is a mysterious short story written by William Faulkner. He uses many techniques to enhance the story's mysterious setting, such as foreshadowing and an out-of-order time sequence to alter the mood and perception ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013