Shorts

“shells essay” “shells” by cynthia rylant is a realistic short story about a couple who have a weak relationship the kid, michael, who lost his parents and lives with an old grumpy woman who accuses him of hating her. in the beginning michael is adopted by his mom’s sister who is complaining constantly and excludes him from her life. soon esther tries to help michael by including him and not complaining. in the end michael realises that esther isn't so bad after all. this story shows that if…

The Interlopers and The Story of an Hour are two very dissimilar short stories, especially when it comes to content. But the underlying focus of the stories and desire of the main characters is something all humans share, which makes both of these stories so very powerful. The Interlopers is a story of revenge, feuds, and resolution and is told in a very different way than The Story of an Hour. While the former focuses more on outward conflict and external world, the latter shows you the…

The Golem by Avram Davidson is a retelling of a Jewish folklore with a twist that makes it stand out from other science fiction tales. Evident from the title of the story, the story starts with the appearance of a golem at the porch of an old couple’s home. The old couple – Mr. and Mrs. Gumbeiner – react very calmly to the situation, unlike how characters usually react in science fiction stories when they encounter a monster-like or alien-like being. Their indifference towards the golem and the…

known authors and very talented in the way they write. They show isolation in some of their stories. A Worn Path, The Soul selects her own Society, and Ethan Frome are just some of the writing they wrote expressing the struggle of isolation. In the short story A Worn Path by Edora Welty the main character is an older lady named Phoenix Jackson. She live in the woods alone with her alleged grandson. Throughout the story she is walking to town by herself and she faces many issues. She began’s to…

She stared at Sally for a couple of minutes. Sally finally got the nerve to ask her. She asked in a small soft voice, “The town is short of money, and we were wondering if you could help us buy a turkey?” Agnes laughed, and said “y'all never invite me to anything. Y'all think I'm an old hag with lots of money. Why should I give y'all anything?” Sally looked at the old woman, and sighed…

Bam was not the same after that, and how could he be? In the short clip made available of his newest TV venture, he says that he had never considered someone close to him dying, and that the shock of Dunn's passing sent him into a drinking spiral. He says it all wild-eyed, slurring, hand bleeding from punching a car window in. His boyish confidence had been transformed into an anxious confusion. The life of Riley he'd built from slapping his dad while asleep and filming it now became broken and…

Ambush Both Ambush is a story about a man’s Vietnam War stories and how he is struggling to keep his secrets unknown to his daughter. I believe that this story falls into both categories for a few reasons. It falls into the reality and dreams category because throughout the story he is having flashbacks to the first time he killed someone during the war along with him wishing that it never happened. The reality of it is that it happened and that there is nothing he can do that would change the…

Connor Cole Mr. Davis ELA9, Period 3 EA 2.1 Short Story 14 March 2018 The Monster Have you ever thought about what you’d find if you actually looked, what type of monstrous things would you find in your most desperate hour, what evil you’ll find if you actually look around? Well I’ve got a story for you now. Charles wakes up and realizes that he passed out on his mother’s couch and just as he wakes up his mother walks in and yells “Happy 23rd birthday Charles” she tells him that she…

People have always wondered about the school on The Hill of the Blue Moon. No human would dare ever set foot on the road that leads to the school. People of the village of Moonlight would see a black carriage pass into town and go up the hill. They would see a man with skin white as snow and eyes as red as blood and if you saw his whole face you would see that he has a black eye patch on his right eye. His hair was also white it would be in a long braid that is draped over his left shoulder. He…

i'm kaly and this is what happened “Let’s go to the old house mick” I said it was a bad idea but we did it anyway . And then the door open by itself and it closed back then mick knocked it once and he dared me to do it and i did it twice and when i look up i saw a lady up i the window. I what home me and mick skype each other when someone knock on my door for signing up for something and by the time I want back to the computer mick was gone and i thought he was playing at first and then i…