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An Analysis of the Short Story I Spy by Graham Greene (1088 words, 2 pages)

As World War I raged about Europe, Great Britain took every measure available to ensure the war didn't spread into their own backyard. Their army was doing fine fighting elsewhere in France and Germany, but as William I proved in 1066, when you invade England, it's not the English that ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story of Mellamo and Maileena (908 words, 2 pages)

Mellamo and Maileena At the beginning of time, little life existed in the vast universe. No planets existed, only a man, a moon, a sun, and many of his cherished stars inhabited space. The man was named Mellamo. Mellamo was content living on the moon and polishing each star. Yet, ... Read More

A Criticism of The Storm, a Short Story by Kate Chopin (1550 words, 3 pages)

Marist Criticism" The Storm" Have you joined the revolution yet? Believe it or not there is a revolution going on as we speak. The revolution that I speak about is called the Marxist Revolution in short it is just a power struggle. The strong side is trying to dominate the ... Read More

Losing Control in the Short Story, A&P by John Updike (436 words, 1 pages)

Losing Control Significant incidents can alter a persons best judgment and cause him to act out of the ordinary. An incident, such as this, happens to Sammy in John Updikes short story, AP. Working at a grocery store, Sammy is always ready for a little excitement. Due to the striking ... Read More

An Analysis of the Expression of the Theme of Shirley Jackson’s Short Story The Lottery through the Plot, Setting, Characters and Symbol of the Box (305 words, 1 pages)

The short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson uses the literary elements plot, setting, character, and symbol to express the theme. The theme of "The Lottery" is that tradition helps to unite the community but it is best to allow some traditions to die. The setting is a small village. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Imagery and Symbols of Captain Torres, the Shaving Cream and the Razor Blade in Hernando Tilez’s Short Story Just Lather, That’s All (656 words, 1 pages)

Hernando Tllez, Just Lather, Thats All, is written informally and in the first person. The story is written with somewhat of a slanted point of view, as seen through the barbers eyes. The story includes many conflicts between different sides and imagery and symbols are used to communicate unspoken works ... Read More

An Analysis of the Subjugation of Love due to Greed in Chee’s Daughter, a Short Story by Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller (809 words, 1 pages)

Many pieces of literature explain how greed sometimes subdues love this is the main message that Juanita Platero and Siyowin Miller express in "Chee's Daughter". The story shows how grandparents use their granddaughter for financial gain. It also shows how the wealthy obtain respect from people because of their possessions. ... Read More

A Report on Life Lessons Sammy Learned in John Updike’s Short Story A & P and Their Relation to a Personal Experience (732 words, 2 pages)

Essay descibes John Updike's short story "A P" and answers two questions- What life lessons does Sammy learn? and How does Sammy's experience relate to a personnal experience? A single event can forever change a person's life. In the short story "A P," by John Updike, a young boy named ... Read More

An Analysis of the Emotional Baggage of Lieutenant Jimmy Cross in The Things They Carried, a Short Story by Tim O’Brien (1064 words, 2 pages)

Tim O'Brien's short story "The Things They Carried" informs us about the items that were carried by the soldiers of the Vietnam War. Not all of the items were physical, some were emotional "They carried the emotional baggage of men who might die. ... They carried shameful memories. They carried ... Read More

An Analysis of the Narrator in Alice Munro’s Short Story Miles City, Montana (404 words, 1 pages)

Sandra Smithes Liberated The monotony of life has waged war against the narrator in Alice Munros Miles City, Montana. The author depicts the narrator as a brittle woman in search of a personal identity among a community of conformity. This battle between domestic responsibility and personal satisfaction reeks havoc on ... Read More

A Report on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a Short Story of Speculative Fiction by Washington Irving (567 words, 1 pages)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an archetypal childrens ghost story. Irvings text paints a rich, explanatory tale. It is an entertaining story with deep descriptions if a narrow plot. The story may hold some metaphoric implications or be entirely fanciful. The Legend ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story The Man Who Was Almost A Man by Richard Wright (807 words, 2 pages)

Timothy S. Shoemaker English 2900 Prof. Horwitz Paper 2-Aswering Q. 2 It Takes A Gun To Make A Man Richard Wright's short story The Man Who Was Almost A Man is centered on the protagonist's transition to manhood and his misunderstanding of what being a man means. The young man, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story Out of the Mouths by Sheila Finch (1392 words, 2 pages)

Sheila Finch's "Out of the Mouths" is, on the surface, a short story about the scientific use of a developping relationship between a human and alien child to learn an alien language. Beneath the surface, it is resonant with important themes. Although short, it delivers as good a story and ... Read More

Imagery, Symbolism and Foreshadowing in the Short Story A Worn Path by Eudora Welty (483 words, 1 pages)

Imagery, Symbolism and Foreshadowing in A Worn Path The short story A Worn Path, is about an elderly black woman named Phoenix Jackson who makes a strenuous journey into town in need of medicine for her ill grandson. During her excursion she talks aloud to herself in a coaxing manner ... Read More

The Brilliant Use of Setting in the Short Story, Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway (474 words, 1 pages)

