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provides the reader with an insight to the raw emotion and the instinctive capability of memory at war. Not only do weapons keep you protected, but they can also can kill you, memory itself does the same. Tim O’Brien, both the narrator and author uses stories to express his memories onto paper…

A lottery has always been a good thing that brought excitement and belief into peoples lives, except for this twist on things. The short story “The Lottery” written in short story by Shirley Jackson is about a small town where all the villagers gather on a beautiful summer day for their annual lottery. The children get there first, and they begin to collect stones until their parents call for them. Everyone arrives, except for Tessie Hutchinson who strolls in afterwards. people seem to be…

Would you rather almost die and yet come out alive as a changed person with a hopeful beginning, or go through a short trip to maturity with no hope? These two situations display themselves in the two stories titled “€œContents of a Dead Man 's Pocket,” written by Jack Finney, and “€œMarigolds,” written by Eugenia W. Collier. The former tells of Tom Benecke, a salesperson, who risks his life by climbing out of his eleventh-floor apartment to retrieve a sheet of paper important to his desire to…

the disease at the age of thirty-nine. The way O’Connor grew up and the experiences she had have a huge presence in her short stories. David Huddle even stated in “The Singular Voice of Flannery O’Connor” that “the stories wouldn’t exist at all were it not for her religion” (Huddle 41). Flannery O’Connor reflects her past experiences and catholic background in her short stories by using symbolism, irony, and violence endings. Symbolism is one of the most prominent literary devices used by…

“The Chrysanthemum” by John Steinbeck In the short story "The chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck. Elisa the protagonist of the story is a strong and proud woman who owns a garden. This garden fulfills the empty space she feeling at her own house. Plating chrysanthemums is a way to release Elisa’s frustration. This is the only place where she can be herself and portrays what many other women go through during marriage. Flowers are usually associated with a woman because they represent beauty,…

One review is from a library database by Maria Bonn. This article expresses an awesome critical review on Tim O’Brien’s story, The Things They Carried. Tim O’Brien tells us at the beginning of the story “the things they carried,” an installment of his literary exploration of the terrain of the Vietnam War, “But this too is true: Stories can save us.” In the article, it states that at times, O’Brien has expressed concern that the literature of the Vietnam War, a literature dominated…

In the short story "The Lottery" the author, Shirley Jackson, surprises readers with an unexpected turn of events. First time readers can define her description for her setting as insignificant, but after reading it once it brings curiosity on how readers misinterpreted on what seemed normal but were actual symbols and foreshadowing to the tragic outcome. As Jackson uses symbolism throughout her story she captures reader’s attention not only because of the human sacrifice but the story itself…

Short and Sweet The short story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, was published in December of 1905. In only a few pages, William Sydney Porter, under his pen name O. Henry, composes a magical story of love and sacrifice. Both characters are willing to give up what they love most for the person they love. O. Henry shows his excellence as a writer in “The Gift of the Magi” with his plot, use of irony, and his theme of love. According to Emily Wenstrom from “The Write Practice”, there are a…

The phenomenal writing of Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” is a labyrinth of suspense. The importance of the suspense keeps up sentence after sentence throughout the story. The first piece of evidence of suspense is in the title “The Lottery”, as it deceives the reader to believe this is going to be a happy story about winning a prize. Mrs. Jackson, adds to this belief as she describes how long the lottery will take, “in this village, where there were only about three hundred people,…

A rose for an Emily is a short story written by American author William Faulkner in a 1931. In the short story by Faulkner it tell the story of an old and isolated lady in her own time. Her strict and controlling dad died about thirty years ago. Her house grows into the most ugly looking house on the once prestige street in the town. It used to be nice and white, it was now filled with dust and decay. The people in Emily 's city talk about her and shame her lost personality or feeling. She…