In the short-story, she let her imagination run wild while she is in the bathtub. ... This shows that, in both, the short-story and the movie, she does not feel attracted, at the beginning. ... We do not know much about her past activities, as we get to know some in the short-story. ... All in all, we can see that the movie has several differences in relation to the short-story. ... It also depends on the audience's perspective if they enjoy most the movie or the short story. ...

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They can be comprised of only one narrative or a collection of short individual stories. ... From there entire magazines for comics and superhero stories were made. ... The most popular type is the superhero story. ... These are sometimes referred to as perzines, and are autobiographical stories (What is a Graphic Novel, getgraphic.org). ... The combination of that with the illustrations that deepen the expression of the story is the ultimate duo. ...

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In the movie and the short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster", there is a battle between the forces of good and evil. ... There are several incongruous scenes between the short story and the way the movie unfolds. ... There are three main characters in this short story/movie. ... The actors picked for the roles fit almost perfectly to the descriptions of the characters in the short story. ... Even the closing speech that Daniel made wasn't told word for word in the short story, but the way it was spoken in the movie seemed to sum up the way it was supposed to be in the short story. ...

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Some of Vonnegut's short stories reflected on his life as a young adult, as well. most of his short stories and essays are now collected into one book called, "Welcome to the Monkey House". ... Since then, Vonnegut has gone on to write many more novels and a countless amount of short stories. ... Since then three other movies have come out based on Kurt Vonnegut's novels and several short tv programs have been dedicated to his short stories. ... This affected many things in "Slaughter House Five" along with other short stories that he wrote. ... He expresses his thoughts on life...

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In 1941 Super Science Stories accepted his story "Pendulum". By two years later he was sending in story after story to magazines. In 1945 he hit his highest success point when his short story "The Big Black & White Game" was entitled as one of the finest American short stories. Following that, he published many stories and 3 years later he published his 1st novel. ...

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Much of the influence for Chopin's work comes from the writing of French short story master Guy de Maupassant. ... In the spring of 1894, Houghton-Mifflin published Chopin's first short story collection, entitled Bayou Folk. ... After a short vacation in the summer of 1899, Chopin wrote less frequently. ... But the affects of the scandalous story remained; Chopin continued to write but could not sell her stories. "Ti Demon" was rejected by two publishers and a third collection of short stories was also rejected by Chopin's publisher (Ewell 26). ...

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His most popular writings are his short stories, he didn't do as well with reading public. ... When James first started out early in his writing career he mainly concentrated on writing short stories and criticism. ... From 1882 to 1889 he wrote many short stories and short novels. ... For example the story in What Maise Knew (1897), and adult story about divorce told from the point a view of a little girl excellent use of narrating. ... His works were successful some plays weren't suck as good but the fiction and the short stories we remarkable. ...

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Everyday Use, a short story written by Alice Walker is one of those stories that is considered to be in the canon. ... A major theme in the story is the quilts. ... The mother in the story, Mrs. ... With all that the story entails described above is why I think the story should be in the Canon. ... When you read a short story such as Everyday Use you can compare it to everything else that you have read. ...

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Two short science fiction novellas that demonstrate good work of writing include the adventure, A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, and Nethergrave by Gloria Skurzynski. ... The first couple of pages were unneeded and useless for the thesis statement and purpose of the story, Nethergrave. ... This short story demonstrates unique traits of science fiction including advanced technology, alternate places, special powers and incorporated science. ... Both of the two stories are told in the is third-person omniscient. The narrator tells the story, but they also know their thoughts. ...

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The Life of Joyce Carol Oates and Her Story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? ... Perhaps, one of her most notable works is the short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? "The material for Oates's writing comes from everywhere [and] her characters are admittedly composites of real people" (3: 120) this statement could not be more true when you consider the origin of the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" The story is roughly based on a true story of a young killer in Arizona. ... It also seems that no matter the novel or short story O...

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Hyde and when he was around seven Stephen began writing horror stories of his own. When he was a little older he found some stories Donald King, his father, had written with hopes of publication in a trunk along with some hopefull rejection slips and some Horror fiction novels. ... Every now and then he would sell one of his short stories, which brought in some money, but more often brought rejection slips. ... He still managed to produce many short stories and even novels, though none were accepted for publication until 1973. ... Since then he has published countless novels and short ...

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He attended New York University for a short period of time where he "didn't apply himself." ... 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 was inspired to write by his short story writing professor as well as events from his own life (Jerome). ... He is also the narrator of this story, and narrates with a very cynical tone. ...

