Have you ever been so sure about a certain ending of a story and then the narrator turns everything upside down in a blink of an eye? Then, you have certainly tasted the purest form of fiction’s beauty, which is the “plot twist”. Plot twists are those sudden unexpected turns in the stories that reveal significant details beyond them; some of the plot twists can be foreshadowed by several hints throughout the story, while others are totally unexpectable. Among numerous fiction stories, there are three particular stories that have their unique and remarkable plot twists; the stories are “The Blue Cross” by G.K. Chesterton, “The Fasting-Artist” by Franz Kafka, and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. These stories deliver various notable life
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After the forty days period of fasting, the cage would be unlocked and two female servants will guide the person who is fasting to his simple and small sized meal in front of the public who are entertained by this scenario. The public used to view this person as an artist who is art is fasting and thus called him “The Fasting-Artist”. One day, an extremely prideful man decided to make history and gain wide fame by breaking all the records and fasting for more than forty days; this “artist” was the only person who was fully dedicated and devoted himself for the sake of his art “fasting”. Day and night, the fasting artist endlessly thinks of all the glory he will gain as an outcome of his massive accomplishment, which is setting a new fasting record. On his fortieth day, the servants released him out of his cage and offered him his tiny meal, as was the norm in the industry; however, he refused the meal and claimed that he did not like the food. The fasting “artist” was then returned back to his cage; as the days passed, he became more and more skinny and unpresentable that people saw him as disgusting. His fasting became …show more content…
This family was composed of a husband, M. Loisel, a clerk in the department of education and his wife, Mathlide Loisel, who was from a middle-class family; Mathlide was a beautiful and charming woman that was unsatisfied of her family’s financial and social status. She was endlessly desperately daydreaming of marrying a rich man who could buy her whatever she wants and grant her the upper-class prestige; yet, she married a middle-class clerk. Someday, her husband’s boss, the minister of education, invited the family to a party. Hearing the news, Mathlide instantly got puzzeled and started nagging that she does not have an elegant dress for the party; afterwards, M. Loisel bought her a dress of her choice. Still, Mathlide was not content, as she demanded for a splendid piece of jewelry that would match her dress. Due to the fact that they was not in a such a wealthy condition, they had no choice but to borrow a necklace from Mathlide’s rich friend, Mme. Forestier; Mme. Forestier lent Mathlide a blazing diamond necklace. Thus, everything was set and the couple was ready for the party; the party was a glorious one to Mathlide everyone at the party all complimented her and admired her style and splendor. At the end of that marvelous night, the couple left home only to discover that Mathlide have
After the forty days period of fasting, the cage would be unlocked and two female servants will guide the person who is fasting to his simple and small sized meal in front of the public who are entertained by this scenario. The public used to view this person as an artist who is art is fasting and thus called him “The Fasting-Artist”. One day, an extremely prideful man decided to make history and gain wide fame by breaking all the records and fasting for more than forty days; this “artist” was the only person who was fully dedicated and devoted himself for the sake of his art “fasting”. Day and night, the fasting artist endlessly thinks of all the glory he will gain as an outcome of his massive accomplishment, which is setting a new fasting record. On his fortieth day, the servants released him out of his cage and offered him his tiny meal, as was the norm in the industry; however, he refused the meal and claimed that he did not like the food. The fasting “artist” was then returned back to his cage; as the days passed, he became more and more skinny and unpresentable that people saw him as disgusting. His fasting became …show more content…
This family was composed of a husband, M. Loisel, a clerk in the department of education and his wife, Mathlide Loisel, who was from a middle-class family; Mathlide was a beautiful and charming woman that was unsatisfied of her family’s financial and social status. She was endlessly desperately daydreaming of marrying a rich man who could buy her whatever she wants and grant her the upper-class prestige; yet, she married a middle-class clerk. Someday, her husband’s boss, the minister of education, invited the family to a party. Hearing the news, Mathlide instantly got puzzeled and started nagging that she does not have an elegant dress for the party; afterwards, M. Loisel bought her a dress of her choice. Still, Mathlide was not content, as she demanded for a splendid piece of jewelry that would match her dress. Due to the fact that they was not in a such a wealthy condition, they had no choice but to borrow a necklace from Mathlide’s rich friend, Mme. Forestier; Mme. Forestier lent Mathlide a blazing diamond necklace. Thus, everything was set and the couple was ready for the party; the party was a glorious one to Mathlide everyone at the party all complimented her and admired her style and splendor. At the end of that marvelous night, the couple left home only to discover that Mathlide have