Ernest Shackleton

Title: Flavio and the giant mushroom Once upon a time a man named Flavio was delivering a stock of incredibly rare skyshrooms by boat. Once they got to port, Flavio said “Who wants to hear a story?” one of his crewmates said “Oh not again.” but it was too late, for Flavio had gone off on a tangent. By the time he had finished, the entire stock of skyshrooms had spoiled. Zess T., wondering why her delivery had been so late came to the port to investigate. When she arrived, she found her…

A raisin in the sun a Historical Fiction based in southside Chicago , Between World War ll and the present day ( first produced in 1959. Book by Lorraine Hansberry came from the root inspiration from Langston Hughes “ What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore--- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat Or crust and sugar--- Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags . Like a heavy load. Or does it explode? A amazing fester of words from a…

Society and the individuals that comprise it feed off each other in a sometimes symbiotic, sometimes parasitic relationship- such is the narrator of Fountain and Tomb’s world. In his anthology, author Naguib Mahfouz walks us through a series of autobiographical excerpts from his time growing up in a small alleyway in Cairo during the early 20th century. The stories deal with marriage, political revolution, human nature, and the interplay between individuals and the society they build. Through…

As time’s clock runs its course, we often find ourselves nostalgic of times that could have been or were. Staring out across an ocean, laughing around a table filled with close friends, or taking a long walk at night humans seek reflection and question if we have proven ourselves worthy. Similar to Walcott in his poem, people begin to reflect when faced with reminders of their past. The magnitude of the narrator’s experience is clearly portrayed in his nostalgic tone and repetition of…

Introduction Born on the Black Sea port of Taganrog, Anton Chekhov, one of the finest Russian writers to have existed in the nineteenth century belonged to a poverty stricken family that extended to his grandparents with whom he spent his early childhood. Chekhov’s days were spent roaming in the countryside satisfying his curiosity about human love for nature. Later he assumed the role of a student of medicine and simultaneously became an author by publishing his writings in the newspapers and…

Fitzgerald’s 1925 book, The Great Gatsby,” has many themes throughout each chapter. From reading about alienation, friendship, and identity it is clear that Fitzgerald gives some mystery to some characters and how they develop through their struggles. In the development in the story Nick and Gatsby are two major characters in which alienation occurs the most, through unexpected events friendships are formed even of the characters do not know themselves, and from beginning to end characters are…

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings are two short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that are both very similar, yet very different. Marquez was a popular author of short stories from the 1950s to 1970s, he had a very noticeable aesthetic where he created very unusual, and unrealistic situations, but somehow shows human faults. This makes it to where if readers truly read the book, and realize what Marquez is trying to do, they can look at their own…

In the poem, “Fish Fossil,” by Ai Qing, the speaker dramatizes the meaning of life, to live life to the fullest and do not let anything get in your way. In the title, the speaker uses the word “fossil” to symbolize past memories of his life. The entire poem is an allegory where every line portrays a deeper meaning to it rather than the words the speaker uses. The speaker begins the poem by referring to how energetic and successful he felt, “With such agility in your movements”(1). Also, as he…

In the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel García-Márquez, Márquez uses structure and magical realism to make Santiago’s death inevitable, highlighting the idea that fate is inescapable, and that it outweighs ideals such as truth or justice. In part one, the reader learns that the novel is written from what seems to be the perspective of an old friend of Santiago’s who is piecing together the events leading up to Santiago’s death, 27 years after Santiago has died. The narrator puts…

“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” is an anomaly. Its size, as well as Hemingway’s unique writing style, sets it apart from most short stories. Hemingway uses simple language in an extremely short, uneventful story to convey deep, profound themes, which are prevalent in almost everyone’s life. He does not embellish or add any grandiose sentiments, as many writers do; he simply presents the story as it is. There are three main characters, all unnamed, who create the majority of the story purely with…