Horror short stories

Brittany Irwin What it Means to be Human Human beings are very precious and unique creations. God crafted human beings in his image and likeness; each matchless person has his or her own physical features, thoughts, interests, likes/dislikes, etc. To be fully human means embracing God as our creator, the main source of the human identity, and following the path of holiness that he has laid down for human beings. In Thomas Merton’s work of philosophy “The Inward Solitude,” written to a…

more by befriending him. Because of this he acts mean towards the other boy and avoids him. Eventually he realizes that the boy doesn’t deserve that and accepts him for who he his. This leads to a great friendship, Jinns first in America. As the story progresses Jinn becomes more comfortable with himself and his nationality. Jinn reveals that he has crush on an american girl in his class. He is still a very shy person so he doesn’t have the courage to talk to her. However Jinns new friend…

When in actual fact, Lucy sees the mirror as 'reflecting vibrant life'. To Lucy the mirror is beautiful, as it shows vibrant signs of life 'bits and pieces of India glanced on its surface.' This seems quite rare for people in the C19th, who would not have acknowledged bits of smashed glass as art. They certainly would not acknowledge Lucy's observation of the moment, as appropriate. Most would recognise the mirror as smashed glass. She is able to see the beauty even in unprepossessing moments.…

At first, he is bored and dull, no better than one of the "sheep" he makes fun of. Later, as he watches McMahon, the butcher, "Patting his mouth and looking after them, sizing up their joints,”Sammy begins to sympathize with the girls. Then when Lengel scolds the girls and falsely tells them that it's store policy that they have to have their shoulders covered, Sammy realizes, "That's policy for you. Policy is what the kingpins want. What the others want is juvenile…

Loisel crosses paths with her long time friend Mme. Forestier this is when we learn that the necklace was made only of paste. It was a fake, just like Mme. Loisel. She felt in order to be accepted she had to put up a false front. She had to keep up with the Jones in sense. This is a major character flaw that ends up costing her ten years of her life. “She had become the woman of impoverished households-strong and hard and rough” (Maupassant 182). She had become a totally different woman on…

of the Arabic language and Arabic Culture specially when she “intersperses the narrative with literary translated phrases and expressions” ( Al-Maleh 238). Therefore, Salma, the narrator, is the voice of Faqir the writer who tells the “other” the story, plights and predicaments of Salma the protagonist. As stated above, the author puts in literary translated phrases in her text and lets Salma speaks broken English to give liveliness to her text, as if the reader sees a foreigner in front of…

The story could be considered as having began the day prior when Mr. Wright was killed or many years before that when Mrs. Wright married him and changed so much. “Trifles” has a climactic structure as is evidenced by restricted characters, locale, and scenes as well as a plot that starts very late in the story. Protagonist “Trifles” is different from many other plays in the fact that the main character of the play, is never actually seen. Mrs. Minnie Wright is the main character. The…

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His relationship with George Wilson, the husband of Tom’s lover Myrtle, most poignantly expresses this cruelty with Tom putting off selling his car to Wilson until “next week”. This gives Tom power over Wilson. Tom is also aggressive and ‘power-consumed’ in his relationship with his lover Myrtle. At his and Myrtle’s party in their New York apartment, (an ostentatious show of Tom’s wealth), Tom responds to Myrtle’s taunts by “[breaking] her nose with his open hand” (p.39). He emerges from the…

a happy life? Is it everlasting love or is it just for the moment? Edgar Allan Poe’s “Eleonora” published in 1852, is a short story that is quite different from his other works since it is unusual to see a happy ending in his stories. Poe is considered a dark, gothic writer; however, he gives a dreamlike, beatific touch to the overall magical atmosphere of the story. This story portrays Eleonora as a blissful human being and describes her as being the most beautiful woman. By looking at the…