Ron Joyce

full of herself, since she often admires her physical appearance. Her father rarely makes an appearance throughout the short story. As a result, Connie often seeks the life and attention outside of her home. In “Where are you? Where have you been? Joyce Oates illustrates the effects Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs love and belonging. Connie, and I both shared the feeling of being compared to another individual. “Why don’t you keep your room clean like your sister? How’ve you got your hair fixed? –…

The Deterioration of the Old South and Miss Emily William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is a story about Miss Emily Grierson and her failure to accept that time has continued to pass by. Miss Emily is shown to be a stubborn and mentally unstable individual. She continues to be stuck living in the past with a skewed reality of the present. This story has several literal deaths, one that was very questionable, and a figurative death of the Old South in the changes that appear throughout. “A Rose…

In the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, Connie is out with her friends one night at the dine-in. As she was walking to the car with one of her friends, another guy smiles and waves his finger towards her while passing in his car. She does not think anything of it until later on one Sunday evening when her parents leave the house. Arnold Friend, the guy from the dine-in shows up at Connies home and asks her to go on a joy ride with him but she…

Ms. Emily and Her Tangled Web A “Rose for Emily” has a surprising start, where the reader begins at the end of Ms. Emily’s story. The opening scene is the funeral for Ms. Emily Grierson, being of Southern tradition the townspeople come to pay their respects out of their own inquisitiveness needs. Faulkner plays with his readers as her tale unfolds. It is only as one reads further that they learn more about Ms. Emily, and the life she led. Faulkner only lets his readers see moments of her…

In literature, a literary device known as symbolism is used to convey an idea about a subject, person, or place. In the works of Amy Tan and Julia Alvarez, symbolism is influential throughout their stories. The story of ¡Yo! is a great example of how well Alvarez converts the symbol of a haunting folklore to a real-life terror. Although the story of ¡Yo! takes place in the United States, it tells the story of a family that escapes from The Dominican Republic during the time of a terrifying wave…

Poetic Explication: “We Real Cool” We Real Cool, is a rather short poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1960, right in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. Near the beginning of the poem it sounds like everything is quite alright with everyone, with “We real cool,” but by the end of the poem, everything is not ok, and the poem ends with “We / die soon,” which means that death will soon occur, if change does not happen (Brooks 3, 9-10). Through the use several literary techniques, Brooks…

Compare and Contrast Essay: "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl Both short stories "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Landlady” by Roald Dahl are gothic, mysterious stories. The authors (of both stories) make the stories exciting for the reader due to the tension and suspense they create. There are some clear differences between the two stories, but also some similarities. In “The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator is the main character in the…

Everyone makes poor decisions in their life that later has an effect on them. In three short stories by Kate Chopin, she explains how many people often make irresponsible decisions which eventually leads to dissatisfaction. With this in mind, the story Regret discusses how a woman rejected a proposal to live a life she later regretted. Including, Desiree’s Baby, which depicts how a young man decided to send his wife and child elsewhere because of their race. In addition to, The Story of An Hour…

Well used imagery can be as vivid as a one million paintings. Kate Chopin uses imagery throughout many of her timeless short stories. Kate Chopin was a short story author based out of Louisiana. Chopin was born on February 8, 1850, in St. Louis, MO and later died on August 22, 1904. Throughout her life Chopin was a very well-known women’s rights activist. Kate Chopin was also very against the abuse and enslavement of African Americans. Chopin uses amazing imagery throughout the short story…

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…