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Gender in the Bush Poe said that a short story is like a house, take one brick out and none of it will make sense (Griffiths, Lecture). This is because the short story, unlike a novel, is contingent on every detail within it, from setting to characterization to conflict. Henry Lawson’s short story “The Drover’s Wife” follows a heroic woman protecting her children during a snake attack in the midst of a thunderstorm. Set in the bush, it offers a surprising depiction of the strength and fortitude…

“Apolitical” Adolescents: Analyzing the Popularity and Educational Potential of Dystopian Literature Post-9/11,” by Melissa Ames, and ““It Was the City Killed the Beast:” Nature, Technophobia, and the Cinema of the Urban Future,” by James Clapp. Three short stories that have a dystopian setting incorporated into the text are “Who Can Replace a Man?”, by Brian Aldiss, ““Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman,” by Harlan Ellison, and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” by Ursula Le Guin.…

In William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Award Speech, Faulkner reflected on how a young writer needs to learn the true concept of the universal truths. Faulkner believed that if a story does not include the use of these truths, it is essentially doomed (Faulkner 872). They have been around since the beginning of the existence of humans, and they will continue to endure until the end. Writers have created stories throughout history, and these evident universal truths have and will stay the same from…

“The Story of an Hour” written in 1894 by Kate Chopin, is a short story focused on Louise Mallard’s reaction when she is informed that her husband has passed as a result of a train accident. As expected, she initially expresses shock and grief. She locks herself away in her room and soon after her feelings evolve and begin to overwhelm her. Ironically, as the story continues, the tone shifts and there are indications that Mrs. Mallard has other feelings, that at face value would be considered…

of the Alex Award-winning collection of short stories Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, displays these certain attributes about a dysfunctional family in a marvelous fashion, but in the strangest yet most remarkable ways. Wilson in his short story, “Go, Fight, Win” incorporates the lifelong bond parents and their children maintain, although he perverts this relationship through the use of a shy, awkward teenager…

time failed to realize is that women had feelings too, they had ambitions and desires but they were never heard. Women lived in fear they dare not go against their husbands or speak out of turn, they had no voice so they wouldn 't dare speak. The short story "Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin is a well written powerful narrative about a woman, Louise Mallard is a soft spoken,…

In the short story, Revelation, author Flannery O’Connor uses a series of different analytical devices to help get the theme of the story across to the audience. Throughout the short story, Mrs. Turpin is continuously trying to get Mary Grace to like her and to get her approval. While she waits in the doctor 's office, Mrs. Turpin tries to figure out why Mary Grace keeps glaring and does not want to interact with her. In her own thoughts, Mrs. Turpin keeps wondering when Mary Grace will come to…

My major work If… is a short story exploring notions of familial relationships, ultimately enforcing the value of parents and the unchanging love families give. The title If… conveys the emotions of regret as well as the sense of bitterness in life. This mirrors what I want my major to achieve, making the audience reflect on their actions towards their family members and parents in particular as well as allow them to anticipate their future with their children. My audience is middle aged women…

the head of the household and work for money, whereas women were expected to be submissive to their husbands and complete housework. In many of Kate Chopin’s stories, she makes indications on the feminist movement of the 19th and 20th century. Her short story, “The Story of an Hour,” edifies her readers on the authority men had over their wives during the 19th century. The characters in “The Story of an Hour” create ironic themes of death and oppression in the 19th century setting of Chopin’s…

The film adaptation of the novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer directed by Tom Tykwer did a great job in resembling the novel. I felt that the film followed the novel closely, which really helped me understand the story better. Reading the novel is helpful to understand the film because the novel is the original story/script. When novels are adapted into screenplays, the writer has to do what is best for the film, which can result in the writer cutting out or changing certain things like:…