Kat Chopin - Feminist Writer Kate Chopin best know for her short stories, published in contemporary popular magazines, won her fame as a local colorist with a good ear for dialect and as a writer concerned with women's issues (sexuality, equality, independence). ... In 1870, she married Oscar Chopin, and the new couple moved to Louisiana, which became the setting for many of her short stories. ... In this story the main character, Mrs. ... However, in her short story "Athenaise" she shows that marriage does not require the wife being dominated by her husband; but that both men and w...

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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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The short story that I recently read was called "Through The Tunnel" written by Doris Lessing. ... The genre of the story is growing up and independence. ... The story is of an 11 year old boy and his mother on a beach holiday in France. ... The second aspect that has a lot to do with the short story's success is the high symbolic value of every little action or object from start to finish. ... Doris Lessing's highly successful use of different writing styles and techniques made the short story a gripping and enjoyable read. ...

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Didion is very descriptive in her writings of the surroundings where her essays take place but she keeps this stuff short and to the point. ... She does a great job at short stories with her attention to remaining focused on the subject. ... Ross has said that being an observer is impossible--a reporter has to be involved in the story. ... Didion's short stories and focus on the subject keep the readers attention better than Ross does. Ross gets lost in conversations that do not matter to the story line and also in the details of her surroundings. ...

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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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During this time Carver wrote many short stories that reflected his sense of hopeless at the time. ... In the story "Will You Be Quiet Please?," alcohol is used as an excuse for a wives unfaithfulness (Short 53). ... The first story however is left undecided with a vague and open ending like many of his earlier stories. ... The boy dies, but the parents are followed over a few hours and the story ends with a peaceful conversation and the idea that they will survive and probably be stronger because of it (Short 93-121). ...

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The Yellow Wall Paper In the short story "The Yellow Wall Paper", by Charlotte Perkins, Jane and her husband move into a rental house for the summer. ... During the story Jane goes from being "sick", to really becoming insane. ... At the beginning of the short story Jane is told that she is sick, and that she should not do any work or take part in any stressful activity. ... As the story progresses Jane's actions and thought patterns become stranger and stranger. ... Her mental condition slowly faded as the story took place. ...

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.," most Indians in that time were expected to be short, quiet and uncommunicative in-front of their non-Indian teachers, and did not want to speak up or seem smart in the classroom, especially at the young age Alexie was. ... Alexie's intelligence and will to learn as a child is an inspiring story. ... In all my years in the reservation school system, I was never taught how to write poetry, short stories, or novels. I was certainly never taught that Indians wrote poetry, short stories, or novels. ... In the time setting that this story took place not many people did that. ...

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Death of a Moth by Annie Dillard is a short story with three sections that brings in both narrative of decaying insects and Dillard's real world experiences with writing and living alone. In the short story, Death Of a Moth, Dillard conveys the meaning of loss and gain through syntax, tone, and diction. ... One example of the use of syntax in this story is when Dillard writes, "Dropped her abdomen into the wet wax, stuck, flamed, frazzled and fried in a second. ... " Dillard uses the sentence structure of consecutive verbs and adjectives to quicken the pace of the story. ... The...

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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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Raymond Carver is an author of xmany short stories. ... Carver starts the story off with a very positive and easy-going mood. ... Raymond Carver has become a very famous author of short stories. His technique of writing short stories by creating drama from normal situations with ordinary people using simple language has captivated many readers. The realism his stories portray is superior to most. ...

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The short stories "The Letter 'A'" and "Never Just Pictures" both relay their message to the reader by using emotion. ... The way Brown wrote this short story keeps the reader wrapped up in the story. ... By the end of the story, I did not realize how into the story I was; I realized I had a smile on my face when I was finished reading, which in my eyes, shows that the author was doing something right. ... Brown used pathos very effectively in this story. ... Brown used pathos mainly in his story, and ethos as well. ...

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The short stories "The Letter 'A'" and "Never Just Pictures" both relay their message to the reader by using emotion. ... The way Brown wrote this short story keeps the reader wrapped up in the story. ... By the end of the story, I did not realize how into the story I was; I realized I had a smile on my face when I was finished reading, which in my eyes, shows that the author was doing something right. ... Brown used pathos very effectively in this story. ... Brown used pathos mainly in his story, and ethos as well. ...

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There is no identifiable time setting for this short story, but when I read the essay I envisioned the story being set in medieval era. The story centers on a drawing being performed by the townspeople in the town square. The tone at the beginning of the story began pleasantly enough with the author talking about the wonderful weather and the rich, green color of the grass. ... I really enjoyed reading this story. ... "The Lottery" is a wonderful story in a very dark way. ...

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Her major works included short stories, children stories, and two novels ("Kate" 2). ... This collection of twenty-three short stories received high praise by critics. ... In it was twenty-one short stories which received similar awards and high praise by both critics and readers alike (Unger 200-201). ... Half of the stories in Bayou Folk and one third of the stories in A Night in Acadie are intended for younger readers. ... Her stories expose the essence of southern living during her time in a way no other author had accomplished before. ...

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Perhaps one of my favorite stories through this short process was Raymond Carver's story "Cathedral", so I decided to make my literature analysis about him and his story. ... His first collection of stories, Will You Please Quiet, Please? ... But the fact that I went through that and was able to write those stories was nothing short of miracle. ... It happened when I wrote the story "Cathedral". I date the change from that story" (Gentry 29). ...

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Whether its essays or short stories, I am able to say that I am not a constant writer, but my writing has improved drastically over the course of 18 years. ... Every time I finished writing a story in class, and the chance to present these stories came up, I would always volunteer to share and read them in front of the class. ... Long story short I have improved and still have more room to improve on. ...

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She wrote many short stories, many of which she tried to avoid her Chinese heritage in, but finally, she discovered her true passion was in writing from a Chinese prospective. ... Amy Tan's relationship with her mother, though, was everything short of perfect. ... She draws from her hectic life to write her stories. ...

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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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Websters dictionary defines an essay as "a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject. ... She can write a whole story on one tiny idea. ... I can write a letter to my family and friends without a problem.I can even write a wonderful Resume'.But, When it comes to writing a story for a class assigment I totally freeze. ...

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More then any other talk I can call to mind, it is alive with the rhythms and idioms, the pauses and suspensions and innuendoes and short hands of living speech." ... His stories are not to be easily read and understood. ... Hemingway was a firm believer in keeping writing "short and to the point." ... In The Sun Also Rises the story ends having gone nowhere. ... The story his told with grace and excellence. ...

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What if my essay were to turn into a story? ... One not encouraged by teachers since elementary, the story. ... True it would be hard to grade a story, what makes a story good is in the eye of the beholder, for sure. ... Allow the student to develop the skills necessary for writing a short story, a novel, even a twelve volume set of novels, anything that allows the student to envisage what it is like to be a writer today. ... Learn there, how to write a story to the publics appeal. ...

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Their house was built local grey stone, two stories high which was positioned in the courtyard of the church. ... During their childhood the children made magical stories together. ... This was said - "on the grounds that no women could have written such a passionate story."" ... Although during Emily's short life she only wrote one novel which was published, she has wrote many poems which were published after her death. ...

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Freelance writers get paid only if a publisher buys their work they write both fiction and nonfiction books, poems, less commonly dramas, screenplays and short stories as well as magazine and newspaper articles. ... In most magazines nonfiction articles greatly outnumber poems and short stories nonfiction material ranges from a few hundred words to book length; long articles may be serialized (published in installments or parts) in a magazine. ... Freelancers also sell fiction it includes short stories; adventures, mysteries, romances, science fiction and western...

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