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Suffering and Death in the Short Story, The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy (1272 words, 2 pages)

The short story, "The Death of Ivan Ilych", written by Leo Tolstoy, is about 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 total disconcern for the feelings and sufferings of others. They all ... Read More

An Examination of the Short Story, The Birds by Daphne du Maurrier and Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (588 words, 1 pages)

The short story "The Birds" was written by Daphne du Maurrier and was filmed and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It has a very interesting and suspenseful plot. The short story was well written and the film was well played, both are very similar. Although, they have a few differences the ... Read More

An Analysis of Red Dress, a Short Story by Alice Munro (425 words, 1 pages)

The short story "Red Dress" by Alice Munro is about a young girl's first high school dance. Her home and school environment determined her attitude towards the dance.This girl's home life was bad. She was constantly put down mentally by her mother, even in front of her friend Lonnie, to ... Read More

A Biography of Ernest Hemingway, an American Novelist and Short Story Writer (1471 words, 2 pages)

Ernest Hemingway lived his life as he wanted. His writing touched the hearts of millions. His sentences were short and to the point but his novels strong and unforgettable. He wrote about what he felt like writing about. On July 21, 1899, Ernest Hemingway was born. He was created by ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story of Hemingway (548 words, 1 pages)

When our lives begin, we are innocent and life is beautiful, but as we grow older and time slowly and quickly passes we discover that not everything about life is quite so pleasing. Along with the joys and happiness we experience there is also pain, sadness and loneliness. Hemingway's "A ... Read More

A Description of Insanity That Called out Fortunato in the Short Story the Cask of Amontillado (1215 words, 2 pages)

Insane Or Not Insane? That Is The QuestionSome people wonder is Montressor was insane in the short story of The Cask of Amontillado. Well to me, he was. I say this because would a sane man want revenge on a person? Would a sane man want to kill someone in ... Read More

The Transition from Realism to Idealism in the Short Story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce (669 words, 1 pages)

In the short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bierce quickly drifted from realism in the beginning of the story to idealism throughout the rest of the selection. Immediately before Peyton experiences his first idealistic event, Bierce described a realistic thought on how Peyton closed his eyes and ... Read More

A Short Story of Jen’s First Time to Surf (278 words, 2 pages)

As the sun rose up that summer day on the beach of Fire Island, Jen woke up to the smell of the ocean and the sounds of the waves crashing on the shore of the beach. Jen was staying with her close cousins and family. She was camping on the ... Read More

An Analysis of Sonny’s Blues, a Short Story by James Baldwin (772 words, 2 pages)

The short story Sonnys Blues, by James Baldwin, tells the story of two brothers who come to understand each other. More specifically, it shows, through its two main characters, Sonny and his older brother, the two sides of African-Americans experience with much of racism. The narrator, Sonnys brother, has tried ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story The Open Boat by Stephen Crane (458 words, 1 pages)

In his short story, "The Open Boat," Stephen Crane shows us a Universe totally unconcerned with the affairs of humankind it is an indifferent Universe in which Man has to struggle to survive. The characters in the story come face to face with this indifference and are nearly overcome by ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, The Boarding House by James Joyce (1144 words, 2 pages)

The Boarding House," written by James Joyce, takes place in a small neighborhood located in Dublin, Ireland during the early 1900's. There were three main characters involved in this story-Mrs. Mooney known as The Madam, who was in charge of the boarding house, Polly who is the daughter of Mrs. ... Read More

A Short Story of the Epic of Beowulf (521 words, 1 pages)

The Anglo-Saxons were the members of the Germanic peoples who invaded England, and were there at the time of the Norman Conquest. They were people of their own time, language and culture. In the Anglo-Saxon adventure filled tale of Beowulf, the heron Beowulf was, at the time, considered the modern ... Read More

Understanding the Concept of Living Through a Short Story (701 words, 2 pages)

If up until now I have been saying about each book that it was the best book I have ever read, I was lying ... because compared with this book they all come down to nothing. For four days I have been reading non stop all 370, or so, pages ... Read More

The Portrayal of Nature as an Uncaring and Indifferent Being to the Hardships of Men Is Often Crucial in a Short Story (245 words, 1 pages)

Nature is seen as indifferent and uncaring. This goes along with the idea that nature is personified. It is thought to have actions of animate objects in the story and there is an attitude that the men attribute to nature that correlates with it. There are frequent mentions that nature ... Read More

An Analysis of the Existential Themes in The Tell-Tale Heart, a Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe (1563 words, 3 pages)

Websters Collegiate Dictionary defines existentialism as a chiefly 20th century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for his acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is ... Read More

The Destructors, A Short Story That Explores the Destructive Impact That Issues Like Poverty, War and Rejection May Have on the Youth. Written by Graham Greene (867 words, 2 pages)

