A Story

My first love story is different from everyone else's love story. It is a tragic love story, so tragic that it turns the most ungrateful people into grateful ones for having the chance to live a happy first love relationship no matter how long it lasted or how bad and cruel it ended. February 28, 2014 I went to dinner with my friends and they asked the 8th grade girls out to grab something to eat. At this dinner I met probably the weirdest girl I've ever met before. She was just crazy, talking…

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…

culture where a writers needs to capture the reader’s attention that quickly could be a pretty tall task however writers of short stories are definitely at more of an advantage. Brevity was their key to a successful work of fiction and grabbing their audience’s attention in the space of minutes has been what made them accomplished writers in this genre. The short story genre has had its fair share of critics who believe that the shortness of the work is in fact it’s downfall as creditable…

These two stories were very alike in many ways. This was surprising because these stories have very different cultures. I would not think that two stories with very different cultures would have so many similarities. But just like they had similarities they had differences also. In both of these stories had a forbidden tree that no one should mess with. In the story Iroquois it says “ they were also warned not to bring harm to this tree which was a great source of nutrients for the people”.…

Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” was written in 1894 and explores the position of women within the 19th century society. An interesting aspect of this short story is that it is an early example of feminism in literature. Chopin is subtle, but very effective, in criticizing marriage and the role and position of women during the Victorian Era. The purpose of this essay is to make an approach into the mythic constructions of femininity in this Kate Chopin’s story but also to explore how the…

“The Sniper” vs. “The Most Dangerous Game” The short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell have many similarities including conflict, type of hunter, and type of resolution. One of the similarities is the type of conflict. The type of conflict is person vs. person. In both of the stories, the main characters are facing other people. An example of this would be the enemy in “The Sniper” and Rainsford facing General Zaroff in “The…

must think thoroughly about the plot and make sure that each part is meaningful and helps with the unfolding of the story. The cyclone that is occurring in this short story grows at the same pace as the plot is developing. “The Storm” follows the basic five-part structure: the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and lastly, the conclusion. Each part of the short story is equally important and helps keep the continuity throughout. The storm is a great symbol that imitates the…

Kate Chopin was one author that challenged patriarchy through her writing. As Sümer said, “Chopin, a master of the short story genre consistently used her fiction to fight for greater freedom and fulfillment for women… and clearly expressed her expanding thoughts on the female condition in her short stories”(192). In many of her works she contrasted the social views of the time to express how women really felt about certain topics, in particular sexuality and independence. During the victorian…

My major work If… is a short story exploring notions of familial relationships, ultimately enforcing the value of parents and the unchanging love families give. The title If… conveys the emotions of regret as well as the sense of bitterness in life. This mirrors what I want my major to achieve, making the audience reflect on their actions towards their family members and parents in particular as well as allow them to anticipate their future with their children. My audience is middle aged women…

The story by Kate, “The Story of an Hour”, is interesting yet generating fear and sense of confusion. The author uses her characters, and setting in a wise way, in which she is successful in capturing the attention of the reader. This essay critically discusses how setting, characterization and irony contribute to the theme of The Story of an Hour. The Story of an Hour is associated with the theme of death, grief, happiness, freedom, friendship, family membership, and lack of accuracy in news…