Amazing Stories

Miss Strangeworth It’s amazing how blind we can be to our own evils. Shirley Jackson’s short story, “ The Possibility of Evil,” is a great way to show that you should always treat others with kindness. Miss Strangeworth is a lay who thinks she owns a town, is sweet in person, but writes “secret” letters that criticize the way people live. Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyzed be considering what she does, what the narrator says about her, and how other characters interact with her.…

“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edger Allen Poe is a short story that has gone down in history. Edgar Allen Poe the author of “Cask of Amontillado” was a very deep, haunting writer who believed that people should be able to read a story in one sitting. Therefore he perfected the short story. In him believing this he wrote short stories like “Cask of Amontillado” that start in the middle of the story in the rising action. This is called “in medias res” or in the middle of things. Him doing this…

forgiveness in this story. Let’s start off with Hester Prynne. She cheated on her husband and had a child and then kept everyone’s secrets throughout the rest of the story. But she did stand on the scaffold for three hours in front of the whole town with her child, and she did wear the scarlet letter for almost a decade. She tried to give back to the community and help people in the town out a bit. God probably forgave her. Chillingworth lied about his identity pretending to be this…

I want to start off by saying David Sedaris is a great writer and I love his story of “Picka Pocketoni”. His character as a person is amazing, he is funny and very descriptive in what he talks about. So not only am I getting a good laugh out of the story “Picka Pocketoni” but I’m also getting a clear image of what is going on throughout the story. In this description David is being insulted by a group of young teenagers that is criticizing where he lives, France, and is also being insulted by an…

The short film “Momentos” tells a warm story about a homeless man reunite with his family at a cold night. The film begins form a cold night, a sleeping homeless man is woken up by the noise from workers set up the displaying TV in the store where he slept by. Two other homeless attracted by TV, after drive them away, only left himself, he curious to watch the screen. Surprised him, a little girl with her happy family appearing on the screen. Everything looks familiar, the little girl’s daddy…

The novel, “Life As We Knew It,” by Susan Beth Pfeffer, is such an amazing and unique story in my perspective. It has achieved such a realistic tone that I have never experienced while reading. It was so realistic to me that I often found myself looking outside the window, that I was sitting next to while reading this, and I had to make sure that the moon wasn’t moving towards the Earth. I also went to my refrigerator and without even realizing it, started rationing the food in my head. I think…

struggles discussed in the books, and will help many readers understand their own difficulties in their lives. The mood and tone of the story is very captivating and not too heavy nor too simple. Sáenz writes the novel in a poetic and lyrical way, and gives the reader insight on every aspect of Ari and Dante’s life that the reader wants to know. Ari and Dante’s story concludes after a plot twist that leads to self discovery, and will result in the reader feeling content about the way their…

(paragraph 1) which hints that the ranch is isolated from any sign of civilization. To pass the time, Elisa work in her garden. While it give her something to do, this doesn’t satisfy her. Elisa is trying find joy in her life. Near the end of the story, Elisa wanted to drink wine and watch the fights. She previously didn’t want to do those things, but she change her mind as she is trying to find some kind of fulfillment…

writing famous works such as “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” was and still is to this day, an amazing writer. Poe wrote many short stories and, according to Robert Giordano, is the to be credited for writing the first mystery (Giordano). So, in order to understand this genius’s mind, one must study the events that developed him. From beginning to end, one must study his life. All stories must have a beginning. Edgar Allan Poe’s beginning was on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts.…

Simmie wrote the biography of Sgt John Wilson after being interested in the story by reading a book about John Wilson. The book that Lois had read was called Murder in Uniform by Christina Stewart and Lynn Hudson, it told the story of John Wilson but was missing some information. Lois told many people the story, many did not know that the story was a big part of Saskatchewan history, she got the opportunity to write the story and have it published. Lois Simmie traveled to Scotland with the help…