Over centuries and in many cultures, short stories had its own unique way of delivering thoughts, facts, criticism and praise to the people through the various conflicts between characters & environment.
In this essay, the different types of conflicts which have been used in 3 different short stories, written by famous & remarkable authors will be reviewed & discussed. The three stories are “after twenty years” by O. Henry, “a letter from Gaza” by Ghassan Kanafani & “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst.
After twenty years
O. Henry
This short story can be recognized as a most beautiful surprise ending theme between all stories written by Mr. O. Henry. It has an unexpected twist ending and shows that anyone and everything can be changed to …show more content…
The narrator, brother, who is the protagonist of the story, tells his memories of one summer when he lost his disable brother, Doodle. On that summer he & the antagonist (Doodle) who was his handicapped brother, got the chance of seeing the Scarlet Ibis for the first time. The red bird which died under the bleeding tree in their yard, established a remarkable exotic beauty of the creature in his memories. This memory interspersed the death of Doodle which after that anchored in the narrator’s mind.
Both protagonist & the antagonist had to deal with various conflicts. The first conflict for the protagonist, brother, who is due to his age & personality was struggling with his own thoughts of selfishness (Man V/s himself). In some points he stated that he hated his “Invalid” brother Doodle; in his mind, “he was a burden in many ways” beside that he was “from the outset, a disappointment” orm was disappointment (EL121: The short story & essay writing, prepared by: Tahir Hamdi & Angelica DeAngelis, AOU) and that was enough for a child to start panning to kill him so he can get relieve of the sense of shame in front the others who could recognized how much Doodle was different than them; and this point also can show the brothers conflict versos
In this essay, the different types of conflicts which have been used in 3 different short stories, written by famous & remarkable authors will be reviewed & discussed. The three stories are “after twenty years” by O. Henry, “a letter from Gaza” by Ghassan Kanafani & “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst.
After twenty years
O. Henry
This short story can be recognized as a most beautiful surprise ending theme between all stories written by Mr. O. Henry. It has an unexpected twist ending and shows that anyone and everything can be changed to …show more content…
The narrator, brother, who is the protagonist of the story, tells his memories of one summer when he lost his disable brother, Doodle. On that summer he & the antagonist (Doodle) who was his handicapped brother, got the chance of seeing the Scarlet Ibis for the first time. The red bird which died under the bleeding tree in their yard, established a remarkable exotic beauty of the creature in his memories. This memory interspersed the death of Doodle which after that anchored in the narrator’s mind.
Both protagonist & the antagonist had to deal with various conflicts. The first conflict for the protagonist, brother, who is due to his age & personality was struggling with his own thoughts of selfishness (Man V/s himself). In some points he stated that he hated his “Invalid” brother Doodle; in his mind, “he was a burden in many ways” beside that he was “from the outset, a disappointment” orm was disappointment (EL121: The short story & essay writing, prepared by: Tahir Hamdi & Angelica DeAngelis, AOU) and that was enough for a child to start panning to kill him so he can get relieve of the sense of shame in front the others who could recognized how much Doodle was different than them; and this point also can show the brothers conflict versos