In Alice Munro's short story, Red Dress-1946, the character Mary Fortune represents the symbol of influence. ... Throughout the story, it has been noticed that the narrator is a child who does not 'know' how to live her life. ... It was clear that since the narrator was not very comfortable with people of her own sex, she would not at all be comfortable or unable to be at ease with the opposite sex. ... Such is the case with the narrator in the short story. ... From the story, it was clear that the dress her mother was making was for the Christmas Dance. ...

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The one technique the author overused throughout the story is symbolism. The symbolism used in the story is unbelievable because it is obvious the author has contrived the effects to force the reader to feel a certain way, therefore making the story appear more fictional. ... The number 69 is a connotation to sex and the numbers foreshadowed Connie getting raped. ... The author mentions three different times throughout the story. ... He just comes right out, and says that he is going to have sex with her and there is nothing that she could do to stop him. ...

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The third poem, Rapunzstiltskin' is written in a well-known fairytale format and is a narration about a love story which has gone dramatically wrong. ... It is also showing that people must think about the responsibility that comes after sex. ... He does actually get quite desperate and resorts to scaring the woman into sex etc such as lines 27-29. ... My favourite poem out of these three is Rapunzstiltskin' because it is comical and keeps the readers attention, I also feel that it portrays attitudes towards love and sex clearer than the other two where the reference to sex is hidd...

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1 "A Rose for Emily" "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner, begins and ends with the death of Emily Grierson, the main character of the story. Throughout the story Faulkner gives hints that eventually lead up to the shocking revelation of Emily's character. ... Faulkner's central theme in the story is "To let go of the past", Emily has a tendency to cling to the past and a reluctance to be independent. ... In the story Faulkner's narrator comments that: "No one except an old man-servant a combined gardner and cook,...

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After hearing the "forbidden" story from her mother's point of view, Kingston goes on with the story and offers other versions to the "forbidden" story. ... Kingston's mother story was very offensive towards Kingston's aunt, Kingston's story is almost like defensive towards her aunt. She stated that maybe her aunt just encountered him in the field where she worked and since she was so obeying, that he demanded sex from her and she couldn't say no. ... Kingston is defending her aunt by basically saying that she was forced into having sex, that she wa...

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Burnett recognized Salinger's talent and ran a story by him, "The Young Folks" in Story Magazine. ... The first of his short stories appeared in several well-known magazines. ... He is also the narrator of this story, and narrates with a very cynical tone. ... In the novel, Holden is also very consumed with the idea of having sex. This is like Salinger in the way that he has been known to pursue younger girls for sex (Morrill). ...

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In virtually every story ever written, the setting in which a story is placed can significantly alter how the plot is interpreted. ... This demonstrates why the sex of the girl's character was not revealed until almost halfway into the story. ... Munro uses setting to create two alternate worlds in the story. ... (p. 92)" Setting plays and important part of relaying and understanding the plot of a story. Without setting, easily understood ideas of a story become a tedious exercise. ...

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In my essay I will view the character features of the principal characters seen mainly from the point of view of the opposite sex. It's my intention to show that the author's sex influences the contents of the short stories. ... In this story men are underestimated and the violence is not pointed at an individual but men as a whole, as a sex. 1. ... The reader would expect that the story goes on in an erotic way. ... This story suggests that the men as a whole are weak. ...

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The play without these characters would decrease the motivation and purpose shown by the main characters of the story. With each interaction with one of these minor characters, the main character learns more about his situation, human nature, and perhaps even the opposite sex in general. ... The story would have to change substantially for this individual to be excluded from the tale completely. ... These minor characters can add more substance and conflict to a story than the main characters themselves. Within each story, the main character's personality is revealed through the in...

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The play without these characters would decrease the motivation and purpose shown by the main characters of the story. With each interaction with one of these minor characters, the main character learns more about his situation, human nature, and perhaps even the opposite sex in general. ... The story would have to change substantially for this individual to be excluded from the tale completely. ... These minor characters can add more substance and conflict to a story than the main characters themselves. Within each story, the main character's personality is revealed through the in...

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The people in the story spoke as real people of the 1940's would. ... She knows about love, relationships, sex, the real world, and the harsh realities of racism and how it divides people. ... All of this waiting leads up to the climax of the story. ... Frankie, John Henry, and Berenice played cards two times during the story. ... This meant that he took the sex out of the game and that is an important quality in the game of life. ...

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The student can relate to this novel, because the narrator of the story is their own age and reflects many problems that they themselves may run into someday. The language of the text is easily understood as are the themes in the story. ... I believe students would enjoy this novel because it is about "people roughly their own age, contemporary time, the obvious, but none the less potent, parental relationships, challenging authority, establishing ones own personality and future relationship with peers and sex" (Aidan Chambers, Booktalk, Bodley Head, London, 1985.)Another obvious problem would...

