Comparison and Contrast Essay The stories “Cranes” and “The Sniper” show us the effects of war. The themes of “Cranes” and “The Sniper” are similar due to the war tearing people apart, however, they are different because in “Cranes” the compassion prevails, while in “The Sniper” survival wins over compassion. Both stories themes show us how war reduces human life to nothing and how it tears apart families and friends but that family and friends come first. We see this in “Cranes” when Songsam lets Tokchae escape into the woods.…
Under the Rug Two weeks passed and it happened again. It was a rainy windy day, so there was nothing to do outside. So instead of going out, I stayed home to watch some football. I was fifteen minutes into my game when I started hearing noises under the rug and the chair.…
In fiction, countless themes have been tread, war being one of the most common. Innumerable stories focus around it, but two stories in particular, give war a new light. The Interlopers and The Machine that Won the War are excellent examples. While various people seem to not be able to find much in common with these two short stories, the themes are closer than most imagine.…
It is a full moon in the sky pitch black calm night on the first weekend of October. The four amigos as they call themselves in Henry Lambert s new blue Pontiac as a early graduation / Christmas gift or like he would say so his dad wouldn't have to drag his lazy ass out of bed early to bring him. Henry was a six foot Caucasian teenager , just turning eighteen in September . He would keep his blondish brown hair combed nice . His dad worked hard long nights as a security guard and was not a man to play with when not getting his beauty sleep.…
The theme in Saki’s, “The Interlopers” is better than Dahl’s, “The Lamb to Slaughter” because the theme is easier to understand. In the story “ The Interlopers” both characters start off the story with a very deep hatred for each other and this is very obvious. Saki says, “ The neighbor feud had grown into a personal one since Ulrich had come to be the head of the family; if there was a man whom he detested or wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym ( Saki 1)”. These two men have had a big family rivalry for a while now and without a doubt hate each other. This soon changes, when they are put in a life or death situation.…
You tell the world who you are in a million different ways, some are subtle, some are not, but it doesn't seem to matter, this world has already got you pegged. Are outsiders those who are misjudged or misunderstood? The answer is no, because that's just not how it works. Whether or not you are an outsider isn’t subjective to other people’s feelings. It depends on your personality, who you truly are.…
Sometimes in order to solve an external conflict, we must solve our internal conflict first. In his short story “The Interlopers”, H.H. Munro presents the “character vs. self” conflict as the most significant. This is because it affected the inciting incident, rising action of the story, and climax. The first reason of why the “character vs. self” conflict was the most important, is because it created the inciting incident.…
“Guests of a Nation” is a short story that talks about the conflict between duty and humanitarianism. Bonaparte, the narrator, an Irish soldier, starts the story a hopeful and compassionate solider despite being at war. He get to know the English hostages, Hawkins and Belcher, as friends. Bonaparte puts aside his duty, and lets his humanitarian side ultimately damaging him, when the Englishmen are executed. By the end of the story, Bonaparte no longer sees the good of bad situations, and is completely submerged with darkness.…
This tells that as the tree was growing over the course of many years, it brought others together in…
The general population of society expects individuals to hide their true feelings. Gender roles play an important part of social expectations. Two authors that demonstrate the difference of social outlooks are Marie Therese Colimon in her poem “Encounter” and Frank Collymore in “Some People are Meant to Live Alone.” These authors use various types of literary elements to demonstrate the world assumptions for either a male or female. Marie Therese Colimon discusses from a woman’s perspective how we truly feel internally, while Frank Collymore discusses from a male perspective how a man can be forced to their limits because of social assumptions.…
It was June 14, 2014 and it was my second soccer tryouts and I was so nervous and scared because all I could see was people I use to play with that were excellent players. Right now me and my dad were looking for the check-in place but all I could see was p eople. So I found my old friend Makayla…
Walker describes the trees a sick people because she recognizes that they are not just some resource for man to use but they are beautiful living breathing individuals who have lives and families like any person does. Walker also accepts the fact that everyone even herself in some form or another has wronged nature and has had an impact on nature no matter how small it might…
Cunningham was a friend of ours. You told me a long time ago he was,” asked Scout. “He still is,” replied Atticus. “But last night he want to hurt you.”…
Chapter IV. Urban Legends: The Evolution of Folklore Urban legends are stories that have the designation of being ?too strange to be true? but are based in reality. Despite these fables being a touch on the strange side most people that hear them understand them as being true. Through generations these tales seem to happen to our friends, family members, or even distant relatives.…
"Well, use your head, son," he said, smiling. Which really meant, "That's all I'm going to tell you," or "I don't know the answer, so don't embarrass me." A Partnership Is Formed The next morning, I told my best friend, Mike, what my dad had said. As best I could tell, Mike and I were the only poor kids in this school. Mike was like me in that he was in this school by a twist of fate.…