Shorts

Powder In the short story “Powder”, the theme love is portrayed the most through deep connections between father and son. These two characters alone express bond that love can create between families. A father and son begin to drive through the snow storm until they are stopped at a road block by an officer. Love is first shown when the father stops to tell the son that they have to make it back in time for dinner so that the mom won’t feel let down once again as she has been lately. This is…

Analytical essay of ”Jesse” This analytical essay will examine Joy Boothe’s short story ”Jesse”. The short story is based on Joy Boothe’s own life and how she named her first son. The main focus of the story is the narrators life and her fight with the family norms as the granny is a racist, while the narrator is not. Hence, the theme might be racism and segregation. The story is split into different parts and takes place in Alabama over the course of 22 years. It begins while the narrator is…

The short story A & P, written by John Updike, is different because of the way that Updike is able to write in present and past tense from the perspective of a teenager thinking back to his days working in a grocery store. The story is about some girls who walk into the store wearing nothing but their bathing suits. These girls draw everybody’s attention away from their work and onto them simply because of the way that they’re dressed. Besides the distraction, most of the conflict does not…

Through publishing his short stories Faulkner earned enough income to buy a home in Oxford, Mississippi for his family. In 1932, Faulkner’s financial security slipped out from underneath him. After his agent could not find him any paying jobs, MGM offered him work in Hollywood…

Saki, the author, had a life rich in cultural variety and life experiences. This is why we find his short stories spontaneous and unpredictable. "The Open Window" is not the exception, it is important to read and understand the last sentence of this story. It is there that we understand the whole story and we notice that there were no real ghosts, which was the cause of Mr. Nuttel, the main character, to sprint out of the house. The big question unanswered in the story is Why did Vera made up…

Characters Within the short story “Under the Radar” the main characters are Steven Reeves, protagonist, and Marjorie Reeves, antagonist. Steven Reeves depicts a round character. He, a college graduate, married Marjorie at a young age and is committed to his job. Steven lacks intelligence in the common sense category. For example, he was naïve about Marjorie’s year-long affair with a man he idolized. Steven also displayed some callous feelings toward Marjorie which, turned into a violent scene…

Voorhees manly chest, tugging at his athletic nipples. Stevie knew Voorhees’ trigger zones, having spied on his neighbor jerking himself on more than one occasion. Voorhees moaned, while his cock swelled. Soon enough, Stevie pulled down Voorhees gym shorts, and began stroking his neighbor’s dick, while he began sucking with his wired nips. “Fuck,” Voorhees murmured, and continued, “Stevie, if you keep this up, I’m going to fuck your virgin…

In Sarah Ellis, Gore short story, Amy the story’s protagonist uses her intelligence to outwit her brother Lucas into getting her book back. Amy made it evident in the beginning of the text that getting her stolen book back would not be a simple task. She states “I use whatever counter-weapon I have at my disposal.” (Ellis 2). Although Amy knows she cannot compete with her brother Lucas’s strength she finds her own way of outsmarting him by devising a plan/strategy in which she gets him out of…

"The Randomness of persecution' When I began reading this short story, I began to think okay this sounds a nice little community. They all seemed to be just living daily lives. The children were all playing and laughing , the parents seemed lighthearted and playing with one another. When I came to realize this wasnt a good "lottery' All I could think about was why in the world would they be laughing or joking. They should be sared , sick to thir stomach that they are about to pertake in such a…

Interview Questions: A Short Story Bethany Dameron Arizona State University Interview Questions: A Short Story A student, Bethany Dameron, must create a story around which to wrap a series of interview questions. She wishes to make this story entertaining, while still relevant. She imagines conversations with celebrities, artists, or politicians. None of these spark her interest. Then, she comes up with a fun, creative, lighthearted story, which makes her smile. Bethany pictures a story in…