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John Updike's short story "A&P", can be interpreted in several different ways. ... The spin put on the story by the reader is really a way to reflect on own behavior. ... These hormones create the story's conflict, as three bathing suit-clad girls enter his store. ... Up to this point, the story has left most readers feeling that Sammy is a normal kid with sex on the brain, mixed with moments of deep thoughts on society. ... Sammy's mind takes a sharp turn during the climax of the story. ...

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To compensate for the lack of sex, he envisioned himself as being a vampire and ripping the clothes off of his victims. ... Such creativity is shown in forms of comic books and short stories in magazines. ... So whether a person likes to read about Mark Twain's "Adventure's of Tom Sawyer, or Stephen King's "Needful Things," there is definitely a story for everyone....

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Finally, enter Stella, the interpretation of Eve in the story. ... His concept of how Malamud's story was a missing part of the story of Adam and Eve seemed very unreasonable. ... He brings up humorous word usage and an interpretation of the story which condones premarital sex. ... I felt that the thesis of the story was focused on the psychological and "salesman" techniques that Salzman incorporates through out the story. ... That is the essence of a short story to me, the open ended stories and fable like events. ...

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Judith Whites' short story 'Soul Searching' is the story of a teenage girl on holiday with her family in Nepal. ... The story is told through first person narrative with the teenage girl as the author. ... She tells the reader early on that the story is all about love " I'm not talking about sex - I mean love". ... Both characters remain largely a mystery to the reader throughout the story. ... The last sentence holds as much emotion in it as the rest of the story. ...

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The themes have a sharing of different stories or literary works. ... The stories are Fifty Shades of Grey by E. ... Romance is the theme that is dominant in the story. Ana is attracted to Christian, they eventually date have sex and later realize that they are incompatible. ... On the other hand, the story Youth and Other Science Fiction Stories by H.W. ...

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It is far too difficult to relate to the characters of the story and to get involved with the story. ... Another aspect of the film that was profane was the wordy disturbing sex-scenes and the scenes in the strip clubs. ... At one point of the story, the author spoke of Sera's crying being a privilege to being alone in her room, and many times Sera longed to tell her story to someone, but she had no one. ... She allowed Gamal Fathi to control her until close to the end of the story. ... The story never explains why Ben or Sera are the way that they are. ...

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This novel takes on different characteristics with Jake Barnes narrating the story. Using him as a vehicle of information to tell the story adds many key twists and turns in the plot. ... This gave us a distinct advantage in this story. ... After all, his sex life with her is tender. ... Other insights into the novel would never have occurred if Jake did not narrate the story. ...

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The short story "Lust" was created by American Novelist and Short Story writer Susan Minot and published as a part of her book Lust & Other Stories in 1989 (Feed Your Need To Read. 1; Wikipedia. 1). ... At this time, sex before marriage was still against the cultural values in the United States ("The Pill and the Sexual Revolution." 1). ... Piecing together the facts - Susan Minot attended a boarding school just like the un-named main character in the story. ... The un-named character in the story briefly described her various sexual encounters with fifteen plus men. The social and ...

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Lyman grows up, and changes through out his story. ... Part two of the story strays from the action to another scene. ... Peyton is intrigued, and then Ambrose starts the third part of the story. ... Louise Erdrich used the approach of writing the story as the opposite sex's own point of view, to help create the setting. ... By dissecting these two stories the reader is shown several methods that are effective to illustrate a short story....

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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin was one of these writings. In this story, the protagonist Mrs. ... In Chapin's story, her protagonist even goes as far to say "Free! ... There was irony displayed throughout the short story. ... Hale, the County Attorney said "Ah, loyal to your sex" (Ronson 219). ...

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"Fat" : a short story? ... "Fat" : a typical Carver story? ... The story may seem simple, but it isn't: hidden messages lie underneath the simple story line. ... According to Hendrik van Gorp , a frame story is a story that frames one or more other stories. ... Carver's short story even ends when a normal story would start: My life is going to change. ...

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John was the person controlling the out come of the story. ... Furthermore, we can assume that John setup Ann to fall in love and have sex with Steven owing to the fact that John planned this card game as Ann said on Pg. 58, " We"re going to play cards, He was the one suggested it." ... As a result, the short story usually leaves a great deal of its content open to interpretation and examination by the reader and it tends to have some interesting parallels within the story itself. ... This is a story about a married couple, john and Ann. ... She uses it to tell stories and depict soc...

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Holden ends up not wanting to have sex with the prostitute and pays her to talk to him. ... In reading this novel I experienced what I felt was a well thought out story which covered a lot of issues many of us face today. ...

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