In The Destructors the Wormsley Common Gang lashes out in a terrible manner. The gang starts off as a few young boys looking for ways to occupy themselves. At first the activities that they part in are illegal, but not hateful or mean spirited. The boys would do meaningless things ... Read More

The Symbolism Hidden in the Short Story Written by John Updike, “A&P”, Exploring the Struggles Within Society (715 words, 1 pages)

Comparison of The AP with SocietyJohn Updike has succeeded in writing a very simple short story portraying society with conformists, the AP, and idealists, such as Sammy. The story is merely five pages long, but is filled with symbolism that can be analyzed and written in the length of a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story The Portrait by Gogol (1948 words, 8 pages)

An Investigation into the Structure of Gogol's The PortraitGogol's The Portrait, is a short story which examined through a formalistic approach, can be understood beyond itsobvious storyline and plot. Formalism is the literary theory that literature is not simply a mass of words, butcomprised of individual words that each may ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Ann Porter (690 words, 2 pages)

A.The story of The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Ann Porter is portrayed in two different ways by the video and story version.B.Both versions of the story have the same basic main points but some of the smaller points are different between the two tellings of the story.C.There are ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character of Phoenix Jackson in the short story “A Worn Path” (425 words, 1 pages)

The story opens with Phoenix Jackson walking along the path through the pinewoods. She is carrying a thin, small cane made of an umbrella. The story then begins describing her. She is wearing a red rag, a "dark striped dress reaching down to her shoe tops, and an equally long ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story Suffer the Little Children by Stephan King (1044 words, 2 pages)

In the short story, Suffer the little Children, Stephan King tells the tale of an old school teacher who faces an unusual problem. The teacher, Miss Sidley, is forced to deal with a group of children unlike any she had faced in her life these children were different, very different. ... Read More

An Analysis of The Storm, a Short Story by Kate Chopin (1235 words, 2 pages)

Kate Chopin The StormKate Chopin The StormKate Chopin lived from 1851 until 1904. She was born Katherine O'Flaherty and was raised in post- Civil War St. Louis by parents who were on the upper end of society. She married Oscar Chopin, moved to New Orleans, and had six children. After ... Read More

An Analysis of The Outcasts of Poker Flat, a Short Story by Bret Harte (541 words, 1 pages)

Maverick and Oakhust Gamblers at Heart There come a time when a man has to do what a man has to do. Sometimes It is standing up for himself when confronted with a problem or other times it's just turning tail and running. John Oakhurst from "The Outcasts of Poker ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story on The Machine Stops (1286 words, 2 pages)

The short story The Machine Stops is a powerful statement about where the world is headed, as people begin to rely on computers more and more for everyday life. Humanity lives in a honeycomb of rooms inside a vast subterranean machine that caters to every human need. Humanity is trapped ... Read More

An Assessment of the Short Story, Death and the Compass by Jorge Luis Borges (1252 words, 2 pages)

Upon my first reading of Jorge Luis Borges Death and the Compass I found myself reacting to the chain of events not unlike the bland but efficient Inspector Treviranus. The Hotel du Nord with its hateful whiteness, numbered divisibility, and general appearance of a bordello seemed a natural place for ... Read More

A Review of Kate Chopin’s Short Story “The Storm” (2391 words, 4 pages)

In Kate Chopin's short story "The Storm", the narrative surrounds the brief extramarital affair of two individuals, Calixta and Alce. Many critics do not see the story as a condemnation of infidelity, but rather as an affirmation of human sexuality. This essay argues that "The Storm" may be interpreted as ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, The Monkey’s Paw and The Red Room (695 words, 2 pages)

How is Tension built up in The Monkeys Paw and The Red Room?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 ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story “Winter Dreams ” By F.Scott Fitzgerald (1367 words, 2 pages)

F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Winter Dreams" and his book The Great Gatsby, it could be argued that there were many similarities between the two stories. In "Winter Dreams", a youthful caddie named Dexter meets a beautiful rich girl whom he had met many years before. Dexter exaggerates is wealth ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story “Soldier’s Home “By Ernest Hemingway (908 words, 2 pages)

In the short story "Soldier's Home," by Ernest Hemingway, Kreb's rejection of his community's values can be related to Sammy's relationship to his supermarket job in John Updike's "A P." Even though the two stories are different in style, one story being more serious and gloomy and the other being ... Read More

A Plot Summary of R. Coraghessan Boyle’s Short Story “Carnal Knowledge” (779 words, 2 pages)

The short story Carnal Knowledge, by T. Coraghessan Boyle, is the story of one mans inner conflict between his lust for a beautiful activist, and his own convictions. Despite his lack of interest in Animal Rights issues, he finds himself embroiled in a steadily escalating fight for its cause. This ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013