The Whole Story

short story Good Country People is left ambiguous by the author Flannery O’Connor. It is left to the reader to Infer the meaning by analysing the point the author is trying to make and how the author wants the reader to feel. The hidden meaning behind Good Country People is ultimate evil in characters that are otherwise deceptively polite. Situational irony in this short story helps the read find that everything is not as it appears in Good Country people. Although by the end of the story…

hroughout the whole Scarlett letter novel there are many secrets that take place. Most of them in the story lead up to something worse and people get badly treated by them. The main secrets that change the entire story is when Hester is asked not to reveal the identity of Reverend Dimmesdale, also not revealing Chillingsworth’s identity, but mainly the secret sin of adultery. The whole novel is revolving around Dimmesdale and Hester but Dimmesdale has his identity as a sinner/lover hidden…

The tone and writing style shifts abruptly as the final scene begins. It is almost as if a new story begins, but it has been set up. The stylistic change is noticeable from the first sentence. Hayasaki writes, “It felt like an 80,000-pound semi-truck had parked on Will Piper’s chest” (Hayasaki). She starts out with a complex simile. This kind of literary language is unusual for more academic, expository writing. Hayasaki uses many similes and metaphors throughout this central and final scene.…

names, Bam had us sign our major. Since I did not know how to sign my major, psychology, he showed me. I put this as my new learned sign on my BINGO sheet. Next, he taught us a storytelling game where we use the ABC’s to tell the story. Each person had to continue the story Bam had started by using the next letter of the alphabet. After this game, MJ came over and played a similar game with us, only this time we used numbers. Both of these games helped me practice my signing and they served as…

returned. Mrs. Sappleton still waits for them by keeping the window open. Vera had actually fibbed about the whole story so when Vera’s family really does come back from the trip, Mr. Nuttel is frightened that he’s going insane and sees ghosts. Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) uses the element of imagery in “The Open Window” through the description of the story that Vera tells, how realistic the story looks from Mr. Nuttell's…

made people believe he was going to die he uses the coffin to demonstrate his struggles. Even after he didn't die he still didn't have enough muscle to be able to walk. The novella tells a deep story of perseverance and love, but it also uses symbolism as a way to give a deeper meaning to the whole story. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, James Hurst uses the bleeding tree, Doodle’s coffin, and…

The Hidden Meaning in Everything Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the story of “Young Goodman Brown” is a dark tale written in the form of an allegory. To understand this short story, one must assume everything has a hidden meaning. On the surface, this story is about a man who ventures into the woods outside his village where he encounters a pagan ritual. Upon close reading, one discovers the story has a deeper purpose—its examination of religious beliefs. “Young Goodman Brown” symbolizes…

majority of the short stories read throughout English 101 were thought provoking even in the most obscure readings. Such stories include: Birdsong by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner. Both of these short stories provide rich text, set-up for interpretation, debate, and concrete critical analysis. They helped move the class along in terms of fulfilling not only the desired writing outcomes but also the reading outcomes as well. Although most of the stories…

Have you ever noticed similarities in stories you've read? That’s because they all use the same sort of techniques to portray their topic. For example, My Life as a Bat (Story One), by Margaret Atwood, Hope for Animals (Story Two), by Jane Goodall, and An Astronomers Poem (Story Three), by Walt Whitman; are put together in a specific way to make you understand their theme. All three stories are similar in how their text is structured and their tone, but differ in their use of language. They…

The short story, “We Live in Water” by Jess Walter, describes a man named Michael in search for his father and the other story describes the events leading up to a homicide. The prominent themes in this short story are determinism which is what is determined and not chosen for the characters, free will of the character’s conflict between morally right or the wants or needs of the character, and karma with the actions of the characters. Determinism, free will, and karma all manifest in this short…