A Different Story

daughter who had a short interaction in the story but because of her there was a whole story to even read. If the story took place in a different place in a different setting I don’t think the father would’ve behaved the same way. Just being at his home where he can imagine where his kids would be running around with sparky probably played in the father’s head continuously. He went the extra mile for the dog that he hates because of his children. In a different setting, he may have just…

read their short story and this gave me much more insight to their writing. I was able to connect more with their characters from the author’s intended point of view than just from my point of view, which gave a different perception of the story. For example, knowing the author was writing in the Naturalism period, Realism period or was a Southern writer, can make all the difference on the slant or influence the author has on his characters and his writing. Knowing the short story, “The…

of metafiction. This is a fiction story that refers to or takes as its subject fictional writing and its conventions. The author at the same time displays her feelings about creative writing, and then she uses her scenes to comment on living life to its fullest. Atwood presents six scenarios all with the same characters. Each of the scenes provides the same conclusion. The characters die in the end. The author cleverly presents different plots for the stories. Her characters are flat and…

The Interlopers and The Story of an Hour are two very dissimilar short stories, especially when it comes to content. But the underlying focus of the stories and desire of the main characters is something all humans share, which makes both of these stories so very powerful. The Interlopers is a story of revenge, feuds, and resolution and is told in a very different way than The Story of an Hour. While the former focuses more on outward conflict and external world, the latter shows you the…

dating from that day in 1894…” (Faulkner). A Rose for Emily conveys multiple uses of criticism. As I read through the story Emily I can came to terms that she had a hard time dealing with the loss of her father and the denial of the man she loved dearly. Because Emily’s emotional struggles were so affective to her his caused her to be the talk of the town. By focusing on the different strategies of the criticism readers can infer the reasoning behind Emily’s actions. Using reader response…

In my opinion, I honestly thought that Reeling for the Empire was one of the creepiest short stories I have read in a very long time. For example, having someone basically kidnap you, lying to the guardian of that girl, and then turning you into a silk worm. That is very unusual. Next, I think it was a little rushed at the end. Also, I questioned a lot of the ideas in this story. My first question is why did you choose the setting in Japan and at a sweatshop? You could have chosen any place and…

Draft The Story We Know by Martha Collins is a poem that exemplifies the constant and reoccuring patterns we are all exposed to in life; the dullness of work, the exhilarating adventures, but even more importantly, Collins knows of the familiar arrays in which we live and of our eventual endings to our stories. The Story We Know starts the poem off with the understanding that we: a collective audience , are aware of this story of life that she describes is lived similarly to her and in the first…

reason. This story explores many moods including tension, irritation, suspensefulness, eeriness, and others in both the short story and film. Both the film and story include different techniques to portray the darker tones of the plot of the story. Throughout the story, Poe conveys the theme of dignity throughout the story, using the characters’ actions to suggest that people should not let pride cloud their judgement and future actions. The different moods are developed in the film and story of…

In every story of the same genre, you can always find at least two similarities between most of the stories. It could be a damsel in distress or an unlikely hero. What most people do not know is that you can also find similarities in stories of different genre. In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting two short stories of different genre. Those stories are The Jewelry by Guy De Maupassant and Recitatif by Toni Morrison. I will mostly focus on the concept of plot. Guy De Maupassant…

their meaning behind the stories that are written. Literatures at many times represent culture and tradition, in where an author comes from like Kate Chopin. A female author that represents women in the old times, where they had no freedom, no voice, and were properties of their husband. In Chopin’s novels, The Story of an Hour, The Storm and The Awakening, all have some similar and differences between each protagonist, plot, setting, symbols and themes within the stories. Kate Chopin was born…