Interpretation of a fictitious story depends upon the reader. ... Readers have different expectations from fiction and. ... The Antagonist must have great power or status. Only by competing for the same goal, whether it is for the love of a man/woman or power, in the story do the Protagonist and Antagonist drive each other to great heights. ... A good example of this is the story of Dr. ...
Sonny lives in the North during the late 50s while the setting of Battle Royal takes place during the 30s in the South, both navigate their own paths to manhood trying to defy the expectations set before them. ... The Ralph Ellison short story titled Battle Royal, is a great exemplary of this everyday struggle. ... Unlike Battle Royal, the short story Sonny's Blues takes place in the 50's but in the heart of New York city, however it does. In this short work the unnamed narrator (older brother of Sonny) opens the story to us with his own shock to find that his flesh and blood was hea...
This is an Irish short story, that is made by Joe Sheerin. ... The Setting The story takes place somewhere in Ireland. ... The Narrator When the boy meets the Whaler in the beginning, his expectations are high. ... The Whaler is a man of great physical strength, with a masculine accent and appearance. ... This short story constructs a critical and reasonable question about heroism and life in general in a great way, which makes this an excellent short story. ...
In Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Jing-mei struggles with her mother's high expectations to be a youth prodigy through constantly bucking and opposing her mother's wishes. ... " In the short story "Two Kinds", it is made clear early in the story that the family immigrated to America from China to give their children a shot at the American dream. ... The conflict soon comes into play when after months of her mother giving up on the fact that her daughter is a child prodigy, while watching the Ed Sullivan show, had the dream that Jing-mei is going to be great at p...
Consequences In Hemingway's "A Very Short Story" In Hemingway's "A Very Short Story," there is a very specific idea presented. ... Hemingway shows, "She hoped he would have a great career and believed in him absolutely. ... The reader learns that Luz's expectations of becoming the major's wife in the spring have been only fantasies. ... On the contrary, if one were to look deeper into the story, he would find that the story has a main topic. ... "A Very Short Story". ...
Not all authors" lives are reflected in their writing but Kate Chopin's life influenced and paralleled events in her short story, "The Story of an Hour," featured in Michael Meyer's The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. ... She was taught to be submissive and was unsure of how to act following this feeling of great loss and sudden freedom. ... Her family doctor "encouraged her to write short stories as a form of therapy" (Classic Lit). ... She just did not love the cultural expectations put on her from society to be a good wife and submissive woman. ... Throughout th...
Faulkner begins the story with Miss Emily's funeral, where the men see her as afallen monument? ... With a further look at Miss Emily's life, we realize the importance of the setting in which the story takes place. ... The details of the setting throughout the story foreshadow the discovery of Homer Barron's demise. ... The scrambling of time throughout the story is a great demonstration of the scrambling of time in Miss Emily's mind and in her house. ... There were too many expectations of women in those days and Faulkner demonstrates the consequences of such a life throug...
If yes, then I do not recommend you to want to participate in Shirley Jackson`s lotterry because if you win, I can garantee you that nobody will envy you and the prize certainly won`t fulfil your expectations. ... In the beginning of this story readers have an impression that Mr. ... This demonstrates that at first she also does not attach great weight to the lottery. ... Through these characters the author introduces two main conflicts of the story. ... In fact, the whole story presents the tradition as something negative and that raises the question: Is a tradition on its own something bad o...
It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. ... was chosen for The Best American Short Stories, 1967. ... Critics hailed the book as a transition in Carver's work, singling out several stories, including the title story, "Cathedral," for praise. ... The story unfolds through the narrator's point of view. ... The narrator then tells the story of how his wife met the blind man. ...
