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Edgar Allan Poe is a 19th century American writer, he mostly uses gothic elements in his literary works. One of his literary work which includes gothic elements is “The Cask of Amontillado”. “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a man, Montresor, who wants to take revenge from one of his friends, Fortunato, because Fortunato insults Montresor and at the end...
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“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat” (West. R). A woman who expresses herself about the issues she believes in can even today experience she is being provocative. However, we have come a long way...
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A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez which tends to both mankind and parts of the ground-breaking. This story reviews the human response to the people who are weak, subordinate, and exceptional. There are depictions of striking cruelty and hardness all through the story. After Elisenda and Pelayo's youth recovers from his...
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At some point in life, we realize the simplest things mean a lot to you In the short story “Everyday Use,” by Alice Walker contrast the characters Maggie and Dee and their connection to their family towards the heritage of the quilts, details took place in the early 1950s and 1960s in the yard that they call “An extended living...
Everyday UseShort Story
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After the second World War, America solidified and extended its spot as a world superpower. Industry was booming come up, modern political reforms started to take place, and technology was skyrocketing. Everything was on the up. However, estimates range that 50 million - 80 million people died in the war. How could so many losses be worth it? One author...
Kurt VonnegutShort Story
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In the short story, “A Rose for Emily” we read from a unique narration point of view method by William Faulkner. The story is about an eccentric women who is rejected by society for the fact that she lives in the past. The main character is Emily from a collective point of view from many sources in which it makes...
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When people get obsessed or curious about someone, they can do things that they would not be able to do it without being afraid of being judge by others or by themselves. Those individuals can make them change radically and leave a profound effect on them. In the short stories “Bartleby The Scrivener” by Herman Melville and “The Bridegroom” by...
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Traditions have been passed down from generation to generation. Whether it’s expressed through beliefs, customs or behavioral actions within a group. They all hold symbolic meaning and can affect society as a whole. Although traditions have a great impact and hold a great value from the past, there are many different types and all have special significance to them. In...
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“Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl is a short story about the murder of police detective Patrick Maloney by his wife Mary. Driven to homicide after her husband's unexpected announcement that he's leaving her and their unborn child, Mary quickly regains her senses after fatally killing him with the leg of lamb. This short story made me think about...
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Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word. “Brian Tracy”. Flannery O’ Connor story presents us with a strange morality one where hypocrisy and integrity; also, religion has to do with the story. We can relate this story into today’s society because, sometimes people just thing for themselves and what they want. Just as...
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David Foster Wallace opens the speech with the fish anecdote to introduce the subject of discussion to his audience(college students); knowledge is not measured by education alone, rather acknowledging one’s surroundings. The overall effect of the line “This is Water” demonstrates the basic realities that are overlooked in life. Wallace repeats this line twice to emphasize his argument that basic...
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Two short stories “Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” by Herman Melville and “The Hunger Artist” by Frank Kafka were both written by two different authors at two different time periods. Even though both stories are separated by over sixty years from one another, character wise both stories share the same main idea which is social acceptance. Both...
A Hunger ArtistShort Story
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Introduction Both Nathaniel Hawthorne and Joyce Carol Oates are arguably among the foremost American authors. Born a century apart, they created individually influential bodies of work in response to the historical and sociocultural contexts in which they lived. The juxtaposition of Hawthorne and Oates—Puritanical New England in the mid-1800s and contemporary America—may initially seem incongruent, but the disparities in their...
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Introduction to Hisaye Yamamoto and Her Works Hisaye Yamamoto was a Japanese American, Nisei (“Second Generation”) author. One of her most famous works, Seventeen Syllables, and other short stories, was a collection of short stories produced over her 40-year career. Owing to the nature of Realistic Fiction writing, the short stories of Hisaye Yamamoto reveal her perspective on gender roles...
BiographyResearchShort Story
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“This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona.” By using background stories and third-person narratives, it introduces readers to tense relationships and seeks self-identity from the perspective of Native Americans. Alexei showed the audience the personal conflict and broken relationship between loved ones leading to the guidance, understanding, and guidance of the internal struggle. The author encourages others to...
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The short story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” written by J. D. Salinger, depicts how Salinger views World War ll, reflecting it in his story through the eyes of main the character Seymour Glass. The story highlights Seymour’s attitude and behavior after being affected by the war, which showcases his suppression and anxiety towards society through the psychoanalytic lens. The...
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Guy de Maupassant's most well-known literary work is the short story 'The Necklace.' This classic de Maupassant story is set in nineteenth-century France and is known for its unexpected ending. The plot centers on a young woman and her husband, who enjoyed a normal middle-class existence before becoming completely deprived due to an unfortunate tragedy. This is an irony of...
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We all have experienced some form of jealousy or the need to have what others have, but the acts of ungratefulness and greed can lead to our destruction. The story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant focuses on the downfall of the Loisels. Its primary focus is on the feelings of my wife, Madame Mathilde Loisel. Throughout the story, it...
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The belief of valuing a human’s life may be inherent and unequivocal by most people. Nevertheless, there are people in the world that do not acknowledge the importance of one’s life and choose to be careless over the fact and proceed to take advantage of anyone, regardless of the consequences. These types of people were either taught not to value...
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The book I chose is “The Canterville Ghost” written by famous English author Oscar Wilde. He was an Irish poet and playwright. It is a short story written in the form of novella about the mansion haunted by a ghost. Its genre is Gothic fiction. The title itself reveals that it is a scary ghost story. But when I read...
GhostShort Story
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The Theme of grace in “A Good Man Is Hard To Find and Other Stories” is widely presented in most stories of Flannery O’Connor. At the beginning of most stories, characters are seen as being alienated to the author’s perception of God’s grace, living a sinful life. As the story develops however, some changes occur in the lives of characters...
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In Flannery O’Connor’s story a family is taking a vacation from Georgia to Florida, but the grandmother wants to go to East Tennessee where she has many connections with old friends. The Grandmother’s argument finally convinces them to go to Tennessee as they are on their way they run into the Misfit and everything spirals out of control from then...
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‘The Moment Before the Gun Went Off’ is a story written by Nadine Gordimer. It is a narrative of a white farmer named Marais Van der Vyver, whose gun accidentally shoots and kills his young black man farmer, Lucas. The story's plot is strongly influenced by the apartheid policy, the segregation of whites and non-whites and the white supremacy for...
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Flannery O’Connor, a well-known author, wrote mostly about the relationship between people and God. O’Connor, a Roman Catholic, was devoted to her religion. Most of her stories revolve around southern, rural culture and the people who lived in this environment. O’Connor used many themes and symbols in her stories, and one symbol that particularly sticks out is a character’s eyes....
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This is a short fictional story about life on the planet Venus where it rains continuously day in day out. The sun disappeared five years ago, and the children are anticipating seeing the sun. The nine-year-old children do no really remember how the sun looked like because they were still too young. The scientists had predicted that the sun was...
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