American short story writers

Tell Tale Heart, A Dip in The Poole and Phone Call are three short stories that significantly show how “beginnings and endings are vital”. Tell Tail Heart is a strong example of how the writer captures the reader’s attention from the very start, and really pulls them into the setting and establishes the personality of the main character. Bill Pronzini’s A Dip in the Poole is a simple short story that has a magnificent plot twist ending that is somewhat predictable but not inevitable, and the…

Although Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, The Fall of the House of Usher was written in 1839, the theme can be compared to Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour, written almost five decades later. The former is regarded as an early and paramount example of the Gothic horror story while the latter purely belongs to Realism. Both literary movements emerged during a time of US expansion and swift social changes such as the improvements in transportation, urbanization, the rise of manufacturing and the…

“Editha” by William Dean Howells is a historical fiction short story written to emphasize the romanticism the main character holds towards war. Young Editha Balcom is engaged to a conscientious objector, George Gearson, who aspires to be a pastor. However, with war on the horizon, she believes he should join in the war effort to bring honor to their country. Through much persistence on her part, she persuades George to join and he becomes a captain. To the despair of Editha, George dies in the…

the most powerful literary tools available to any writer, and unsurprisingly the greatest writers are masters at tastefully and provocatively deploying symbols in their works. To this end, twentieth-century American writers Shirley Jackson, Flannery O’Connor, and John Updike are among this upper echelon of writers who have consistently demonstrated a mastery of symbolism throughout their respective short stories. For example, in Jackson’s short story “The Lottery,” she engages masterfully with…

In every story you read or hear about have these elements; the setting, plot, literal devices and its theme throughout stories to make a story come into depth to the audience. These elements allow the audience to connect in a real-life situations which generate the potential in the short stories. Louise Erdrich’s “Love Medicine” is a fantastic piece that represents a story analysis work in the culture of writing. Erdrich short stories are based on encouraging women to remain strong with their…

Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. He lived a very unique life and he carries that over into his writing. His writing intrigues me in the fact that he has such an abrupt writing style, but it was also simplistic. Many experiences that Hemingway went through in his life was evident in aspects of his writing. Hemingway was a patriarch of American Literature. He was awarded for being a war hero and later he received awards for his writing. Eventually his…

Bibliography Alexie, Sherman. “A Good Story.” The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing. Eds. Rise B. Alexrod, Charles R. Cooper. Ninth Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2010. 557-560. Print. Alexie Sherman is a well-educated Native American Indian, who had published several poems and novels, as well as screen plays. Sherman’s short stories such as “A Good Story informs readers “if you want to hear a good story, you have to listen” (Sherman558). The main point in his stories is to listen to…

on October 7, 1849, was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor who wrote short poems and stories that captured people’s attention with it’s figurative language. Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s works, such as the “Tell Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado” became famous literary works and the basis for modern horror tales. His literature tales are shrouded in mystery and unknowing and his life and eventual death was very mysterious. Edgar Allan Poe wrote many short poems and books that…

As we analyze both short stories portrayed we see that the writers describe the life situations of two women who have different life aspects with different scenarios. The author of the first story everyday use describes a girl who went to college despite coming back to her family who are hard workers, with more attitude, due to the fact that she is ashamed of them and would distance herself for her own well-being. On the other hand, the writer for the story “Rose for Emily” describes a woman who…

which he passionately, eagerly explored his mind. Bradbury did not attend college, but instead learned about writing through observation (Bradbury, “Ray Bradbury”). He considered himself a “child of the library,” and was influenced by a range of stories he discovered there, from fairytales and children’s books to works of authors such as William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and Dylan Thomas (Weller 41). Exposure to a variety…