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The Use of Irony in the Short Story, Roman Fever by Edith Wharton (637 words, 1 pages)

Like many other short stories, Roman Fever by Edith Wharton uses irony to make the story more effective. This story shows how young girls, during the late nineteenth century, were taken on the Grand Tour, where they were put on display for potential rich husbands, and to view the wonders ... Read More

A Summary of the Short Story, To Build a Fire by Jack London (806 words, 1 pages)

To Build A Fire by Jack London A man travels in the Yukon on an extremely cold morning with a wolf dog. The cold does not faze the man, who plans to meet his friends by six o'clock at an old claim. As it grows colder, he realizes his unprotected ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, Love by Anton Chekhov (524 words, 1 pages)

LOVE In his short story Love, Checkov highlights his experiences about love and marriage while trying to find an answer to one frequently asked question How is love defined? The main characters of the story are the author himself and a nineteen year old girl, called Sasha, whom he falls ... Read More

Miss Emily’s Unstable State of Mind in the Short Story, A Rose for Emily (1154 words, 2 pages)

In the short story A Rose for Emily, (1930) William Faulkner presents Miss Emilys instable state of mind through a missed sequence of events. Faulkner arranges the story in fractured time and then introduces characters who contribute to the development of Miss Emilys personality. The theme of isolation is also ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen (793 words, 1 pages)

I Stand Here Ironing refers to events that took place in the 1930s in America during the Great Depression, a time of social, political and economical instability. The author is using first person point of view and first person narrator who plays the role of a minor character, a mother ... Read More

The Important Roles of Loretta Bird and Mrs. Peebles in the Short Story, How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro (505 words, 1 pages)

Minor Characters such as Loretta Bird and Mrs. Peebles in the story "How I Met My Husband" may seem to have insignificant parts but actually play important roles that advance the plot of the story. We see in the beginning that Mrs. Peebles is Edie's employer. This shows us how ... Read More

The Theme of Heritage in Alice Walker’s Short Story Every Day Use (655 words, 1 pages)

Heritage Quilts Every Day Use, by Alice Walker, is a short story narrated by the, other of two daughters in the South who is faced with the decision of giving away two heritage quilts to one of the daughters. Dee is the eldest daughter. She is well educated, attractive, and ... Read More

The Superiority of Male Gender in Ernest Hemingway’s Short Story Hills Like White Elephants (717 words, 1 pages)

During the 1920s, women were not regarded as being equal their male counterparts. Their duty was mainly to manage the home, and they did not typically have a big voice in society, compared to the influence of the predominate male sex. Ernest Hemingway, a well-known author of the time, wrote ... Read More

Different Narrative Perspectives in Helen Garner’s Short Story Collection My Hard Heart (1303 words, 2 pages)

Helen Garner, in her short story collection, My Hard Heart, uses a wide variety of different narrative perspectives. Each type of narration is closely linked with, and special to, the story or experience being told. Susan Hosking, describes Garners writing style as an ability to refine subject matters that meaning ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway (1252 words, 2 pages)

Francis Macomber - From Mouse to Man One 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 ... Read More

Forbidden Love in the Short Story, Dhowli (1086 words, 2 pages)

Forbidden Love 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 ... Read More

The Plot in the Short Story, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut (961 words, 2 pages)

Following the Plot in Harrison Bergeron A plot is described as a pattern of events or the main story in a narrative or drama. The traditional way of a plot would be to use the freytag pyramid. This was coined by the 19th century thinker, Gustav Freytag. He said that ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (1097 words, 2 pages)

SHORT STORY ESSAY ON POE I basically thought Poe and his story, " The Fall of the House of Usher", was a good one to choose. It has irony, imagination, and description put into it. I enjoyed this short story a lot because of the meaning involved. Poe always finds ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Short Story, FAT by Raymond Carver (377 words, 1 pages)

The story FAT Raymond Carver what I think the story is really about is a woman that is in her husband life that she cannot escape. Always doing Rudy her husband wants to do not having a mind of her own. A waitress is assigned a particularly obese customer. She ... Read More

The Blending of Literary Devices in the Short Story, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell (1157 words, 2 pages)

In Richard Connells short story, The Most Dangerous Game, the use of literary devices, found blended with other literary devices, gives the story an inner meaning. The blending of literary devices effectively expresses the intentions of Connell to present contrast between the antagonist and protagonist points of view. As a ... Read More

The Darker Side of Human Nature in the Short Story, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe (904 words, 2 pages)

An Evil Revenge Author Edgar Allen Poe provides a view into a darker side of human nature in his short story The Cask of Amontillado, depicting an image of evil and a sought after vengeance, through which Montresor seeks to claim. The desire for retribution is fueled by an insult ... Read More

