As the old woman leaves at 8:00, she remarks she cannot bear the night air and the lateness of the hour only intensifies the boy's fear that he will have little time to go to "Araby" and buy the promised gift for his beloved. ... There is nothing to buy for his beloved but some silly and petty pieces of porcelain which were not, in the least, the exotic gift he imagined and longed for. ...
"The Storm": The setting The setting of this interesting short story sets the stage and produce the atmosphere that helps the reader feel the story. There are several elements in the setting of the storm, that will lay the groundwork for the rest of the short story. It was interesting ho...
Edgar Allen Poe: Writing Style The short story writer which I have chosen to research is Edgar Allen Poe. After reading one of his works in class, I realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. Although many critics have different views on Poe's writing style, I think t...
In the fantasy genre, the reader gets the chance to enter an ancient and forgotten world that no longer exists. In this genre you will automatically go back to a time where everything was made of wood and steel. All this puts the reader in a comfort zone where you don't have to be afraid of possi...
Everyday Use- Character Analysis "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, is a story of a black family composed of a mother and her two daughters: Maggie and Dee. Walker does an excellent job illustrating her characters. There are all types of characters in this short story from round to static. Dee is...
Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" is a sad tale of a woman trying to escape her future. The ironic story of Louise Mallard is hard to understand without understanding the relationship with her husband, Brently Mallard. The Mallards were a typical couple of that time, loving and repressive. Brently...
John about his beloved. (152) For a character so self-professedly cold and unfeeling, Lucy is quite able to take pleasure in the gullibility of others, as when she lies to Ginevra Fanshawe and likes the reaction (237), and is also liable to fits of romanticism, as evidenced by her over-reaction upon receiving a single, friendly letter from Dr. ...
Everybody has a story to tell, It can be about your weekend, your summer vacation, what happened to a friend of yours but in Alice Munro's short story " Friend of My Youth-, the narrator has a very fascinating story to tell. A story that her mother had once told her, a story she'll never forget. ...
After much turmoil and tribulation, sorrow and pain, and sweat and tears, the final fates of the characters in Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the d"Urbervilles were dealt their final fate. But the question still remains: were the fates of Alec, Angel and Tess justified at the end of the novel?...
The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike, receiving nominations for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Many critics note a shift in Carver's work between the publication of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love and Cathedral, and many believe that Carver reached the zenith of his career with this co...
