Shorts

The next morning, as Hunnigan brushed her brown hair by the window. Outside she should have seen the sun barely peeking behind the distant surroundings, but all she saw was thick clouds and rain. She heard a knock at her door. “You may enter.” she spoke casually, already knowing who it was. The door creaked open and a shy little handmaiden walked in. Her blonde hair just simply braided. “Ah, there you are.” A smile appeared on Hunnigan’s face as she placed the brush down at the table. “I assume…

“Yes, but he isn’t guilty! I’ll prove it.” “That’s all we wanted.” He said almost it in a guilty tone, but mixed with an ‘I knew it’ or an “I told you” tone. Her brain then decided to go through all of the memories with her five year husband and tried to decipher them like some science experiment. She couldn’t think of how all of that could’ve been a lie. It was all too real to be a lie. Five years of her life may have been completely meaningless. She couldn’t bare to think of the possibility…

Short stories have five elements that complement each other. These five elements are characters, setting, conflict, plot, and theme [1], and although every one of those elements is of great importance, characters are the most important elements of a story. Characters are the reason a story has a conflict and a plot, and in order for us to learn a lesson and understand a theme of a story, we need to be able to understand what the characters have experienced and what they’re feeling. “The Tell…

Pendulum between Liberation and Socialization Kate Chopin’s short story” The Storm” is greatly influenced by personal experiences and societal norms of the late eighteen hundreds ,better known as the Victorian Era. Inspired to think for herself by “strong-willed women” (Kort 1), Chopin grew intolerant of the “shallow social life” that she was forced to uphold (Evans 1). As an illustration, women were considered inferior to men and they also were expected to enjoy housewifery duties and maintain…

with each character and gives the reader a good sense of what is going on. Faulkner achieved this through the skillful use of perspective. He went on to create great stories such as, “A Rose for Emily”, “Dry September”, and “Barn Burning”. These short stories clearly exemplify why perspective and point of view are important. “A Rose for Emily”, is known as one of Faulkner’s greatest works. It tells the story of a wealthy southern white woman in the late 1800 's named Emily…

Surprise endings are common in modern day short stories, but these particular endings do vary in believability like the story, “The Lottery.” This story 's ending was a huge surprise for the audience, but it wasn’t very believable if one relates it to reality. In the story, everyone acted like nothing was going on, but someone was going to die at the end of that day. In reality, these people would of either left that village years ago or there would be a stop to this “tradition.” This is what…

In most families, the role of a parent depends solely upon the relationship that they have with their children. In Alan McMonagle short story entitled Liar Liar, the author portrays the main character of the story—the father— as the epitome of a great man, in the eyes of his naive son. The main theme of Alan McMonagle’s short story Liar Liar is relationships. In the story, the father uses the gangster western films to communicate with his son in order to fulfill the desires of escaping his…

“Everyday Use,” by Alice Walker is a short story roughly about an unsuccessful household who scuffles to make things right and in order. The story says that Maggie and Dee’s mother was very hardworking and wanted to make everything possible and joyful for them. She went out of her ways and tried to make the whole household happy. In the story, “Everyday Use,” there was Maggie who was very respectful, unselfish, she never wanted more than what she needed. Maggie also helped her mother around the…

What would you do if your bright future is beyond reached, after your boyfriend stashed drugs in your luggage that sent you to jail? That’s Ronnie’s life. After getting back together with her bonehead boyfriend, they decided to go on vacation, a vacation that ended really badly. Ronnie gets sent to jail, while her boyfriend left her hanging to pay for his mistake. Stuck in jail with only Nikko Marino and his brothers to post bail on her. Ronnie had no choice on who her rescuer was, so she ended…

There were four kids and they all wanted to go into a 1800’s mansion that was onced was owned by a rich guy named W.H. Treason. Only the main section of the house stands because it had a huge fire and that’s what killed the owner. The parts of the fired were sealed off. He owned thousands of slaves and made them do everything. Now as the kids enter the house they wonder if it was a mistake. They try to get out and it seems the house is haunted. “Did you hear that noise?”, one of the four kids…