Short Essay on Milkman

“‘Young Goodman Brown”’ is not a story that’s meaning is strictly limited to darkness. Inimical to Herman Melville’s proposed meaning, the meaning of “Young Goodman Brown” is humanity’s struggle between good and evil. Thus, dividing it into three facets: the innate goodness of man, deception, and faith. From birth to early adolescence, people are generally innocent. They do not perceive what is right from what is wrong. In, “Young Goodman Brown”, Nathaniel Hawthorne draws a light on this…

Bad news can hit someone like a ton of bricks, or make someone feel so numb. It can send shivers down your spine and put tears in your eyes. Bad news can flip your world upside down, and those who surround you when you are told, or those you seek after hearing of the bad news are often people whom you love and trust. Those people you look to after receiving bad news are the people who you are looking to find some sort of comfort in. Just like in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Story of…

Mary Flannery O’ Connor mostly known as Flannery O’Connor, a real Southerner and a great writer who is known for her vivid short stories. Personally, A Good Man is Hard to Find and The River caught my eye and left me with a mark. Her style is known as Southern Gothic and her stories are very similar amongst one another. Indirect characterization is used heavily in The River and A Good Man is Hard to Find. O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia on March 25, 1995. O’Connor was only child and lived…

The Symbols in Nathaniel Hawthorne “The Minister’s Black Veil” “The Minister’s Black Veil”, one of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s first published in 1836, have the reputation of been one of his best short stories during his life as a writer. The ambiguity of “The minister’s Black Veil” have been criticism exaggerated in the modern culture but more in some religious for the fact that they consider that the Reverend Mr. Hooper reflects the antichrist. Some scholars, particularly William Bysshe, have found,…

part. In her short stories “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, “Good Country People”, and “Revelation” there is much hidden meaning in the characters that show their southern identity such as dialect and appearance. Throughout O’Conner’s short stories, the characters are symbols that lead to a greater meaning to southern identity. For example, Mrs. Turpin, The Misfit, and Hulga from the short stories are symbols and they have the characteristics of southern identity. O’Connor lived a short but…

Personal bonds between individuals are some of the most important things people have and cherish in life. These bonds hold people together in times of strength and of weakness. Some of the most important bonds are of those between family members. In the short story, the Red Convertible, by Louise Erdrich, there is a brotherly bond between two Native American brothers. This story is meant to show the reader how tight bonds really are and how different objects and events can symbolize the bond.…

Bandwagon is a term used to describe a group of people who participate/like a certain thing only due to the fact that it is currently popular. The towns’ people in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, may not particularly like the Lottery game they play every year; however, proceed along with this game due to the fact everyone else does. It takes a special kind of person to swim against the current and to speak out on what she/he believes. Tessie becomes alienated because she is different from…

In the Lottery by Shirley Jackson, it tells about a drawing held every year in a village every year. That the lottery has been going on for as been going on for a long time now. Even though the author does not clearly state the origin of the lottery or what it is about she does state that the person is chosen at random. The use of symbolism, Shirley Jackson uses the setting, names, and even the objects to give the reader clues on what the lottery is really about throughout the story. In the…

A “Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is a strong regional and ethically expressed story written from the perspective of a senile elderly woman named Phoenix Jackson. Ms. Jackson undertakes a journey every year around Christmas to the city of Natchez in order to attain medicine from the doctors to help heal her grandsons inflamed throat. Though she undertakes this journey in the hope of helping cure her grandson’s condition it becomes clear through the text that her grandson has died and she is still…

A lottery ticket is a voucher for a prize but not a voucher to end a life. Normally people would be so enthusiastic if he or she had won the lottery. As for the short story, “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson is a different type of lottery; everyone is expecting to see a villager gets execute. The idea seems to be absurd by persecuting an innocent citizen but it’s a tradition to these villagers because everyone has to participate and not question about it. As for the black box itself, it…