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    This trait is emphasized by the comparison of the other character in this story, Yonatan. Yonatan’s section of the story is filled with short run on sentences, commas, and informal language. Making Yonatan seem young, innocent and high energy. As soon as the author began narrating Sergei’s character their was a instant change in the writing, sentences become longer and sarcastic. The content of Yonatan’s part in the story show no fear or negativity, even when there should be. Yonatan has…

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    Barber are two short stories with similar themes and genres. Themes such as suspense are used by both authors and are used in various ways by the two authors to engage readers. The plot structure of both of these stories are very similar, with the conventional plot structure up until the falling action and conclusion. Both stories use the same narrative perspective however, the way it engages with the reader is vastly different as well as the characterisation techniques used in the stories. Both…

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    Things They Carried” written by Tim O’Brien, he writes about various mini story about his experience in the Vietnam war. His tales jump ranges from different important moments from the war to how it has affected him during the present time. Each mini story, has a metaphor or deeper meaning behind it and he writes it so the reader can see that. O’Brien wants the reader to think deep and expand their own knowledge. The story themselves, sometimes are nonfiction to fiction to make the reader…

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    The point of the view in the stories by Sandra Cisneros is usually 3rd person using the words, he, she, and it. The story in third person makes to reader connect to the reader’s emotions. “Salvador inside that wrinkled shirt, inside the throat and each time it speaks.” The author uses the personal pronoun it to describe Salvador because of his hard lifestyle that is described in the passage. I personally feel sad because I would refer to simple things as it (like the garbage can) and I would…

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    I have chosen to explore the theme ‘ conflict between cultures and how it does or doesn’t get resolved’. This theme is evident in the short stories, Awful Australia By Anna Walwicz, Only Ten by Allan Baillie, Ambushed by Tim O’Brien and the short film Coffee and Allah by Sima Urale. In the short story “Awful Australia” by Anna Walwicz, the young person is ‘hating’ on Australia. She doesn’t like anything about Australia. She is venting her frustration, because she has come from a wealthy country…

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    In every story you read or hear about have these elements; the setting, plot, literal devices and its theme throughout stories to make a story come into depth to the audience. These elements allow the audience to connect in a real-life situations which generate the potential in the short stories. Louise Erdrich’s “Love Medicine” is a fantastic piece that represents a story analysis work in the culture of writing. Erdrich short stories are based on encouraging women to remain strong with their…

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    #1 In the short story “Eveline” by James Joyce, the first paragraph helps to introduce the theme of not taking the opportunities presented and letting life just go on without enjoying it. In the short story, it states “She was tired.” because she was living her life as she always had; without any real excitement. Instead of getting ready to leave to go somewhere more enjoyable, she was sitting there “watching the evening invade the avenue.” She was doing what she always has:…

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    Sammy, a 19-year-old boy, serves as a protagonist character in the A&P short Story. He initially works as a cashier in a small-town supermarket. The A&P story happens in a small community that carries a profound conservative opinion (Wheeler, 2011). At the start of the story, three young ladies walk into the store putting on bathing suits. The way how the girls go about dressing themselves makes people especially Sammy look upon them strangely, which reveals the rift within the young and the old…

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    telling stories in a manner that might even surprise you. Of course she doesn’t know how to put events in the right sequence or weave a story that has a well-developed beginning, middle and a catchy ending. Yet she continues to knit stories, intertwining what she sees happening around her with the imaginary world that exists in her mind. You can encourage your little storyteller to enhance her skills and make the story-time more fun. Here are a few ideas: Tell stories Stories feed on stories.…

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    Abstract Saadat Hasan Manto is one of the greatest short story writers in Urdu literature who has produced twenty two collections of short stories dealing with different subjects such as partition, human life, social taboos, communal violence, so on and so forth. His stories revolving round the subject of partition of the subcontinent after independence in 1947 are more famous and more known than his other stories. Toba Tek Singh is one such story, a masterpiece, which is interwoven with the…

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