Setting is important to every story, but the setting used by Hemmingway in Hills Like White Elephants adds so much to the meaning of the story, providing an interesting read. His use of the setting to convey the idea of fertility and barrenness helps to generate an understanding of what ... Read More

A Description of Abner Snopes as the Evil Character in William Faulkner’s Short Story Barn Burning (797 words, 1 pages)

Abner Snopes is the evil character in William Faulkners short story Barn Burning. Abner deliberately builds fires to burn down barns owned by other property owners and we also learn that he destroys a rug throughout this story. When accused of starting the fires Abner doesnt admit he did it ... Read More

An Analysis of Ethan Brand a Short Story (277 words, 1 pages)

Ethan Brand is introduced in the short story "Ethan Brand" as a normal looking man, nothing special about his abnormal physical appearance. "A man in a coarse, brown, country made suit of clothes, tall and thin, with the staff and heavy shoes of a wayfarer" (233). Although he is describe ... Read More

An Analysis of the Literary Realism in Editha, a Short Story by William Dean Howells (2004 words, 3 pages)

Literary Realism in Editha After World War I, American people and the authors among them were disillusioned by the effects that war had on their society. America required a literature that would expound what had happened and what was happening to their society. The realistic movement of the late 19th ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (804 words, 1 pages)

Overall Shirley Jackson discusses the movement of the setting, the unusual foreshadowing, and the outermost symbolism in "The Lottery" to give an overall point of view of the story. Even though a small village made seem peaceful, and a good place to raise a family, it is not always what ... Read More

Happiness in the Short Story, How by Lorrie Moore (734 words, 2 pages)

Happiness Happiness is defined in Merriam-Websters Dictionary as a state of well-being and contentment. Is it possible to obtain and conquer happiness? In the short story How, Lorrie Moore believes that lifes occurrences fall into a subsequent order, and the characterization of sincere happiness does not fall into this arrangement. ... Read More

Oppression in the Short Story, The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (619 words, 1 pages)

The short story, The Story of an Hour, was a story meant to show how the effects of oppression by men over women led to the freedom and inevitable death of Louise Mallard. The name of The Story of an Hour was used because Mrs. Mallards realization of her freedom ... Read More

An Analysis of the Specific Idea Presented in a Very Short Story by Hemingway (944 words, 2 pages)

Consequences In Hemingways A Very Short Story In Hemingways A Very Short Story, there is a very specific idea presented. Hemingway, however, has a very unique way of portraying this point. His technique can almost be described as confusing. With his simple wording and his careless sentences, it is very ... Read More

An Analysis of the Themes of Hardy’s Short Story “The Withered Arm” (5555 words, 6 pages)

A south-east England setting, in the 1800's, is the short story, 'The Withered Arm' by T.Hardy. This story involves four lives, where they all end up alienated and isolated, leaving them feeling alone. They are also isolated as they live in a small village far apart from the town or ... Read More

A Review of the Short Story “Young Goodman Brown” (215 words, 1 pages)

Young Goodman Brown short story is about a hero who is a young man from Salem village who leaves his bride's faith and goes to forest for an evil and dangerous job in the middle of the night where he was shocked to see his neighbors and wife there performing ... Read More

An Overview of the Short Story Barn Burning by William Faulkner (776 words, 1 pages)

In William Faulkner's 1939 short story "Barn Burning", Sarty is a young boy who is at the mercy of his overbearing father Abner. Sarty is oppressed, naive and has a strong sense of right and wrong. Abner is a poor man who gets his revenge on anyone who he believes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Short Story Boys and Girls by Alice Munros (1809 words, 2 pages)

Only a Girl Alice Munros short story, "Boys and Girls," explores the different roles of men and women in society through a young girls discovery of what it means to be a girl. A close examination of the elements of a short story as they are used in "Boys and ... Read More

A Review of Battle Royal, a Short Story by Ralph Ellison (560 words, 1 pages)

In todays society the story Battle Royal by Ralph Ellison continues to have a great significance to my people. Many blacks today are still ashamed of their race and would rather be part of a majority that doesnt want them to be equal anyway. The narrator states, When I was ... Read More

An Analysis of the Truth behind the Narrator of Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Story The Fall of the House of Usher (593 words, 1 pages)

The Truth Behind The Narrator Although it is widely believed that "The Fall of The House of Usher" is about Usher and his disease, the truth is that the story is really about the narrator. In a sense, the narrator generally symbolizes humans and basic human actions and desires. When ... Read More

An Analysis of the Male and Female Differences in Harper Lee’s Novel To Kill A Mockingbird and John Steinbeck’s Short Story The Chrysanthemums (1961 words, 3 pages)

Accepting Differences The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee and the short story, Chrysanthemums, by John Steinbeck, deal with male and female differences between characters. The characters of these stories experience tensions and complexities with dominance, gender, and maturity. However, by the end of both stories, the common ... Read More

A Review of William Faulkner’s Short Story A Rose for Emily (434 words, 1 pages)

Things Are Not Always What They Seem William Faulkners short story A Rose for Emily centers around Miss Emily and what the townspeople think of Miss Emily. One of the themes for A Rose for Emily is appearance versus reality. This theme of appearance versus reality can be seen through ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013