John Updike

Depending on the experience one has it can influence their writing Their writing could be similar to someone else's writing if they went through the same experience. This is the case with the following stories. "The Lady with the Dog" by Anton Chekhov and "Adventure in Paris" by Guy de Maupassant have similar aspect such as the affair, the setting, their iniating their relationship, however In the "Lady with the Dog", the protagonist, Dmitri, travels to Yalta. He encounters Anna, the lady with…

James Joyce’s “Araby” is a narrative about a boy who realizes how the world around him differentiates compared to how he wishes to perceive it. The tale is full of lightness and darkness as the author expresses. James describes how the boy is an innocent child, who then falls for a girl, Mangan’s sister; thus turning him into darkness. The boy tells the girl that he will bring her a gift from the bazaar since she cannot attend. However, the boy arrives when Araby is closing so he does not get a…

City Winter You’re enjoying the arcade games with your friends at the mall. Your best friend leans down to swipe the ‘game card’ for your air hockey match and suddenly someone shoves her out of the way. You help her up and turn to glare at the offender, surprised to find a ten year old girl playing the game with her brother. She turns and gives you a look of bored contempt. Her maid, draped in an old blue shawl gives you a sympathetic look and apologizes for the girl. At a shop two floors below…

Stranger Things season 2 is just the right ticket for those looking to find out if Barb Holland still lives. After Barb’s disappearance in season 1, many wonder if she is going to ever return. Until Netflix releases a new video that features Barb in action. Is this a prelude to Stranger Things season 2? Not necessarily. The video below teases the appearance of Nancy Wheeler’s best friend. Still set in the 1980s, a news report flashes on screen and explains the disappearance of Barb. The report…

How to go about handling a situation when seeing a child chained to a tree? In the story “Puppy” by George Saunders, Marie one of the main characters wondered the same thing. Saunders story had multiple viewpoints one being from Marie, a mother of two children and Callie, a mother of one who is trying to sell a puppy to Marie. Saunders has a deeper meaning than just being about selling someone a puppy, it is a story that tries and make you see that looks are deceiving and that we should not…

Upon first glance, the differences between James Joyce “Araby” and Countee Cullen “Incident” seem very clear. Joyce wrote a short story with a gloomy and depressing tone. The time and setting of short story “Araby” is in Dublin, Ireland during the 19th century. Cullen wrote a poem with a jaunty and lighthearted tone for the most part. Cullen “Incident” has a setting and time in Baltimore, Maryland during the 1920s. However, they both ironically wrote using the same point of view and theme, the…

I saw Robert opening boxes on a cart out on the floor. I walked up to him and he grinned at me and said: Hello, do you need something? I asked: Where are the olives? He said: They are over here. Robert led the way several aisles over where he pointed out the product on a shelf. I said: Thank you and he said: You’re welcomed. At the Hot Bar, a young man helped me with a sample. He was a Caucasian male about 17 years old, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, his long red hair stuffed under a hair net. He was…

This story reminds me of a few things in life that were a sign of things to come, in regards to having to deal with people of a particular nature. The uptight manager, well uptight in comparison my modern views, but this story is based in much more different time. A time where religion was more important in society. Elders had more implied respect in dealing with the younger generations. A view that really did complement the dissident that was hiding in Sammy at the end when the sunday school…

Araby: The Archetypal Journey to Adulthood James Joyce’s Araby is the archetypal tale of an early teenager and his coming of age. Through a series of feats, the protagonist learns about himself and the adult world around him. As the narrator’s journey progresses, it becomes evident that he is progressing towards maturity. Joyce uses archetypal imagery and symbolism to embody the protagonist’s journey towards adulthood. In this story, the author uses the narrator’s journey and immaculate love…

Would you stick up for someone if they were being embarrassed? A brief summary of the short story “A & P” is three girls walk into the grocery store in their swim suits and the cheekier Sammy kept staring at them. He called them Queenie (leader), Plaid, and Big Tall Gonny Gonny. When the manger came he kept embarrassing and being rude to the girls telling them they can’t wear their swimsuits. Sammy got upset at Lengel after the girls left and quit his job. Sticking up for others when they are…