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In 1904 the Independent Review published Forster's first short story, "The Story of a Panic". ... Throughout the rest of his life Forster never wrote another novel, however he published several short story and essay collections. ... Another book of his to be published after his death in 1972 was The Life to Come which was a collection of short stories, many involving homosexual themes....

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What's more important in a novel, the main character of the story or the conflict? ... Without an antagonist, the story would be short and meaningless. The antagonist of the story and causes a lot of commotion. Without the problems, the story would be simple. It wouldn't have any a climax and that would just make the story less appealing. ...

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In the short story The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Esteban affects the village in many ways by changing the way they thought, looked at life, and how they lived their lives. ... In the short story The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Esteban affects the village in many ways by changing the way they thought about not only themselves but other people, looked at life from different perspectives, and how they lived and changed their lives for the better. This short story is only an example of how one man could have an affect not only...

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David Copperfield as the main character is the narrator of the story. ... The close description of a street may seem irrelevant to the story, but the street has a character of its own. The collections of many short paragraphs of descriptions form the story, and Copperfield depicts the common themes of poverty, love, death, adultery, politics, and family with a very calm and ordinary attitude. Yet, our hearts are touched by fragments of the story because they are so close to us in reality. ...

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Following this, Fitzgerald assumed his career writing short stories for magazines. ... In its tryout in November of 1923 it failed and Fitzgerald was back to writing short stories to get out of debt. ... He put his novel writing on hold and wrote short stories to pay for the psychiatric help for Zelda. ... When his contract was up, he made his money writing free-lance short stories and scripts. ...

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In short, the brunt both the readers and the viewers will not be the same. ... Another difference is that the movie has proved able in following the story very closely. ... It is noted in the movie that Ponyboy is narrating a story in both the film and the novel. ... This notion is brought to limelight in both the writings and the novel through the use of story within a story. ... In short, it is wise noting that this movie ensures that the feeling s of the observers are controlled since the truth is that visual images brings forth a direct sensations, which its impact can lead someone to sha...

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The story is set in the American wilderness during the time of The French and Indian war. ... I personally enjoyed the movie (2nd movie made) better just because its story line is shorter and more gripping than the terribly long novel. ... Following this through the story is a series of fights and skirmishes. ... Yet, Magua's revenge is the backbone of the story. ... This is a very big difference for those who know the story. ...

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Kaye Gibbonsuse of simple diction, unmarked dialogue, and a unique story structure in her first novel, Ellen Foster, allows the reader to explore the emotions and thoughts of this heroic, ten-year-old girl modeled after Gibbonsown experiences as a young girl. ... The novel is written in a short, choppy sentence structure using simple word choice, or diction, in a stream of consciousness to enable the reader to perceive the novel in the rational of an eleven-year-old girl. One short, simple sentence is followed by another , relating each in an easy flow of thoughts. ... Punctuat...

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In the short story Powder by Tobias Wolff there is an irrefutable relationship that is quite dissimilar. ... The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. ... Right through the story the boy demonstrates qualities of restraint and level headedness. ... This story becomes so easy for many of us to relate to. ... This story becomes a timeless transcript modern day family life. ...

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In the short story Powder by Tobias Wolff there is an irrefutable relationship that is quite dissimilar. ... The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. ... Right through the story the boy demonstrates qualities of restraint and level headedness. ... This story becomes so easy for many of us to relate to. ... This story becomes a timeless transcript modern day family life. ...

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A literary symbol can be a person, place or thing within a story that has suggested meanings beyond its literal meaning. ... In the short story, "Barn Burning", William Faulkner uses several different tangible objects as symbols to contribute to the story's meaning. ... The de Spain mansion is another important symbol in this story. ... In one passage from the story, Sarty describes following his father as following the stiff black coat. ... This enriches the story for the reader by giving them these tangible objects that they can equate with an action, character or emotion. ...

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L"Amour wrote more than one hundred books, including eighty-six novels, fourteen short story collections and one nonfiction-a chronicle of life on the American frontier. ... L"Amour has also published hundreds of stories in at least eighty magazines in the United States abroad. ... His first short story sales concerned the West Indies, football, rodeo, and a few westerns. ... In all, forty-five L"Amour novels or short stories have been made into feature films or television movies (New York Times). ... Among his first published books were some volumes of poetry and stories about the Far Ea...

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In his later novels, Beckett reduces the story line. ... As Rabinovitz says, the repetition often plays an important role in this process: the same underlying story determines the plot, the cyclical time scheme, the settings designed to evoke a déja-vu and recurring traits link the different characters (64). ... It ranges from the echoes of sound through the recurrence of single words, grammatical structures and entire phrases to the reiteration of themes and stories (Segre 7). ... The phrases become shorter too. ... When Malone is speaking about himself, the sentences are sho...

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