Runaway By Langston Hughes

Writing a short story gives the author the freedom to write and tell the story how he or she feels is best. The short story as a form has no set limits in terms of structural characteristics. By this, I mean that there isn’t a specific length to be observed or conserved by the authors unlike the sonnet. A sonnet has many restrictions such as its length, the iambic pentameter and the rhymes. Although the sonnet takes a lot of skill to be written and some consider it beautiful to read, the same effects as a short story cannot be replicated through a sonnet. The sonnet tells a complete story but in a short and brief way. The story of Carla in “Runaway” could be summed up and written as a sonnet. The general idea about her unhappiness and decision to leave would be told and the …show more content…
Although Carla returned and everything was slowly falling into place, her past and all that had happened could not be erased from her memory. It was all there but the story ended giving the reader the luxury of deciding what happens next to their liking. The ending aspect of the short story mentioned above, relates to the dramatic form of writing. The dramatic form of writing is similar to the short story in ways there is no set length and the authors are free to write how they want. The difference between the two lays in the characteristics of the content of both. In a short story there is a moment of exposition where the setting is presented and explained to the audience, something done in most forms because without it the story perhaps would not make sense. In the case of “Runaway”, Carla’s relationships with Clark and Sylvia are explained and this will help to understand her and Sylvia’s