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Oyster & Powder Resemblance Claim Essay After reading and analyzing both short stories “Oyster” and “Powder”, some similarities and differences caught my eyes. “Oyster” is a short story written by famous Russian author Anton Chekhov. “Oyster”, tells a story of a boy and his father who is unemployed, hungry and trying to bring himself to beg for money. In front of a fancy restaurant, a sign which says “oyster” takes the boy’s attention and the hungry boy begs to the rich men for the oysters. Rich…

It is amusing that a story being outside of sequence such as "A Rose for Emily" comes to an end with the finding of the forty-year-old corpse of Homer Barron. Audience as well as critics frequently assume that in the event that the story was written linearly, in series, it would not be much of a storyline. Some individuals believe that all of the strength can be found in the breakthrough of the rotting corpse belonging to the fellow. There are other facts in the story that would disagree with…

Not the Dogs! Anton Chekhov wrote the short story “The Lady with the Pet Dog” in 1899; in 1972 Joyce Oates retold Chekhov’s story by the same name. Oates’s retelling of Chekhov’s story is from the woman’s perspective rather than the man 's; some critics claim that Chekhov’s version is superior, and I am inclined to agree. Chekhov’s version of the story is more interesting than Oates’s version due the use the setting, structure, and perspective. Both Chekhov’s and Oates’s versions use setting…

In the song “Swimming Pools” by Kendrick Lamar, he writes “Some people like the way it feels/ Some people wanna kill their sorrows/ Some people wanna fit in with the popular/ That was my problem”(Lamar), we see a very similar description of alcoholism in The Swimmer, by John Cheever, who also uses swimming pools as a metaphor for the hardships of being an alcoholic. Throughout The Swimmer, Cheever, writes using many motifs to show the narrator, Neddy Merrill’s, decline into becoming an alcoholic…

Ignorance is the worst form of blindness. In the short story, “Cathedral,” Raymond Carver creates a dynamic character who is judgmental and lacks insight, but ironically, a blind man soon helps him see. This character, never actually given a name, is also the narrator. Carver’s decision to withhold his name is intriguing since he gives the blind man a name, Robert. The narrator in “Cathedral” himself produces an antisocial, prejudiced personality for others to interact with, but shows the…

He’s not dead, he’s sleeping forever: Characterization in “A Small, Good Thing” In “A Small, Good Thing”, Raymond Carver describes the events of a small boy, Scotty, getting injured and being hospitalized. His parents, Ann and Howard, then need to internalize the situation each in their own way until they finally accept Scotty’s death after meeting with a baker that has been giving the parents foreboding calls. Carver uses characterization in “A Small, Good Thing” to convey the idea of how Ann…

darker stance and tone. Rather, redemption in his work is described as more of a resistance. Likewise, Ha Jin, in his work “Saboteur,” uses a more revengeful and negative connotation. There is a sense of conflict creating conflict. On the other hand, Anton Chekhov’s “The Bet” displays a restorative and…

Anton Chekhov does an exemplary job of establishing Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov character in, The Lady with the Dog. Gurov is a middle aged Russian man under forty with a wife and three children. Despite being married he possess misogynistic views, disliking his wife and women in general, he is quite a strange character because though he is a misogynist he carries out numerous affairs claiming that women like him and that he likes them. On multiple occasions he accouters Anna Sergeyevna whom he…

In the two short stories, “Tiredness of Rosabel” and “Miss Brill”, the female characters fantasize to escape their reality. Through out the stories, both female protagonists [Rosabel and Miss Brill] realize the negative impact of fantasying in their lives. Both characters want to find happiness in their lives; yet daydreaming is a method to ignore their current living situation of being lonely. In the case of Rosabel, her current living situations is not having a partner to be with. In the…

Chekhov’s “The Bishop” uses illness to emphasize Bishop Pyotr’s psychological conflict, which is also exemplified in Tolstoy’s Death of Ivan Ilych with Ivan Ilych’s character. Chekhov and Tolstoy implement illness in each of their stories as an obstacle for each of the character’s development, such that it illustrates physical pain to complement with their conflicting mentality. Ivan and Pyotr display symptoms that not only foreshadows their illness, but also shortcomings in their character.…