A Summary of the Short Story, Eveline by James Joyce (959 words, 2 pages)

James Joyces Eveline tells the story of a teenage girl who has had a bad life and is given the chance to leave with someone who is seemingly the man of her dreams. He is nice to her, takes her places, and treats her like a queen. This was something ... Read More

A Biography of Ernest Hemingway, an American Novelist, Short Story Writer and Journalist (1349 words, 2 pages)

Ernest Hemingway is one of the world's best known authors to date. Aside from being known for his many novels, stories and newspaper columns, Hemingway was known in a more infamous way. Hemingway became known for his many love affairs. Between the years of 1920 and 1961, Hemingway had been ... Read More

An Analysis of Ambrose Bierce’s Short Story, An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge (1739 words, 3 pages)

Ambrose Bierce's short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891), is not merely about a crime and its punishment, namely, the execution by hanging of Peyton Farquhar, a Southern plantation owner and civilian during the American Civil War, for trying to sabotage the construction of a Union railroad at ... Read More

An Analysis of Desiree’s Baby, a Short Story by Kate Chopin (789 words, 1 pages)

2) should Desiree have returned to her family home with her baby? In the short story Desirees Baby, written by Kate Chopin, tragedy comes early in the marriage with the birth of Armand and Desirees first child. Although no one seemed to notice at first, by the time the child ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of The Rocking-Horse Winner, a Short Story by D. H. Lawrence (739 words, 1 pages)

Critical Analysis of "The Rocking-Horse Winner" In the short story "The Rocking Horse-Winner" by D. H. Lawrence it is illustrated that money cannot buy happiness. The short story displays the way people allow money to control their lives. The passage includes the literary devices character development, contrast, suspense and dramatic ... Read More

An Analysis of Alcoholism in Hugh Garner’s Short Story The Father (610 words, 1 pages)

Who is perfect certainly not John Purcel in Hugh Garner's short story "The Father" about a desperate alcoholic father (John Purcel) trying to get closer to his son (Johnny) who seems to be slowly drifting away from him. This will be demonstrated through out a series of examples which will ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story on the Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe (771 words, 1 pages)

In the short story Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe the theme that caught my attention after reading it several times, to me anyway, is about life and how nothing else in the world compares to it, not money, not anything. Also how every person no matter who you are has ... Read More

An Analysis of the Fritz, a German Soldier in Occupied Greece in the Short Story Before the Firing Squad by John Chioles (559 words, 1 pages)

Fritz, a German solider in occupied Greece, is a major character in John Chioles's short story, Before the Firing Squad. We first begin to learn about him through the recollections of a young boy in the town whom he has befriended. We learn that all of the soldiers are very ... Read More

Finding the Main Idea in he Short Story “Spring Victory” (945 words, 2 pages)

Spring Victory Book Report Finding main idea The main idea of the short story is about a boy and his family. They have a very hard winter, their father is sick in bed from a flu. They had a bad harvest this autumn, and have almost nothing to eat. They ... Read More

Near Tragedy in the Short Story of Mrs. Brumsfied (656 words, 1 pages)

Mrs. Brumfield gingerly stepped out into a blinding white world. The rugged earth below was now smooth, covered with a warm, welcoming blanket of snow. The trees swayed in the gentle stirring of the wind as fine linens of white were draped about them. All was beautiful, radiant, and virgin. ... Read More

An Analysis of the New Atlantis, a Short Story by Francis Bacon (3189 words, 4 pages)

Humankind can easily be characterized by its fascination with unexplainable phenomenon. Throughout history, all discoveries have been conducted by men who were unable to accept the present explanations for different realities and felt constrained by existing boundaries. Francis Bacon is no stranger to this innate fascination with the unknown and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story “An Ounce of Cure By Alice Munro” (513 words, 1 pages)

In the short story An Ounce of Cure by Alice Munro, the main points reflex around the coming of age of an ignorant and innocent teenager. The story show us that teenagers attitude are shaped on the idea of what the people in the town think a typical teenager in ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story of the Three Little Pigs (1637 words, 3 pages)

Once upon a time there lived 3 little pigs...Oh yah, what did happen to them? Well stick around and I will tell you. The Pigs' names weren't really first pig, second pig and third pig they were Neville, the first pig who made his house out of straw (as you ... Read More

A Comparison between Ernest Hemingway’s Short Story A Clean Well-Lighted Place and T.S. Eliot’s Poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (565 words, 1 pages)

A Clean Well-Lighted Place and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Essay submitted by Pia Adams 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. ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013